Over doughnuts and muffins, we talked about A strange manuscript...., ooooed over the 1888 edition we managed to get from Wayne State (THANKS WAYNE STATE!!!), set the reading list for the year, and even bounced around ideas for next year (books made into movies, all humourous ones...) . Here's the list - thanks Alex!!!
1890 - 1900 - War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898)
1900 - 1910 - Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904)
1910 - 1920 - Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912)
1920 - 1930 - When the World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle (1929)
1930 - 1940 - Slan by A.E. VanVogt (1940)
1940 - 1950 - Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
1950 - 1960 - Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
1960 - 1970 - Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boule (1963)
1970 - 1980 - Kindred by Octavia Butler (1979)
1980 - 1990 - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederick Pohl (1980)
1900 - 2000 - Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (1995)
2000 - 2007 - The Dark Tower by Stephen King (2004)
I'll make sure we have at least one copy of all of 'em here, then start interloaning 'em too - hopefully, they'll get here quicker this time.....
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
First Book List In!!!
WOOHOO!!!
Leave it to the retired teacher to have his homework done first - here's Alex's suggestions for our reading lists! THANKS ALEX!
1890 - 1900 - War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898)
1900 - 1910 - Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904)
1910 - 1920 - Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912)
1920 - 1930 - When the World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle (1929)
1930 - 1940 - Slan by A.E. VanVogt (1940)
1940 - 1950 - Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
1950 - 1960 - Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
1960 - 1970 - Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boule (1963)
1970 - 1980 - Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970)
1980 - 1990 - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederick Polh (1980)
1990 - 2000 - Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (1995)
2000 - 2007 - The Dark Tower by Stephen King (2004)
Discuss! Looks like a great list to me - some really pivotal authors, and some pivotal titles, and some pivotal authors with non-traditional works and even a lady - nice mix!
Sorry I've been late posting this, but we've been closed for the holidays and then painting....ish. But I'm back now....so....send those lists in!
FL
P.S. I ordered interloan copies of Strange Manuscript today - hopefully they'll start coming in at the start of next week for loan...I'll post.
Leave it to the retired teacher to have his homework done first - here's Alex's suggestions for our reading lists! THANKS ALEX!
1890 - 1900 - War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898)
1900 - 1910 - Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904)
1910 - 1920 - Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912)
1920 - 1930 - When the World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle (1929)
1930 - 1940 - Slan by A.E. VanVogt (1940)
1940 - 1950 - Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
1950 - 1960 - Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
1960 - 1970 - Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boule (1963)
1970 - 1980 - Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970)
1980 - 1990 - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederick Polh (1980)
1990 - 2000 - Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (1995)
2000 - 2007 - The Dark Tower by Stephen King (2004)
Discuss! Looks like a great list to me - some really pivotal authors, and some pivotal titles, and some pivotal authors with non-traditional works and even a lady - nice mix!
Sorry I've been late posting this, but we've been closed for the holidays and then painting....ish. But I'm back now....so....send those lists in!
FL
P.S. I ordered interloan copies of Strange Manuscript today - hopefully they'll start coming in at the start of next week for loan...I'll post.
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