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Old 23-09-2013, 07:37 AM   #31
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What a nice listing, dear twilight,
Very nice.
Your opinion, dear StaaViinZ?
Ah, sry, forget that You are 100 000 miles away from home.

I would like to point some of my favorites of twilight list:

8. The Dark Brotherhood - H.P. Lovecraft
9. Protected Men - Robert Merle
13. Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov
19. Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Excuse me, dear twilight, am i wrong stating Peter Straub is early Stephen King?
20. A wizard of EarthSea - Ursula K. Leguin
21. Harry Potter and the deathly hollows - J. K. Rowling
23. Stars of Eger - Gárdonyi Géza - very, very nice book. Wow!!
25. Swords of Corum - Michael Moorcock
27. Dracula - Bram Stoker
30. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglass Adams

I want to thank You for this list.
I record the list and start immediately search of non read books.
Great!! Hurray!!

Sorry, Caro Capo, You will pass another new game till brave is reading books on his Kindle 4.
Mission impossible..
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Old 01-10-2013, 08:42 AM   #32
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What do I think?

I think E, GAD PEOPLE!

THIS IS A GAMING FORUM! How in Poke's Nose did you go on so long about books?
It's best if no one knows you ever did.
You can just archive this thread and quietly delete it after a month or 2...

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Dear Dear Dear, that would be simply unbearable to miss a call.


Also, Looks Like I'll be reading Alice In Wonderland soon.

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Old 16-12-2013, 04:22 PM   #33
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30 classic books which every one must read before 20 years


1. "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass" - Lewis Carroll* 10
2. "The wizard of Oz" - Lyman Frank Baum* 9
3. "Heidi" - Johanna Spyri
4. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Mark Twain* 7
5. "Mary Poppins" - Pamela Travers 7
6. "Pinocchio" - Carlo Collodi* 7
7. "Heart" - Edmond de Amichis* 2
8. "Homeless" - Hektor Malo* 8
9. "Black Beauty" - Anna Syul 6
10. "Lassie" - Eric Knight
11. "Peter Pan" - James Matthew Barrie
12. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - Mark Twain* 7
13. “Bambi "- Felix Zalten
14. "The silver skates" - Mary Dodge Meyps
15. "The Secret Garden" - Frances Burnett* 8
16. "Book for the jungle" - Rudyard Kipling* 6
17. "Gulliver's Travels" - Jonathan Swift* 9
18. "Mary Poppins is back" - Pamela Travers
19. "Little Women" - Louisa May Alcott
20. "The Farm" Green Gables"- Lucy Montgomery* 8
21. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" - Francis Yarnet
22. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - Harriet Beecher Stowe* 6
23. "Winnie the Pooh" – A.A. Milne* 6
24. "Lodges in Pooh Corner" - Alan Milne
25. "Heidi and Clara" - Johanna Spyri
26. "The Adventures of onion" - Gianni Rodari* 8
27. "Lost World" -Arthur Conan Doyle* 5
28. "The Adventures of Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens* 9
29. "What did Katie" -Susan Coolidge
30. "Little Princess" - Francis Burnett


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  • - Number – My evaluation.

Why are these all kids books? Are you sure you didn't mean, books to be read before you are ten??
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Old 17-12-2013, 10:00 AM   #34
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I think "The Little Prince" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" should appear in both lists. Also in a "before 10" list.
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Old 20-12-2013, 11:53 AM   #35
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I would not place Homeless, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Gulliver's Travels, Little Women, Lost World and The Adventures of Oliver Twist in the "before 10" range.
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I would not place Homeless, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Gulliver's Travels, Little Women, Lost World and The Adventures of Oliver Twist in the "before 10" range.
Why not Huckleberry Finn?

I'd also think that Gulliver's Travels are ok, but I can't remember how cruel it is since the last time I read it was just after the banana wars.

Oliver Twist is maybe something where need to be older to really get the topic.
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Why not Huckleberry Finn?
Because it's more "life story" than "adventure". And I don't think that 10th year kid would appreciate it. Not mentioning non-existing reality with nig*s (wow, I didn't know that it obscene lexicon now!), burglars and forced theft. Finn is hobo rogue after all.
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Well, it's totally mature story, filled with satire up to the brows, and sometimes with eroticism, philosophy and racism exposition. You can cut out all mature parts, and restrict all travels to lilliputians, but even then it will hardly suit kids. Not in 10, at least.
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Because it's more "life story" than "adventure". And I don't think that 10th year kid would appreciate it. Not mentioning non-existing reality with nig*s (wow, I didn't know that it obscene lexicon now!), burglars and forced theft. Finn is hobo rogue after all.
Well... there are many books that can be read (and liked) on "different levels".
About racism and cruelty within the ones that were written in a different time - most fairytales are also not suitable for children if you want to apply a too restrictive scale.

And looking at what TV programmes they produce for children... I'd say that Huck Finn seems on the harmless side. Not that I like that, but children of that age are nowadays probably exposed to much more inappropriate stuff as we used to be.
At least for me - I'm already 38 ...ahem... let's just say old.
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Well... there are many books that can be read (and liked) on "different levels".
About racism and cruelty within the ones that were written in a different time - most fairytales are also not suitable for children if you want to apply a too restrictive scale.
Well, I was omnivore in this age - but forced one, as there was not much books at all in my town, even counting libraries. And I can compare with current situation, seeing that some books are not very appropriate to kids.

Fairy tales are was quite heavy censored already, I think. I can only remember Hans Christian Andersen that is treated here as children writer... when he is not.
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And looking at what TV programmes they produce for children... I'd say that Huck Finn seems on the harmless side. Not that I like that, but children of that age are nowadays probably exposed to much more inappropriate stuff as we used to be.
Well... not here, probably. At least not for "12-" (We have "12+" border, and this is different content
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19. Ghost Story - Peter Straub
Excuse me, dear twilight, am i wrong stating Peter Straub is early Stephen King?
When in doubt make a search:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Straub

So no, they're two entirely different person.
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