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Subject: X-over/youth/adult fantasy/sf
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 12:12:29 EDT
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I must second (third?fourth?) the recommendation for
``The Phantom Tollbooth.''  I read the book aloud to
my younger brother when I was in jr.high and he was about 
9.  MUCH later, when I was a student at UC-Berkeley and
living in a house with about 12 people, I read the book,
2 chapters a night, aloud to my housemates, mostly all
college students.  It was a popular event.  I still have
a copy, which I reread every so often.  While not as
deep and serious as Carroll's ``Alice'' books, there
is much humor which is for the adults reading the book
(and which might be missed by younger readers), word
games, and a bit of philosophy.

As far as classic books go, I also recommend ``Ulysses''
by James Joyce, which I read when I was 14, thinking it
was `just' another version of Homer's tale.  I must say
that it radically changed my view of literature.