The Messenger by Lois Lowrey
The Golden Compass books (there are 3) by Philip Pullman
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
ChiKat - Jul 11, 2005 2:43:58 pm PDT #8106 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Katie M - Jul 11, 2005 2:49:17 pm PDT #8107 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Adams, obviously. Um. Funny fantasy stuff I was reading at that age... Asprin. Craig Shaw Gardner. I adored Tanith Lee's The Dragon's Hoard around that time, though I don't know that it has quite the same silliness vibe. (Haven't read it in years.)
That's all that appears off the top of my head.
-t - Jul 11, 2005 2:51:22 pm PDT #8108 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks! I'm trying to add one more book to his birthday order to get super saver shipping.
ChiKat - Jul 11, 2005 2:54:59 pm PDT #8109 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
[Note: my above-mentioned suggestions are great fantasy, but not funny fantasy.]
-t - Jul 11, 2005 3:07:05 pm PDT #8110 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So noted. i'm gonna try the Golden Compass and see what he thinks. He's already getting two Pratchetts.
Mr. Broom - Jul 11, 2005 3:23:19 pm PDT #8111 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
If he's at all into the heavier stuff, and particularly if he's the bookish sort, I'd suggest Ender's Game, provided this wasn't patently obvious at the outset.
meara - Jul 11, 2005 5:03:49 pm PDT #8112 of 10002
I almost hate to suggest it, but I'll bet at that age he might like some of the Xanth novels. The first ones were really almost decent. After that, though, who knew it could go so downhill?
-t - Jul 11, 2005 6:53:43 pm PDT #8113 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It turned out I had ordered a hardback, which I hadn't planned on doing, and when I changed it to paperback I was much further from the super saver than I thought. But I'll want these suggestions for Christmas, I'm sure.
Xanth seems older to me. I read A Spell for Chameleon in high school, though that was probably when it came out, but it still seems like that age to me.
sumi - Jul 12, 2005 4:55:47 am PDT #8114 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Hmmm, from Wizard News:
15 copies of Half-Blood Prince sold prematurely in Canada
Raincoast Books is in full damage-control mode after a British Columbia store prematurely sold up to 15 copies of the latest book last week. Raincoast heard about the gaffe on Friday, the day after the books were sold at the Great Canadian Superstore in Coquitlam – more than a week before the official release.
sumi - Jul 12, 2005 4:55:50 am PDT #8115 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Oops, not so interesting that I needed to say it twice.