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 Posted: Sun Aug 3rd, 2008 07:57 pm
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izzy
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Mana: 
 Defender, you are a character!  But you have a good point.  What are your top three or so 'fictional' autobiographies?  I think one of my favorite autobiographical works is West with the Night by Beryl Markham.  I think this book is fairly accurate, but if I recall she got into a little trouble by pilferring some stories from others later in her writing career.  So who knows how accurate West with the Night is. 

Captain Crow,  Yes, every now and then I pull an old favorite off the shelf.  I think I read the John Carter of Mars series in the early 1960's.  I have thinned out my teenage collection to just a few books.  My favorite authors of that sci-fi/fantasy genre are C.S. Lewis, Ursula LeGuin, Peter S. Beagle, T.H. White, Tolkein.....  In the 1980's I read extensively about the study of comparative mythology.  I still have over 125 titles on my shelves, including nearly all 30 of Joseph Campbell's books.  Do you still have an extensive collection of sci-fi books?