Booking Through Thursday - That was Different!
A new Thursday, a new question from Booking Through Thursday! This week we’re talking about the strange and weird books we’ve read…
What was the most unusual (for you) book you ever read? Either because the book itself was completely from out in left field somewhere, or was a genre you never read, or was the only book available on a long flight… whatever? What (not counting school textbooks, though literature read for classes counts) was furthest outside your usual comfort zone/familiar territory?
And, did you like it? Did it stretch your boundaries? Did you shut it with a shudder the instant you were done? Did it make you think? Have nightmares? Kick off a new obsession?
I have two books in mind for that one, but I’ll only talk about the good one (and not the bad one) because I reckon an author doesn’t need any more flack from a site after (well, technically ‘before’ in this case) receiving a bad review.
The best book that was unusual for me was Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. It wasn’t outside my comfort zone at all, but boy did that book ever make me think and think hard. Mind you, I probably took it to levels the average reader wouldn’t take it to, but the concepts Card presents in the book… Well, they can really take your mind places.
Occasionally when reading that book, I had to actually stop myself from reading so I could sit and have time to think about the book. I’ve never had to do that before with a book…
September 28th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Mmmm. Ender’s Game. One of my all-time favorites.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I think it will go down as one of mine as well.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:22 am
I hope to have Ender’s Game read by the end of the year. I am making a conscious effort to explore more science fiction.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I hope you enjoy it; it’s one of my all-time favourites of the genre. (Of all genres, for that matter.)