Most every thing that's been mentioned so far (other than Lady
Chatterly) was required reading sometime during my high school years,
although Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" was about as close
to science fiction as we got.
OTOH, the school library had a fairly complete collection of Heinlein's
books including "Stranger in a Strange Land" and Asimov's then Foundation
TRILOGY.
A few years ago I ran across an omnibus volume of "The Hitchhiker's
Guide ..." & replaced a bunch of badly worn paperbacks.
On 2/15/2015 6:15 PM, John Coyle wrote:
For my English Literature GCE, we read "Who Dares Wins", a story about a
British soldier in Greece
following the collapse in 1941, "Macbeth", and collection of poetry, the title
or content of which
my mind refuses to recall. I remember the first book as a great story and an
exciting read for a
15-year old: amazingly, I also loved the Shakespeare, and can still quote a few
passages. Perhaps
the examiners were getting more flexible than before in the content chosen for
study?
THHGTTG I have read twice - it's quirky and can be smile inducing, but not
laugh-out-loud funny.
John in Brisbane
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Steve Cottrell wrote:
Malcolm, in my sophomore year at (American) high school, I did a
semester course called 'Predictive Literature'. It was basically
reading and writing science fiction, and counted towards to overall
English grades required. 6 months of sci-fi! This was 1975/6.
We repatriated in 76 and I was landed into O levels and The Grapes of
bleedin Wrath.......... :-(
For our sins, my year got a collection of short stories by D H Lawrence. In
fairness, I quite
enjoyed them and I read them again about a decade ago with such joys as 'The
Rocking-Horse Winner'
and 'The Man Who Loved Islands'.
However, at the age of 15/16, I would have much preferred your options!
Malcolm
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