Mrs. J.Black asked:
I need one for English because we have to choose a genre we haven’t already read. I could also read a Nonfiction, Mythology or historical fiction book.
Just to get a sense, my favorite books are Twilight by S. Meyer, Ender’s Game by O.S.Card and All American Girl by Meg Cabot.
If you know any books I might like, please speak up! Thanks!
Janice
I need one for English because we have to choose a genre we haven’t already read. I could also read a Nonfiction, Mythology or historical fiction book.
Just to get a sense, my favorite books are Twilight by S. Meyer, Ender’s Game by O.S.Card and All American Girl by Meg Cabot.
If you know any books I might like, please speak up! Thanks!
Janice
Tags: Favorite Books, Game, Mythology
Being Dead by Vende Valde (horror)
Shade’s Children by Nix (sci-fi)
Marley and Me by Gorgan (non-fiction)
Politically Correct Bedtime Tales by Garner (folk-tale)
Tangarine by Bloor (sports)
Fever 1793 by Anderson (historical)
Nothing but the Truth by Avi (politics)
Surviving the Applewhites by Tolan (humor)
Try Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. by PK ****. Pax-C
I know that this has nothing to do with your question but i just had to tell you(seeing as your a Twlight fan) that the announcement about the breaking dawn book will be at 12:00am tommrow. I’m sooo excited.
TEAM JACOB
I’ve given you a list of SCIENCE FICTION, you will find many other kinds of books at the web site listed below.
* Indicates books for younger readers.
My two favorite science fiction writers are Stephen Tall and James White. Stephen Tall’s real name was Dr. Compton Crook. He was an ornithologist and taught at Towson State University. He retired in the late 1970’s and unfortunately died soon after his retirement. The few novels and short stories which he wrote are out of print.
James White lived in Ireland and wrote science fiction for about 40 years until his death in 1999. He tackled the medical problems that would arise if doctor, nurse, and patient were of three different life forms. (I’ve worked several years in nursing homes and hospitals.) His works include:
Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus includes: Hospital Station, Star Surgeon, and Major Operation. ISBN 9780312875442
Alien Emergencies: A Sector General Omnibus includes: Ambulance Ship, Sector General, and Star Healer. ISBN 9780312877705
Double Contact (about the Cinrusskin, Dr. Prilicla) ISBN 9780812568608
General Practice (includes Code Blue - Emergency and The Genocidal Healer) ISBN 9780765306630
Mind Changer ISBN 9780812541960
The Watch Below
The Silent Stars Go By
Madeleine L’Engle:
A Wrinkle in Time *
A Wind in the Door *
A Swiftly Tilting Planet *
Many Waters *
E. E. “Doc” Smith:
Triplanetary *
First Lensman *
Galactic Patrol *
Gray Lensman *
Second Stage Lensman *
Children of the Lens *
The Vortex Blaster (a.k.a. Masters of the Vortex) *
The Skylark of Space series *
Andre Norton:
Starman’s Son *
Galactic Derelict *
The Time Traders *
Solar Queen
Ursula K. Le Guin:
The Telling *
The Word for World is Forest *
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia *
The Left Hand of Darkness *
City of Illusions *
Planet of Exile *
Rocannon’s World *
The Lathe of Heaven *
Jules Verne:
Journey to the Center of the Earth *
Isaac Asimov (a.k.a. Paul French) - I met Asimov years ago in New York City at a Science Teachers’ convention. He died in 1992. His works include:
David Starr, Space Ranger *
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids *
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus *
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury *
Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter *
Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn *
Prelude to Foundation
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation’s Edge
Foundation and Earth
Forward the Foundation
I, Robot (Nothing like the movie!)
The Caves of Steel (Robot Series)
The ***** Sun (Robot Series)
The Robots of Dawn (Robot Series)
Robots and Empire (Robot Series)
The Currents of Space (Empire Series)
The Stars, Like Dust (Empire Series)
Pebble in the Sky (Empire Series)
The Gods Themselves
Nightfall
Nemesis
Fantastic Voyage
Gold
The End of Eternity
Ray Bradbury:
The Martian Chronicles *
Farenheit 451 (First published in 1953. A future totalitarian regime has banned books and they are burned.)
Dandelion Wine
The Illustrated Man
H. G. Wells:
The Time Machine *
The War of the Worlds *
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Invisible Man
Larry Niven:
Ringworld
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle:
The Mote in God’s Eye
Lucifer’s Hammer
Edwin A. Abbott:
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dionys Burger wrote a sequel called Sphereland which unfortunately is out of print.)
Arthur C. Clarke:
Against the Fall of Midnight *
Childhood’s End
Rendevous with Rama
The City and the Stars
The Fountains of Paradise
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey Two
2061: Odyssey Three
3001: The Final Odyssey
Robert A. Heinlein:
Rocket Ship Galileo *
Space Cadet *
Red Planet *
Farmer in the Sky *
Between Planets *
The Rolling Stones (Space Family Stone) *
Starman Jones *
The Star Beast *
Tunnel in the Sky *
Time for the Stars *
Citizen of the Galaxy *
Have Space Suit-Will Travel *
Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon *
Tenderfoot in Space *
Green Hills of the Earth
The Past Through Tomorrow
Double Star
The Door Into Summer
Starship Troopers
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Friday
Glory Road
Time Enough for Love
The Puppet Masters
Podkayne of Mars * (This was the first science fiction I read as a child. I was hooked.)
Time for the Stars
Red Planet
Farnham’s Freehold
Stranger in a Strange Land (a classic of science fiction)
Stanley Robinson:
Red Mars
Green Mars
Blue Mars
Orson Scott Card:
Ender’s Game
Ender’s Shadows
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story
Speaker for the Dead
Walter Tevis:
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Frederick Pohl:
Gateway
David Brin:
Earth
Sundiver
Startide Rising
The Uplift War
Brightness Reef
Infinity’s Shore
Heaven’s Reach
Glory Season
The Postman
Kiln People
Joe Haldeman:
The Forever War
James Blish:
Cities in Flight
Gene Wolfe:
Book of the New Sun
The Wizard Knight
Stanislav Lem:
Solaris
Cyberiad
Eden
The Star Diaries
Philip K. Dick:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Policeman Said
Flow My Tears
The Man in the High Castle
Ubik
George Orwell:
1984
Frank Herbert:
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapter House of Dune
Kurt Vonnegut:
Slaughterhouse Five
Cat’s Cradle
Aldous Huxley:
Brave New World
Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Nancy Farmer:
The House of the Scorpion (Humans despise clones, but young Matt is the clone of El Patron and that gives him special status.
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The Once and Future King by T. H. White is a very entertaining and just a little twisted retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Round Table. I’m not sure whether it falls under folktale or mythology, come to think of it, but it would qualify as one of them for sure. Maybe even classic by now, lord knows I’ve been reading it long enough. For historical fiction you could try Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I know it’s long but it’s one heck of a story and it’s never felt long to me. Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time series were originally intended for slightly younger readers but have proven themselves to be classics of the science fiction genre. I’m old and I still love them.