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To: Pontiac

My children had a have to read list, for highschool

In this order:

Animal Farm
Brave New World
1984
The Earth Abides
The Long Walk

They have thanked me for having them read them. I have tried to get them interested in SF. It is best read while young.


67 posted on 08/01/2015 2:48:57 PM PDT by Chickensoup (We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
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To: Chickensoup

I’ve read Animal Farm, 1984 and Brave New World. I’ve never heard of the other two.


73 posted on 08/01/2015 2:53:07 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Chickensoup
Glad you listed Earth Abides!

Dittos!

84 posted on 08/01/2015 3:04:11 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (.)
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To: Chickensoup

Of your list I have only read

Animal Farm
1984
TThe Long Walk

Sorry to say I don’t read as much fiction as I used to.


112 posted on 08/01/2015 3:37:15 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Chickensoup

No Starship Troopers?


207 posted on 08/01/2015 10:56:08 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (I was mad when they changed Republican states to Red, but I now I see they were right.)
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To: Chickensoup
The Long Walk

Great story, lost my copy in a fire.

I liked The Stand, too.

217 posted on 08/02/2015 3:13:14 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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