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As far as I remember "Treasure Island" was the first. Come to think of it it might have been "The Water Babies"
----------------------------------------No! before either of those, I had a copy of "More William" by Richmal Crompton. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jul 9, 2007 4:18:16 PM] |
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Dirk Gently
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First (Age 9) - "The Valley Of Adventure" by Enid Blyton. Followed by all the "Adventure" and "Mystery" series. Shame she is out of favour - I know the picture books for very young children are not very PC, but her "novels" are not so bad - well, maybe, maybe not! But I thank her for starting me reading.
----------------------------------------All the Richmal Crompton "Williams" I could lay my hands on, and same with Frank Richards "Billy Bunters". Age 11 - Tolkein - "The Hobbit" - followed by the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (a bit of a milestone in effort terms). |
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Next - I think - was either "David Copperfield" or "Oliver Twist", bowdlerised or abridged versions made suitable for a child of the 20's.
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Diana G.
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At 12 I read Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and never forgot about Michael Valentine and 'Grok it". Read all his books I could get my hands on :-) Read it a few more times over the years...
----------------------------------------Puppet Master reminded me of my 9th grade Math Teacher...he was hunched in between his shoulder blades and I would sit there wondering and imagining that he had one of 'them' attached! LOL DG  |
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At ten I continued to read "abridged" Dickens. The next was "A Tale of Two Cities". Baroness Orczy's "Scarlet Pimpernel" was followed by a whole book of abridged Dickens.
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Oskar Schindler by David M. Crowe
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Dataman
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First Book: “See Spot Run”, author unknown to me, circa 1955 (it got me to read)
----------------------------------------Three of the more influential books: 1. “The Source”, James Mitchner, 1965 (and most other Mitchner books ... it got me interested in history) 2. “Atlas Shrugged”, Ayn Rand, 1957 (not read until the 70’s ... it got me to think about the nature of politics) 3. “Structured Analysis and System Specification”, Tom De Marco, 1978 (it got me a much, much better job <G>) Current Book: “A Short History of Nearly Everything”, Bill Bryson, 2003 Cheers <dataman>  |
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Current reading
Bones to Ashes from Kathy Reichs |
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Now reading Sings the Nightbird by Robert McCammon. Another excellent book by McCammon is Swan Song.
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Yes those are books
 , I just start with The Wheel of Darkness from Douglas Preston |
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