Friday, November 23, 2007

Speculative Fiction Challenge.


Since I need to sign up by Dec 1 for this challenge, I need to think about the book list first. Read 6 books till Apr 08. My list of speculative fiction: (may be subjected to change)
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
  • Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
  • Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Alternative readings:

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
  • Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • Waterland by Graham Swift
  • The Hours by Michael Cunningham
  • A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
  • The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
  • Ben Okri The Famished Road
  • Toni Morrison Song of Solomon
  • Haruki Murakami End of the World
  • Isabel Allende House of Spirits

Yay! Already have the list and all I need to do now is to sign up. Will do very soon!

1 comment:

Renay said...

I can totally endorse The Handmaid's Tale and Life of Pi -- both of those were fabulous.

Welcome to the challenge!