Oh GG! I absolutely LOVED those books when I was a kid. I think they may have been my introduction to science fiction, actually. I'd been meaning to figure out the titles and author for ages. Thanks!
Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
'War Stories'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Pix - Aug 29, 2008 5:42:22 pm PDT #7169 of 28404
The status is NOT quo.
Gadget_Girl - Aug 29, 2008 6:06:11 pm PDT #7170 of 28404
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
No problem! I remembered reading them as a kid and later couldn't remember the names, either. When I would describe the books people would look at me like I was crazy and, for a short time, I thought I had dreamed them.
About 12 years ago I was on a drama competition trip. One of the chaperones was a guy about my age. We got along great and became good friends. He and I discovered a similar passion for books and started trading some of the books we brought.
The third morning at the festival, I discovered him outside his room. As I walked down the hallway he looked up and asked me if I had read the book he was holding. I could barely believe he was holding up a copy of The City of God and Lead! When I told him I had been looking for the series for years, he grinned, pulled out the other 3 books and gave me the set for 'putting up with him' on the trip.
Pix - Aug 29, 2008 7:09:23 pm PDT #7171 of 28404
The status is NOT quo.
When I would describe the books people would look at me like I was crazy and, for a short time, I thought I had dreamed them.
HA! I had the exact same experience. That's hysterical!
Gadget_Girl - Aug 29, 2008 7:15:18 pm PDT #7172 of 28404
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!
Deena - Aug 29, 2008 7:45:52 pm PDT #7173 of 28404
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'm in good company! I could never get anyone to believe that series existed until Greg. Thanks for the tip, GG. Please don't go to any trouble, but if you do run across them, I will gladly pay you for them and their postage.
meara - Aug 29, 2008 10:39:10 pm PDT #7174 of 28404
Oh, I remembered the tripods book, but I don't think I ever read the rest of them. Huh. I may not have known there WERE others!
Anne W. - Aug 30, 2008 2:13:03 am PDT #7175 of 28404
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The Oz books are uneven, but my God, that man's imagination could sing, and he was absolutely fearless about taking every single crazy "what-if" that bounced into his head and setting it loose to run glorious riot.
That's what I love about the Oz books--the unfettered and beautiful strangeness. There was a creepiness to some of it, too, that verged on horror.
Jessica - Aug 30, 2008 5:20:37 am PDT #7176 of 28404
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Deena, I'd offer to send you our copy of the tripod series, but I think DH would kill me. (They were his as a child - I'd never heard of them until we moved in together.)
Laga - Aug 30, 2008 6:59:34 am PDT #7177 of 28404
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
A long time a go friends and I were exchanging favorite books. The tripod books were T's favorites but I still haven't read them.
Strix - Aug 30, 2008 7:13:34 am PDT #7178 of 28404
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
In fact, my nephew left for boarding school today and I'm trying to figure out what I can send him at school to maintain my "cool aunt" status.
A set of lock-picks, homemade sugary snacks, and a membership to Netflix.