BJ's Reading Room
Edgar Rice
Burroughs | Robert A Heinlein
| Hermann Hesse |
John
Wyndham | More
A visit to my attic reveals lots
of books from my childhood - each with a homemade book pocket and card.
I was doomed to grow up to become a librarian. I fought it, but destiny
doesn't give up easily. It won, and I finally received my MLS from
the Rutgers University School of
Communication, Information and Library Studies.
Generally, I have a terrible memory
for authors' names - a dangerous quality in a librarian! But listed below
are a few of my favorite authors whose names I can actually remember.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
When we were growing up, my brother
and I would look forward to Christmas mornings when we would each open
our two new Edgar Rice Burroughs books. When we had gone through all the
Tarzan books, we moved on to Mars, Venus, and beyond.
Robert A. Heinlein
In the sixth grade I read a really
nifty book, Space Cadet, and found out years later that Robert A.
Heinlein was the author (I've had that name problem for a long time.) During
the 1960's, Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land was our bible.
After that book, I read a lot of his other works, but never liked the endings.
Hermann Hesse
During my senior year in college, we
had to read Hesse's Steppenwolf. Amazingly, it was the first book
that ever made me really think about what I as reading. I have read his
Siddhartha
in both English and German, and still turn to it when I need to feel "serene."
John Wyndham
When I found out that the Jefferson
Airplane's Crown
of Creation was based on a John Wyndham novel, Rebirth,
I started reading his works. What a delight to find that two of my favorite
movies, Village
of the Damned and Day
of the Triffids were also based on his books.
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