The Martian Embassy Home Page The Martian Embassy's Book Recommendations page:
New Recommendations, May 2001 (Tim was 12 at the time):
Richard Adams:
This is a story about a set of rabbits, who sense that something is coming to the burrow, and they leave, also about their trials as they look for a new place for a warren:
Watership Down
Jane Austen:
These are about people a long time ago, their manners, who they married, why etc.
Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Nothanger Abbey David Eddings: The Mallorean
This is the continuing of the story of Belgarion, now king of Riva with his wife and a son. There son gets stolen, and they run round the world trying to find him:
- Guardians of the West
- King of the Murgos
- Demon Lord of Karanda
- Sorceress of Darvisha
- Seeress of Kell
Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay: Yes Minister
These are an amusing set of fictionary books, which are about the politician James Hacker, the first ones about his rise to be a minister of the cabinet, the second abuot his rise to be Prime Minister, and about all the problems he has:
- Yes Minister
- Yes Prime Minister
Anne McCaffrey: 'Talented' Books
This is another one of her seires, which involves a set of people who are 'Talented' and who can 'Telepath' and 'Teleport' using only the power of their minds, these are only about one family/clan of these people, these also are a list of the ones we've got:
- The Rowan
- Damia
- Damia's Children
J.K Rowlings: Harry Potter
These are 'Childrens' books written well with very real characters. They are about a boy and obviously the name is 'Harry Potter.' He is a young wizard in 'Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.' He gets into trouble with the 'Dark' people, but always ends up beating them.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
P.G Wodehouse (Pronouce Woodhouse): Blandings
This is about a man who is the Earl of Emsworth and his hobbies. He's a bit absentminded.
Summer Lighning Blandings Castle P.G Wodehouse (Pronouce Woodhouse): Jeeves
These are about 'Bertram Wilberforce Wooster' and his manservant Jeeves. He get's into lots of troubles and Jeeves helps him get out of them, this is a list of the ones we have got:
- The Inimitable Jeeves
- Much Obliged Jeeves
- Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves
- Right Ho, Jeeves
- Joy in the Morning
- Carry on, Jeeves
- The Mating Season
- Very Good, Jeeves
- Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
Old Recommendations, from old Site:
Susan Cooper: The Dark is Rising
The Dark is Rising is a series which is about 5 children: Simon, Jane, Barney Drew (one family) Will Stanton and Bran Davies a welsh boy. Also there are other various adults but in particular: Merriman Lyon. This series set in modern times is about King Arthur, who is Bran's true Father. Each of these books are about a quest to find objects to help the light stop the dark from rising to take over the whole earth.
- Over Sea, Under Stone
- The Dark is Rising
- Greenwitch
- The Grey King
- Silver on the Tree
David Eddings: The Elenium
The Exploits of the Pandion Knight Sparhawk in a quest for a Magical Stone called Bhelliom, to restore Elenia's (The country's) queen. Also Accompanying him are his Teacher Sephrenia, a Styric and some Friends from the other orders of church knights.
- The Diamond Throne
- The Ruby Knight
- The Sapphire Rose
David Eddings: The Tamauli
Sparhawk is now married to his queen, and they have a child called Danae who is actually Sephrenia's Goddess Aphrael. They have to travel to the lands of the Tamauli to put down an uprising of Trolls and Such-Stuff.
- Domes of Fire
- The Shining Ones
- The Hidden City
David Eddings: The Belgariad
The Story of Garion or Belgarion. He Grows up on a farm and then has to leave suddenly when a old storyteller arrives and tells Garions Aunt Pol they've got to go, and his Aunt Insists he goes along. What will happen to Garion?
- Pawn of Prophecy
- Queen Of Sorcery
- Magicians Gambit
- Castle of Wizardry
- Enchanters End Game
Anne McCaffrey: Pern
This is about the fictionary world called 'Pern.' These books contain many aound the same timezone, excepting a few, using the viewpoints of different people. Dragons flying is a everyday occurence, and the substance 'Thread' which eventually starts to fall, burns all except stone and water.
- DragonFlight
- DragonQuest
- The White Dragon
- Moreta: Dragon lady of Pern
- DragonSong
- DragonSinger
- DragonDrums
Also there are various others
L.M Montgomery: 'Anne' Books
Many boys say "They're a girl's books" but I think it is a book for boys and girls, a story of a girl who was adopted and given a home in mistake of a boy who was supposed to come to the farm to help. She has an imagination that has run riot all her life, and as you can imagine, at first this gets her into a lot of trouble!
- Anne of Green Gables
- Anne of Avonlea
- Anne of the Island
- Anne of Windy Willows
- Anne's House of Dreams
- Anne of Ingleside
Mary Norton : The Borrowers
These are books about miniature little human beings who call themselves 'Borrowers.' They only borrow from 'Human beans' as long as they cannot make it themselves.
- The Borrowers
- The Borrowers Afield
- The Borrowers Afloat
- The Borrowers Aloft
- The Borrowers Avenged
J.R.R Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings and others
- The Silmarillion
- The Hobbit
- Lord of The Rings Book 1: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Lord of The Rings Book 2: The Two Towers
- Lord of The Rings Book 3: The Return of the King
- Smith of Wooton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
David Ward
A Christian-Science-Fiction Series about a christian family of five and their adventures, and their trusting the Lord and they pray about every new thing that comes up, many of those things being dangerous. These books are not available from the IBS, try looking in your local CLC or Christian Bookshop.
- The Misenberg Accelerator
- The SHONN Project
- Out of Time
- The Mines of Venus
