h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So many to choose from. I did not start reading books until I was twelve due to my dyslexia. But I made up for it from that point onwards. My favorite were the action/adventure books of Alexander Dumas, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs and H G Wells. As I got older, I read the science fiction books of Issac Asimov and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In my twenties, I found the books of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, C S Lewis and Charles Dickens to be very satisfying. But over the last fifteen years, I have to say that Sir Terry Pratchett is the master of them all. Only Lewis Carroll can match him for imagination and scope. But Pratchett has a dry wit that I have not found elsewhere. Pratchett rules!

A good selection of books there – the only author you've mentioned that I've not read books by is Mark Twain (although I vaguely remember being read his stories when I was at Middle School).
Mind you, I've not read any Terry Pratchett since, oh, yesterday.

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Yes Terry Pratchett rules! I have reread his books many times and enjoyed them each and every time.

I've read all his books - including The Unadulterated Cat - except for 'Snuff' and 'Dodger'. This week I've been reading 'The World of Poo'...

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I just read Luka by Salmon Rushdie to my son and it's my new all time favourite story book. He wrote it to meet a challenge set by his son (to write a book I'd like to read). It's a wonderful quest adventure which blends feature from modern film (Star Wars) and classic mythology to create a world that's clever, rich and funny. My nine year old loved it and it's good enough to read as an adult. 

A dog called bear and a bear called dog...

We are about to start the Book of Poo

How are you getting on with the World of Poo?

I've added your comments on Salman Rushdie too - sorry it took me a day or two to respond, didn't mean to overlook this!

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Not too well. My son feels that jokes about poo are beneath him and once you take those out

Well – did you get a chance to enjoy it, at least?

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I did. Did you?

Could you possibly take out my quote about Malory Towers being for girls? I was in Waterstones yesterday and was most disturbed to see books divided into Girl Picks and Boy Picks... Especially as Dahl was split- The Twits for boys, Matilida for girls.

If I had a girl I'd be wishing somebody would tell her Malory Towers was for boys- not all childhood favourites stand up to re-reading!

I did - it seemed a delightfully old-fashioned sort of story too, which worked quite well with the Discworld setting.

I cut out the sentence "I find myself desperately hoping that somebody will tell him that Malory Towers is for girls." but have left the rest of the quote in. Is that okay, or would you like me to take out the entire quote?

I never read Mallory Towers. I've got such a pile of books to read now I've not re-read many of my childhood favourites, except the ones I read to my children, of course. As the oldest is 4 they tend to be short story books, though.

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