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Books
Jun 24, 2018 4:42:05 GMT -5
Post by Buppster on Jun 24, 2018 4:42:05 GMT -5
I'd imagine that most members of the forum have read at least one Our Gang related book but this thread is for other books, whether they're fiction or non fiction that you feel like mentioning and whether it's because they were good, bad or indifferent.
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Books
Jun 24, 2018 4:55:28 GMT -5
Post by Buppster on Jun 24, 2018 4:55:28 GMT -5
I've just finished reading Charlie Ellis and the Day Trip to Mars by Paul Sutton. It's the first book in a planned set of two about teenager Charlie Ellis and his intention to visit every planet in the Solar System on board his homemade space ship, accompanied by his engineer friend who is also his mentor. It was a strange book that is difficult to categorise, as it's part science based boys adventure (a sort of Danny Dunn for the 21st Century?) and part coming of age story but with a smattering of humour, pop culture references, philosophy and social commentary too I guess. Importantly though it has likeable characters and it held my attention, above all it was entertaining, so I'm really looking forward to reading the second book, when it gets published.
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