Writer's Block: Timeless tales

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The Hobbit was always up there. Apparently when I was very young, I seriously impressed my Gran by being able to read whole passages to her. I probably wasn't actually reading as such; I'd just had it read to me so often I could recite it from memory.

At primary school I remember finding Green Smoke and sequels by Rosemary Manning. They were about a Cornish dragon who told a little girl about King Arthur. I also got a lot of great books handed down from my uncle, including various fantasy novels, Hitch-Hiker's Guide and several Peanuts collections.

And then, at about 12 or 13, that uncle gave me The Colour of Magic, and the rest was worrying obsession...

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[scarfman]

I probably wasn't actually reading as such; I'd just had it read to me so often I could recite it from memory.

I remember doing that with Are You My Mother? (though I wonder in latter years whether I had it as memorized as I thought at the time). The Empty Child gives me flashbacks to P.D. Eastman.

several Peanuts collections

We had a set from Mattel (I kid you not; I recall the round red logo on the spines) of about ten reversible books, reprinting previous Peanuts reprint editions, that must have collected almost all the strips until that time. There are very few strips from before about 1970 that I don't remember from my youth.