Today I was overtaken by an irresistable urge to reread the classic SF I am sending to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
petronia, followed by an equally irresistible urge to compile themed booklists for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
reading_mix.
SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!!! These lists are from memory -- like last time, I'm at college, with no access to my bookshelves.
The Psychology of Science
Books with nuanced depictions of the personalities of research scientists.
1. Intuition, Allegra Goodman
2. Timescape, Gregory Benford
3. Eternal Sabbath, Fuyumi Soryo??
biggersandwich
3. Bellwether, Connie Willis
( descriptions )
Looping Stories
Short stories that reference each other in ways that make you go "Aha! I remember that!"
1. Dreams of Terror and Death, H.P. Lovecraft
2. Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
3. Love Mode, Shimizu Yuki
apintrix:
4. Love Medicine, Louise Erdrich
5. Come to Me, Amy Bloom
6. J.D. Salinger's "Glass family" short stories and novel (list)
milchstrasse
7. Not the End of the World, Kate Atkinson
8. Pixel Juice, Jeff Noon??
( descriptions )
YA Building Books
YA books about building your environment, preferably including lots of cool contraptions. These are books that make you want to run away and live in the wilderness.
1. The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss
2. Island of the Blue Dolphin, Scott O'Dell
3. Boxcar Children, Gertrude Chandler Warner*
4. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of MIMH, Robert C. O'Brien
angrybabble
5. Hatchet, Gary Paulsen?? may be too realistic.
6. My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead Craighead George
meril
7. The Mad Scientists' Club, Bertrand R. Brinley?? lots of contraptions but may not include environmental engineering.
HONORABLE MENTION!!! The chapters in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (part four) about the stand-user who lives in an abandonned electric tower and never sets foot on the ground. Remind me to upload this later when the list's finalized.
*The sequels are mysteries but the first one is about four siblings who make a home out of an abandoned boxcart. See also: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?? About a brother and sister who make a home out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I dunno, should Boxcar Children count? I count a distinct absence of cool contraptions.
Oh god, it's nearly 2:00am and I still have three essays to write. *sob*
ONCE AGAIN: SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!
EDIT:
YA Puzzle-Narratives with Answers in the Back
1. Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
2. Clue Series - Who Killed Mr. Boddy?, Eric Weiner
3. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, Donald J. Sobol
murinae
4. The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
meril
5. Hawkeye Collins & Amy Adams series by M. Masters
It's obvious where my mind is tonight, -_-;
petronia, followed by an equally irresistible urge to compile themed booklists for reading_mix. SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!!! These lists are from memory -- like last time, I'm at college, with no access to my bookshelves.
The Psychology of Science
Books with nuanced depictions of the personalities of research scientists.
1. Intuition, Allegra Goodman
2. Timescape, Gregory Benford
3. Eternal Sabbath, Fuyumi Soryo??
biggersandwich3. Bellwether, Connie Willis
( descriptions )
Looping Stories
Short stories that reference each other in ways that make you go "Aha! I remember that!"
1. Dreams of Terror and Death, H.P. Lovecraft
2. Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
3. Love Mode, Shimizu Yuki
apintrix:4. Love Medicine, Louise Erdrich
5. Come to Me, Amy Bloom
6. J.D. Salinger's "Glass family" short stories and novel (list)
milchstrasse7. Not the End of the World, Kate Atkinson
8. Pixel Juice, Jeff Noon??
( descriptions )
YA Building Books
YA books about building your environment, preferably including lots of cool contraptions. These are books that make you want to run away and live in the wilderness.
1. The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss
2. Island of the Blue Dolphin, Scott O'Dell
3. Boxcar Children, Gertrude Chandler Warner*
4. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of MIMH, Robert C. O'Brien
angrybabble5. Hatchet, Gary Paulsen?? may be too realistic.
6. My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead Craighead George
meril7. The Mad Scientists' Club, Bertrand R. Brinley?? lots of contraptions but may not include environmental engineering.
HONORABLE MENTION!!! The chapters in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (part four) about the stand-user who lives in an abandonned electric tower and never sets foot on the ground. Remind me to upload this later when the list's finalized.
*The sequels are mysteries but the first one is about four siblings who make a home out of an abandoned boxcart. See also: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?? About a brother and sister who make a home out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I dunno, should Boxcar Children count? I count a distinct absence of cool contraptions.
ONCE AGAIN: SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!
EDIT:
YA Puzzle-Narratives with Answers in the Back
1. Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
2. Clue Series - Who Killed Mr. Boddy?, Eric Weiner
3. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, Donald J. Sobol
murinae4. The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
meril5. Hawkeye Collins & Amy Adams series by M. Masters
It's obvious where my mind is tonight, -_-;