Having a conversation today with a friend of mine today got me thinking about books i read as a kid, wondering what the most memorable book is, their's was The Little Black Fish by Samad Behrangi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Black_Fish . Think mine would be one which is probably fairly traditional, Alice in Wonderland. What are other people's most memorable book they read as a kid?

Another memorable for a different reason was a book my mum gave me when i was about 13-14 called "A Christian Guide to Sex", amazingly graphic for a teenage book discussing everything sexually imaginable in detail with bible quotes whether it was acceptable or not!

Swallows and amazons and other stuff from Arthur Ransom.

I remember reading The Devil Rides Out, by Dennis Wheatley, when I was about 12, freaked me right out.

My dad's pr0n collection was quite influential in my youth as well.

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.

My favorite of The Chronicles, I think, because it was the last one I read as it was constantly on backorder at the local public library.

You just liked that for Titty, SM.

Anything by Roald Dahl- particularly the Fantastic Mr Fox which I hear Wes- Rushmore, Tenembaums, Life Aquatic, legend- Anderson is making into a movie. Surreal, creative, dark, funny, poetic stuff: as all good Children's books should be. ps just read about him on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl. Pretty full life!

Also the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings for their powerful storytelling.

[quote user="jc" post="95547"]You just liked that for Titty, SM.

Anything by Roald Dahl- particularly the Fantastic Mr Fox which I hear Wes- Rushmore, Tenembaums, Life Aquatic, legend- Anderson is making into a movie. Surreal, creative, dark, funny, poetic stuff: as all good Children's books should be. ps just read about him on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl. Pretty full life!

Also the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings for their powerful storytelling.[/quote]

Roald Dahl was an interesting read back then, yes.
a piece from "My Uncle Oswald."
Something I read when I was six or seven, so I obviously don't remember much of the details.




In this book the character is making love to a Turkish woman for 3 days, until they reach Naples, obviously.
They're in the woman's cabin.


And, no. This isn't the most memorable book I read as a child.

mom used to read Edgar Allan Poe to me before i could read. The Pit and the Pendulum , the Cask of Amantillado , and The Fall of the House of Usher were the best bed time thrillers. looking back on it, wonder why it didnt create the nightmares it could have...(she did read nonhorror genre too, but charles dickens put me right to sleep. still does. )

when i strarted reading though, I preferred sci fi/fantasy. The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

and then there was dad's pr0n collection...

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and all the Famous Five Books by Enid Blyton. I gather they're not PC these days........ At least I started reading and our boys love reading too. I always make a point of giving a book to new babies as a gift and I try to encourage TR parents to read to their babies. I guess some of them think I'm dotty ......

Peter and Jane - book 3 A (the one where Jane throws a ball). Also some monster story called Grendal or something

You mean Beowulf?

I loved a Sci-Fi book called "The Thresholders" (loaned from the library). Scientists found a way to go to a parallel universe and then searched for someone who was adaptable enough to go there without going nuts. The person they found was a young girl and she went to the "other side". I wish I could find that book now to see why I was so enthralled with it at age 12, but can't find it anywhere. Younger than that I loved the "Little House" books and the "Black Stallion" books, "Anne of Green Gables". As a teenager loved "Penrod" by Booth Tarkington and still do, but can't find anyone else who thinks it's funny or even knows of it? Oh - then a book of my grandmother's called "Vendetta!" by Marie Corelli published in the late 1800's. (Yes, it was the first edition and given to my grandmother as a gift by her teacher!) Very dark, and dramatic...and available to read online now.

That's because the book is not called "The Thresholders." It's "The Universe Between" by Alan E Nourse, and I have a copy. It's widely available.

For once I could hug you instead of slap you! I just googled it, you're right! I didn't remember the title correctly. I have been searching for this book for years!

hmmm. sounds a little similar to another sci-fi book, THIS ALIEN SHORE by C. S. Friedman

hey Sadie, where is the photo of you and Spike Lee from Marmara Cafe tuesday night????

A celebrity spotting? What was Spike Lee doing in Istanbul, I wonder?