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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talk about the (non-comic) books we grew up on!
Books we mentioned, alphabetical by author:
The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
- Start with: The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
- Start with: The Book of Three
The Magic of Xanth by Piers Anthony
- Start with: A Spell for Chameleon
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony
- Start with: On a Pale Horse
Letters to Jenny by Piers Anthony
Lots of stuff by Dave Barry
- Start with: The World According to Dave Barry or any other book
Midnight Hour Encores by Bruce Brooks
The Shannara series by Terry Brooks
- Start with: The Sword of Shannara
The Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks
- Start with: Magic Kingdom for Sale – SOLD!
Ender’s Game series by Orson Scott Card
- Start with: Ender’s Game
The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
- Start with: Over Sea, Under Stone
- (But you might want to start with the second book The Dark Is Rising instead and then go back)
Bored of the Rings by Harvard Lampoon
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
- Start with: Dragonflight, or Dragonsinger works too
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Lots of stuff by Cristopher Moore
- Start with: Island of the Sequined Love Nun or any other book
He, She, and It by Marge Piercey
Lots of stuff by Tom Robbins
- Start with: Another Roadside Attraction or any other book
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
Dragonlance series by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, etc.
- Start with: Chronicles, Book 1: Dragons of Autumn Twilight