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Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 08:56:02 EDT
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More F & SF for children of all ages:

  Weirdstone ... (trilogy)       Alan Garner

  Earthsea Trilogy               LeGuin
   Magic from the island archipelago.

  Wrinkle in Time                L'Engle

  Phantom Tollbooth              ?
   Fantasy vacation.

  The Forgotten Door             Alexander Key
   Stunning.

  Mad Scientists Club (2 books)  ?
   Amusing scientific pranks.

  The Great Brain                Fitzgerald (?)
   Schoolboys.

  Freddie the Detective          ?
   Talking animals.

  (5 book series)                Susan Cooper

  The spaceship under the        ?
    apple tree  (2 books)

  Flatland                       Abbot
   Mathematical Fantasy


  Early Heinlein, in particular 'Citizen of the Galaxy' and 'Tunnel
in the sky'.  Ursula Leguin.  Andre Norton.  Alan Nourse.  Lloyd Biggle Jr.


James Schmitz:
'The Witches of Karres',    'A Pride of Monsters',
'The Telzey Toy',           'The Universe Against Her',
'Agent of Vega',            'Demon Breed',
'Eternal Frontier'

  Is James Schmitz alive and writing?  Am I missing any of his books?
Can any of you fill in the question marks above?

  I remember fondly a series of juveniles, in which Irish elves
lure children into lives of underground slavery.  There were at least
three books but I don't remember name or author.  Any takers?



  Here's a list of my all time favorite SF without comment.  Enjoy.

Dunsany,     PK Dick,    LeGuin,
Lem         'The Invincible',  'The Cyberiad', 'The Investigation'
Simak       'Way Station'
Snyder      'Testament XXI'
Sturgatski  'Hard to be a God', 'Roadside Picnic', 'Definitely Maybe'
Wolfe       '5th Head of Cerebus', SotT etc., 'The Devil in a Forrest',
	    'Peace', 'Island of Dr. Death And Other Stories and other stories'
	     Has Wolfe written any books besides these?
Zelazny     'My Name is Legion: Home is the Hangman',
	    'Doorways in the sand', 'Lord of Light'


  My most recent hot read was Melvyn Peake's Gormenghast series:
    'Titus Groan', 'Gormenghast', 'Titus Alone'  --

    The exquisitely morbid chronicles of the Castle Gormenghast, of the
birth of the new heir Titus, of the emnity between Lord Sepulchrave's
manservant Flay and the Cook by name Abiatha Swelter.  Tight.

  If I remember correctly this story was created in the early 30's or 40's
It never made it big - but deserves to!  It is a sight better than TC in
the anti-hero genre.  A Gormenghast movie would be incredible.

  Reading all three of the Gormenghast books takes considerable stamina.
I gave up in the middle of #2 but then that's further than I got with TC.


						Cheers,

						Steve Rabin
						Caltech