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To: Neocon who wrote (13536)	5/29/2002 10:51:16 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

For awhile there, I mostly read the How and Why books, and the Encyclopedia Britannica. Why am I not surprised? But I preferred Sherlock Holmes....... My computer ate my original response to Solon and I had to reconstruct it. In doing so, I was incomplete. I also liked Sherlock Holmes a lot. And Poe and his ilk. The Headless Horseman scared me to death but I read it over and over. I still like spooky stuff and mysteries. I also read "True Confessions" types of magazines. They didn't have sex ed in school when I was a kid.

To: Neocon who wrote (13536)	5/29/2002 11:10:07 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Nice collection of books, I assume you have read Animal Farm as well and perhaps Future Shock. * * *

To: Neocon who wrote (13536)	5/29/2002 11:19:26 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

People make fun of the RD Condensed, but they were an excellent introduction to a variety of literature for a young person. I read all my parents' and then if I really liked one, I would get the unabridged from the library. I can still remember laughing over The Egg and I, and crying over A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It's funny what influenced us- my piano teacher had a big shelf of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazines in the room where we waited for a lesson and I used to go an hour early just so I could read them.

To: Neocon who wrote (13536)	5/29/2002 1:53:01 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I also loved Sherlock, and I fell in love with the language of Scott, Malory, and the like. I was fascinated by the language of Homer, and of Beowolf. For me, it was always the magic of the language that spoke of a far time and place. I sold Christmas cards and garden seeds for money. Good books I ordered from Dover Publications. Sheer adventure I ordered from Ballantyne and other mass market paperbacks. Our school was very tiny with only a small bookcase; but we did have the Book of Knowledge in 26 volumes which I dare say suited my purposes almost as well as the Britannica may have...<g> On the lighter side, I went through a mystery period of Stout, Sayers, J. D. Carr and the like; a sci-fi period of Del Rey, Heinlein, Asimov, etc. I almost forgot: loved the Anne books, and the Alcott books. Those were the days when one could transport oneself into an imaginary world and make it become real; where one could insert oneself into the fabric of an alien tapestry and make it wholly present and delightful. Perhaps those days will come again...