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Old 01-13-2011, 08:50 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I read about Heinrich Schliemann and his discovery of Troy when I was young. I can't find the book but it was similar to this:

The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug Up Troy: Amazon.ca: Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd: Books The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug Up Troy: Amazon.ca: Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd: Books

It sparked my fancy for the classics and led me to attempt the Illiad & Odyssey several times (I was successful with the Odyssey):

Penguin Classics Odyssey: Amazon.ca: Homer, Bernard Knox, Robert Fagles: Books Penguin Classics Odyssey: Amazon.ca: Homer, Bernard Knox, Robert Fagles: Books


later I went on to read adventure enjoying Scott and the Antarctic:

Captain Scott and the Antarctic Tragedy: Amazon.ca: Peter Brent: Books Captain Scott and the Antarctic Tragedy: Amazon.ca: Peter Brent: Books



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The Martian Chronicles introduced me to science fiction, and I still read them ever now and again.


I think this is the case for myself as well. From there I explored all of Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Niven etc ... but most specifically:

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Although the Dune pentalogy, by Frank Herbert, might almost tie for #5....


The Dune series has engaged my imagination for decades now:

Dune: Amazon.ca: Frank Herbert: Books Dune: Amazon.ca: Frank Herbert: Books


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I want to give specific mention to another book:

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich I had a passing interest in Russia before I picked this up out of boredom at 9 PM on a Tuesday when I had a class starting at 8 the next morning. I read it in one sitting and literally couldn't put it down.
This slender tome was impossible to put down. Like Jazz, I was unable to attend to other matters until it had been dealt with. In fact, the comparison of life in the Soviet Gulag to my (at the time) current circumstances made my life easier to take - I was tree planting in the interior of British Columbia. I recommend this to everybody
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