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Message: [QUOTE="JRRRJ, post: 3529667, member: 1303"] The entire Tolkien (J.R.R.'s works only) ouevre -- still pick one of them up & read a scene (and many following pages) every so often. [I]Ready Player One[/I], Ernest Cline -- even tho I didn't come of age in the '80s, it's a trip I'm glad I didn't miss. [I]The Annotated Sherlock Holmes[/I] , William S. Baring-Gould -- every novel & story by Sir Arthur in 2 huge volumes. (BTW, I think the TV series [I]Elementary [/I]does a pretty good job of capturing Holmes as I pictured him in my mind.) The [I]Wheel of Time[/I] series, Robert Jordan -- But only the first one and last 2 volumes. Forgive a very ill man the excesses of the middle 10 books, but you don't have to read them. Find a summary somewhere instead. [I]Systemantics[/I], John Gall -- Similar to [I]The Peter Principle[/I] but funnier and sadder because it's all true. There are PDFs available online. [I]Pride of Chanur/The Kif Strike Back/Chanur's Homecoming[/I], C.J.Cherryh -- She made me believe I could understand how the culture of a race of intelligent felineites would work, had me appreciate the basis of their emotions and enjoy a rollicking story involving 5 spacefaring cultures all at the same time. [I]Snow Crash[/I], Neal Stephenson[I] -- [/I]His debut, not like his later books below. A fast-moving story with well-delineated characters and a number of outstanding turns of phrase. [I]The Diamond Age, Reamde[/I], Neal Stephenson -- His attention to detail is amazing; I've learned a lot from his books about a plethora of subjects. It'd probably be stultifying to some others, but I love it. [I]Time Enough for Love[/I], Robert A. Heinlein -- Mostly not a science fiction story, though it takes place on many planets over hundreds of years of one man's life. And on, and on, but those are the biggies that come up today. [/QUOTE]

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