A reader for 65 years now. I prefer a lot of variety although I've been allergic to "bestsellers" for a long time now. A resident of Hawaii, USA.
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Roverandom is a novella written by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925. It deals with …
Tolkien - lighter, shorter, wicked sense of humor, plus his excellent illustrations. If you think Tolkien is only the thick richness of The Lord of the Rings, you need to read Roverrandom. And Farmer Giles of Ham.
Harvard Lampoon doing what it does best.
His witty writing style and imagination keeps things moving along - Bill Clinton in Hell (stuck in an anonymous hotel room constantly waiting for the arrival of some woman who he can't remember), J. Edgar Hoover (in Hell because the Devil needs SOMEONE to keep detailed track of everyone in hell), etc.
No outlandish or medeaval tortures here, everything here is the torture of the mundane.
It all leads to an ending that was incredibly predictable.
Clearly not the book he won a Pulitzer Prize for, but entertaining.
Stranded on an island while an atomic war destroys the rest of the world, a group of young boys revert …
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the …
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. …
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books …
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of …
A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. …
