DC Tom Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Gray Beard said: Much of the required reading when I was in junior or senior high focused on distopian views of the future. There is probably some hidden (or not hidden) agenda regarding anti communist or pro socialist or anti capitalist or some other socio-political message involved with many of the books. "Dystopian." Providing that correction not to be a jerk, but merely as an educational opportunity. To be a jerk, I'll point out that you should have learned that in junior or senior high. But that's more a criticism of the educational system than you personally.
Acantha Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 By far my two favorite books as a kid were Where the Red Fern Grows and Enders Game. I still re-read them every few years.
row_33 Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 14 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: If you have that as well as the Hardy Boys, you could have read 'The Mad Scientists' Club' series. I always thought there was only one book, Wikipedia tells me there are four. I wonder if the other three will be as enjoyable 50 years later? Thanked! Wasn't a MSC series fan, my science interests only held for math and chem, wound up a forensic accountant (taking down and defending the Bugs Meany's of the $$$ world)
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Still my fav, started collecting the hardcopy versions a few years back, really brought me back to my youth. Edited April 25, 2018 by ChevyVanMiller 1
row_33 Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 Sick at home at the age of 10 I read most of a Hitchcock anthology of suspense stories still have nightmares 40 years later of being roasted alive for a cannibal picnic and trying to swim across a lake before a huge snail devours me (didn't make it) and a bet for a Cadillac with my pinky finger the wager that I can't get my lighter to work 10 times in a row
T&C Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 52 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: Still my fav, started collecting the hardcopy versions a few years back, really brought me back to my youth. This book cover reminded me of another writer, I had to google it to get his name right... Troy Nesbit. Read all of his books and also Franklin Dixon was a writer in the same style. 1
Just Jack Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 Tom Swift, read several of that series growing up. https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Swift-MEGAPACK®-Complete-Novels-ebook/dp/B007ZTN08S 1
Gray Beard Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 8 hours ago, DC Tom said: "Dystopian." Providing that correction not to be a jerk, but merely as an educational opportunity. To be a jerk, I'll point out that you should have learned that in junior or senior high. But that's more a criticism of the educational system than you personally. I looked up the spelling when I typed in that response, and I still misspelled it. They say the legs are the first things to go; I wonder how far down the list simple observations like proper spelling would be. Or maybe... I’m an idiot.
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