I loved the Susan Cooper ones (there were 5 or 6) and the CS Lewis ones too. My favourite is the Voyage of the DawnTreader. CS Lewis wrote a book called Mere Christianity? which I started but it was a trifle dry, if you can have a dry trifle.. There were several other sci fi type authors who did whole sets of books like Lloyd Alexander and to some extent Arthur Ransome and then the historico ones like Rosemary Sutcliffe or Henry Treece. For peeps who still like that light scifi on the surface but funny and deep really, may I recommend Jeff Noon (new books - Nymphomation and Pixel Juice) I went to see him read in October and it was quite an experience- He did pared down dub versions (all sung/chanted)of some of the short stories and a load of puns like: Jonny takes metaphorozine. He's a real dog brian takes Laetotizol. Sparkles like a graveyard but never gets the urge Josie takes Hyperbolatide. That mouth such bliss and the planets and the satellites take refuge inside her lips. Desmond takes onomatopiates. He's a woof-woof. I also found an old book in a 2nd hand bookshop/cafe here in Cambridge called cb1- it's a great place a bit like cafe.alt on Ave A- a hardback guide to Track and Field with all black and white pictures and a dusty dust jacket. Almost bought it. back to practical write-ups mone drone ................milla..., ****i'minlovewitheveryonewhoknowsit'shardtobuildawayofseeing whoknowsthatneverthelessthat'stheonlywaytoflameintobeing**** ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+