just finished reading this again for the 2nd time, i am 33 now and i first read this when i was about 12, absolutely took me back to my childhood again, making dams down the local parks etc etc.
i had forotten how much i loved this book.
anyone else like it, or have another book which, read at that age and then again, transports you back as if in a time machine?
Any of the Swallows and Amazons books.
Not read the book but loved the film. I'm not a massive fan of the horror genre or easily spooked but that clown I thought was very disturbing, particularly the bit when he's lurking in the drain and comes up through the shower plug.
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seriously read the book, the film was a poor attempt....
it also has the best bit of descriptive writing describing the thrill of riding a bike i have ever read
ANy of the Elric series by Michael Moorcock. LOTR takes me back to cycling round NE Spain and the Hebrides when I was in my early 20s, so nearly two decades ago. WTF I was thinking, lugging the omnibus version of that round in my panniers, I have no idea.
HeathenWoods,
Yeah, The Eternal Champion omnibuses take me back as well. Stormbringer - superb.
I read Cider with Rosie for O level English Literature in 1985. Recently reread it and it did take me back - happy days.
Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. First read it in my early teens, and about a hundred times since. Pure genius.
I've read IT about 20 times. It's probably my most favourite book.
The hobbit is one book that takes me back to my youth though. I remember the teacher gave us the books and said we should read a few pages at home that night. I couldn't put it down and read the whole book in one evening.
Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. First read it in my early teens, and about a hundred times since. Pure genius.
Doug Adams WAS a genius. FACT! R.I.P