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jgray · 05-30-2009, 11:12 PM

Actually, in school, I was never required to read such classics as "1984" or "Brave New World". I did read them on my own when I was in junior high school, because one of my older brothers had left over copies from when they were required to read them. I enjoyed them both.

I was an avid reader early on. In both junior high and high school, I managed to read every book of interest to me in the school libraries. I also frequently took the bus to the main library in downtown Baltimore. Also, my father had a partial set of classic literature for our use.

I read many of the Mark Twain classics, some Dickens, some Shakespeare, lots of Jules Verne, all the Sherlock Holmes stories, lots of Isaac Asimov (non fiction and SF), quite a bit of Edgar Allen Poe, some Jack London, too many to remember. I also read large quantities of non fiction, as I was interested in science, technology, most everything.

05-30-2009, 11:12 PM	#29
jgray Fanatic Posts: 554 Karma: 2928497 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Clara 2E & Sage	Actually, in school, I was never required to read such classics as "1984" or "Brave New World". I did read them on my own when I was in junior high school, because one of my older brothers had left over copies from when they were required to read them. I enjoyed them both. I was an avid reader early on. In both junior high and high school, I managed to read every book of interest to me in the school libraries. I also frequently took the bus to the main library in downtown Baltimore. Also, my father had a partial set of classic literature for our use. I read many of the Mark Twain classics, some Dickens, some Shakespeare, lots of Jules Verne, all the Sherlock Holmes stories, lots of Isaac Asimov (non fiction and SF), quite a bit of Edgar Allen Poe, some Jack London, too many to remember. I also read large quantities of non fiction, as I was interested in science, technology, most everything.