Those magical Unusual Books of childhood

[carrie221]

Two books stand out that influenced what I read today "Little House on the Prairie" and the "Narnia" books.

Little House on the Prairie may not be about magic but it always sparked my imagination and I still love to read books set in the past, (I also have a degree in History) I love to read books about other times whether it be in the future or in the past.

Narnia well I first saw the BBC version on the Disney Channel which caused me to go and find all the books. These books made me believe in magic and I sent a lot of time (not that I will admit to this every again) looking for a way into narnia.

This was as science fiction or fantasyish I got until I was 13 and saw Star Wars in the theater for the first time (20 year anniversery). After that I became hooked and started reading a lot more fantasy books and scifi.

[ray gower]

Think the book that put me on to Science Fiction was Kings of Space, because I was partial to Biggles.
Otherwise it was whatever was in the bookcase: Hammond Innes, Alexander Kent, CS Forrester and some ghastly dragon thing the school wanted me to read because my reading was sub-standard for an 8 year old.

[Milk]

The Phantom Tollbooth.
I was crazy about that book.

And before that, lots of Hans Christian Anderson Short Stories.


Oh yeah and I cant remember the exact books, these were very specific and had amazing artwork, but there were these Greek and Norse mythology picture books I read over and over again. I mean, I had these books practically memorized back then. I loved the artwork. Some of the concepts I still remember like : The giant Ymir's feet mating with eachother to produce multiheaded trolls.