Student Book World - The one's I'll never forget

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The one's I'll never forget - no particular order

	The Martian Chronicles (Flamingo Modern Classic) by Ray Bradbury Buy new: £5.29 / Used from: £1.43 'Great' SF / Fantasy: truly unique ideas, wonderfully written. Scary AND Beautiful... ?!
	The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts by Douglas Adams Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01 A bible for the 20th C. Every time I see an aftershave ad, I think of Wonko the Sane
	Skallagrigg by William Horwood Buy used from: £2.00 Fiction: Mystery & romance in asylums / workhouses. Laugh, weep, cringe - amazing stuff
	The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; The "Dark is Rising"; "Greenwitch"; The "Grey King"; "Silver O" (Puffin Books) by Susan Cooper Buy new: £9.72 / Used from: £0.01 Good vs Evil, magic and mystery. Beautifully written, evocative, engrossing.
	Synners by Pat Cadigan Buy used from: £4.68 Seminal Cyberpunk. So good it makes your brain ache. "Gibson? Ha!"
	The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.01 DWJ always superb. But this has a depth and scope I greatly admire.
	Gods of the Greataway (Song of Earth/Michael Coney, Vol 2) by Michael Coney Buy used from: £1.75 SF/Fantasy: some BRILLIANT ideas, atmospheric, charming, memorable
	Dune (S.F. Masterworks) by Frank Herbert Buy used from: £24.98 Fully conceptualised, intricate and densely-woven... better mental exercise than crosswords and more fun
	The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.01 Tongue-in-cheek SF. I laughed the whole way through - and all the others too.
	Reaper Man: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Pratchett fantastic. Why this one? For the 'small child', and the fields of wheat at the end.
	Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £0.01 70s England through the eyes of a Yank- I laughed till it hurt and bought the others
	Tomorrow's Children: Eighteen Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Orbit Books) Buy used from: £0.14 Asimov-edited anthology. Big SF authors, great stories, very thought-provoking
	Beyond Lies The Wub: Volume One Of The Collected Stories: The Collected Short Stories 1 (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick) by Philip K. Dick Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.36 A fascinating author, always mind-expanding/thought provoking - what better could you ask of a book?
	The Earthsea Quartet: "A Wizard Of Earthsea"; "The Tombs of Atuan"; "The Farthest Shore"; "Tehanu" (Puffin Books) by Ursula Le Guin Buy new: £7.12 / Used from: £3.53 Ged and his inner demons, the struggle for wisdom and discipline. And Magic, of course.
	The Hobbit - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien Buy new: £21.25 / Used from: £4.64 The most approachable Tolkien novel, great fun and a nice entry point to the biggies
	Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Centenary Edition by Oscar Wilde Buy used from: £25.74 All Wilde's stories and plays: eloquent, hilarious, incisive, philosophical - perfection
	Tank Girl: v. 1 by Jamie Hewlett Buy used from: £24.53 Oh Yes! Aussie Barbarella crossed with Lizzie Borden and Granny Weatherwax. 'Roo humping! Tanks! Big guns!
	Olivia by Ian Falconer Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.13 Soooooo cute! And funny! And true! And well drawn! One for all you little girls out there.
	The Magic Roundabout Set: "Adventures of Dougal", "Adventures of Brian", "Adventures of Dylan", "Adventures of Ermintrude" by Eric Thompson Buy used from: £8.50 My brother, when I was 8 and sickly, read me "Mr McHenry and the Mad Squirter." I'll remember till I die how much I laughed
	The Jeeves Omnibus: No.1 by P.G. Wodehouse Buy new: £11.60 / Used from: £10.44 Any Wodehouse would do, he always makes me smile - beautifully written.
	The Owl Service (Collins Modern Classics) by Alan Garner Buy used from: £0.01 A strange and compelling story rooted in welsh mythology. Fascinating, scary, beautiful
	The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey Buy used from: £0.01 One of the 'shell people' series - great fun, thought provoking, emotionally provocative
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling Buy new: £5.51 / Used from: £0.01 Harry meets the labours of hercules... a great read, though Azkaban also good
	Pooh Library original 4-volume set (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne Buy used from: £25.19 Funny, moving - childhood in a bottle. The poetry can be lovely.
	The Chronicles of Narnia / The Magician's Nephew / The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Boxset] by C.S. Lewis Buy new: £27.95 / Used from: £16.00 Wonderful fun & deeply involving with a philosophical / theological subtext for dessert