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HAWK TALK - Formative Novels
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