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.....
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