All About Books discussion

//Venus//

Voyage to Venus by C.S.Lewis

Also called "Perelandra" - I read the trilogy around 1970

/Voyage/

Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov

/voyage/

The Origin of Species/The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

Aren't we supposed to say when we read these? C'mon I'm admitting how long ago it was sometimes....lol

/Space/

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

/Space/
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

//Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer (read in high school)

/Odyssey/

3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

/Empire/

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

//Empire//

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (read 2002)

/Foundation/

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Jean wrote: "Chimney - yes you MUST!! There are about 9 Moomin books. I started with "Comet in Moominland" but apparently there's one called "The Moomins and the Great Flood" which preceded that and has only ju..."

Oh I sorry I missed that. I wonder if its on YouTube? Have you read The Summer Book Jean? It's really lovely.

Tweedledum - I think the programme was about an hour long, so hopefully it will be repeated some time.

We do have "The Summer Book" but in normal sized print. Chris said he quite enjoyed it, but it was nothing like the Moomin books, so I didn't really bother trying to track it down in an alternative format. May come round to it though; thanks for the recommend.

/Vienna/

A Death In Vienna by Daniel Silva

/Life/

Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic

/Enchantment/

The Last Enchantmentby Mary Stewart

/Unicorn/

Unicorn Western 6 by Sean Platt

/Western/

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

/Front/

Home Front by Kristin Hannah

/Children/

Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card

/Mind/
Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!

//Out//

Peace Breaks Out by Angela Thirkell (read June 2013)

//Peace//

Peace At Last by Jill Murphy

This lovely picture book was a firm favourite for a bedtime read for my daughter ( who is now 19)

//Peace//

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

//War//

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (sorry no link, I'm on the app!)

/Horse/

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

boy

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

/Cat's/

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

/eye/
The Eye of the Wind by Peter Markham Scott

Read c 1979.

/Wind/

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

//Wind//

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (reread in Nov. 2012)

/Willows/

3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares

/Sisterhood/

Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

//Everlasting//

The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton

/Man/

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

/Man/

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

/Invisible/

Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo

/Boy/

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Read in 2010

/Striped/

The Striped World by Emma Jones

/world/

Brave new World by Aldous Huxley

(Sorry on ap)

No worries Heather. It doesn't really matter as much.

//World//

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

I try to only use well known books if I can't link. I know it can be frustrating when you can't click the link to find out more about a book you've never read!

/War/

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

(I absolutely love this book!)

/World/

The World According to Garp by John Irving

//World//

World Without End by Ken Follett (read in 2006?)

/End/

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

//Restaurant//

Casanova's Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell (read March 2013)

/Casanova/

Suicide Casanova by Arthur Nersesian

Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday

Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday