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Originally Posted by Eric
Ooops ... sorry about that .... should have put in the title, my fault 
Oh ... and I always re-read my fav books ... they are like old friends. I always find new ways of reading them ... often, something obvious that I had missed. Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy, Ray Bradbury's short story "The Smile" ... "Catch 22" ... "Goodby to All That" ... "Canticle for Liebowitz" ... "Dune" ... "Tristram Shandy" ... "Egil's Saga" ... maybe I could be reading something new, but I love getting together with old friends, esp. ones that don't raid my fridge and drink all my beer.  |
Thought you were leaving me a little amuse-bouche to get my teeth into Eric...
If I were to re-read any books, Catch-22 would be one... and Catcher in the Rye another. I read Canticle for Leibowitz aout 35 years ago, remember v little about it so perhaps I should go for that as well. Not really a SF fan though.
Two books I do reread at Christmas time are The Country Child and A Traveller in Time, both by Alison Uttley. They are supposed to be for children but I find them very evocative of times past and reading the chapters about Christmas are what I need to get me into the spirit of the season, which I otherwise find very difficult. Another children's book which I heave read over and over is The Woolpack by Cynthia Harnett, a story about the wool trade in the Cotswolds in the 15th century. I prefer historical fiction for children as the adult stuff tends to come in rather weightier tomes which really put me off!