The books I buy in a year, part VII

[rbandrews]

33. King Lear by William Shakespeare, illustrated by Ian Pollock (graphic novel of King Lear)

34. Beyond Singularity edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois

35. Hackers by Steven Levy (gift for Cassie)

36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (gift for Cassie)

Comments

[laventadorn.livejournal.com]

The Phantom Tollbooth is le awesome.

[rbandrews]

It is! Cassie needs to read it, I think. I was surprised she hadn't.

I am also happy that I found the exact same printing I read in third grade.

[laventadorn.livejournal.com]

!!

Never read it! I'm shocked. Now I'm like one of those people who repeats, "What, you've NEVER read it??" when someone says, "You know, I've never read that." (i.e. obnoxious)

I think I still have the copy I read in the 4th grade. It taught me so many things! Although for a long time afterward I always pictured a dodecahedron with a body.

[diadelphous.livejournal.com]

Okay! I totally started it and I love it. ALso, I read on the back that there's a war between words and numbers? Is this true? Because, LOVE.

[laventadorn.livejournal.com]

Aye! There's the king of the word city... and I forget what it's called... and his brother is the king of the math city, and they've been quarreling forever about words and numbers.

Digitopolis and Dictionopolis! Those're the cities.

(Does the back tell you about the island of Conclusions, which you get to by jumping?)

[diadelphous.livejournal.com]

It does! I just read the part about the color symphony, which was the most amazing thing ever.

This book is also full of puns that don't make me want to jump off a bridge. Why can't more people make puns like that?

[desfido.livejournal.com]

This.

[desfido.livejournal.com]

Also, I'd like to know how the King Lear graphic novel is.

[rbandrews]

Me too. I haven't read it yet. And now it's packed, so it'll be August at the earliest before I do.