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The Great Escape is a book I read and reread as a kid; I wouldn't need to refresh my memory of it. None of my ten OD libraries has it, but I note that it's cheap in the UK.
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Around The World In Eighty Days
I’ve focused on the adventure of navigating a labyrinth, and nominate Michael Palin’s caper, Around The World In Eighty Days. It’s from the travel diary that Palin kept during the 1989 BBC series of the same name. In the spirit of duplicating travel conditions at the time of Fogg’s adventure, no air travel was allowed on Palin’s quest.
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In the end, I landed on Palin’s diary because the documentary was one of my favourite BBC productions, I thought this might be fun to read, and travel could spark some lively discussions. Samples Kobo: $6 US; $6 CDN; £6 UK; $17 New Zealand; $14 Australia Samples Kindle $5 US; $6 CAD; £6UK; $5 New Zealand; $15 Australia |
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Lost Horizon is one of many books that I discovered through the book club even though it was never a selection. (Runner up in March 2015 my notes say.) |
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He was one of the men recaptured but was not executed because the Nazis apparently thought he might be related to Winston Churchill: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/...execution.html I've always loved the movie version, which led me to Paul Brickhill's book long ago. A few years back I read Tim Carroll's book The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III, which adds to the story and does include some information about the Gestapo killers and how they were hunted down. |
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Silverlock, by John Myers Myers.
A book that starts with "If I had wanted to live, I would have died. . . " With enough references to write a concordance as long as the book, without ever being pedantic or stuffy. |
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The previous discussion and nominations have realigned my sights a little...
I nominate Duncton Wood by William Horwood. Quote:
Here are some example links/prices: Amazon US - USD$2.51 | Amazon UK - £1.99 | Amazon CA - CDN$2.99 | Amazon AU - AUD$3.69 | Kobo US - USD$2.99 | Kobo UK - £1.99 | Kobo CA - CAD$2.99 | Kobo AU AUD$4.99 | Kobo NZ NZD$4.99 Also see Goodreads. It's a little like Watership Down by Richard Adams, including the fact that it can be quite violent. And it's a little like the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, in that religion is quite clearly part of this story. But it's also very much its own story. When I last read it 10 years ago I enjoyed it very much, although perhaps not with the full enthusiasm of my youth. Do not be concerned that it looks like the start of a series; this first book was not written with any intention of a series. It was only 8 years later that Horwood decided to cash in on this book's success. (That's a bit cynical sounding, the next 5 books are quite good, although with rather more extreme violence.) The story definitely covers both the "Labyrinth" and "Quest" elements of our theme. Having been a very popular book in its day I suppose many of you may have read it already ... not that it matters. At the risk of putting down my own nomination, I will say that Dunction Wood is Horwood's first book, but not his best. That honour, IMO, goes to either The Stonor Eagles or Skallagrigg - these both got a 5/5 from me. (I have not yet tried his more recent Hyddenworld fantasy series.) |
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