Need help finding a book I don't remember the name of?
Could it be The Green Book by Jill Paton-Walsh (1981)?"Three kids (Joe, Sarah and Pattie) leave Earth in a space ship with their Dad, just before the planet is destroyed by a natural disaster. Each person on the ship is allowed to bring just one book. It is a four-year voyage, which the passengers mostly spend sleeping and reading. After a few weeks, people start trading books. Everyone makes fun of Pattie, the youngest child aboard, when they discover she brought an empty book as her choice.Finally the refugees arrive at their new home. The air and water are good, but the vegetation is all very strange and crystalline. Pattie is given the honor of naming their new village. She calls it Shine. By various experiments, the humans figure out ways to build houses and make lamps to light them. However, all their animals die after eating the local grass. Their earth plants won't grow, either, except for wheat, but even that has a weird look to it. Nobody is sure if they will have enough to eat, and their ship has no fuel to take them anywhere else. Luckily, Pattie and the other kids, discover that there are "candy trees" with a sweet, edible sap. They also discover that the humans are not alone. A strange moth-people hatch out and hover around, curious but totally unable to communicate. The wheat harvest comes in. All the grains look like glass beads. Sarah, Pattie's sister, steals a bunch of the grain and makes pancakes with it. The kids all eat them. Everyone is afraid they will die, but they suffer no ill effects. At last, they know they will be able to survive! The grown-ups need a way to keep track of who gets how much wheat. They want Pattie to give them her blank book, but she protests. In the end, her father takes it and finds it is not blank. Pattie used the book as a diary and wrote down all their experiences in settling Shine." Source: The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh Detailed Book Review
I am trying to remember the name of a movie in which a group of people discuss Jane Austen novels. Can anyone help me?
Are you looking for The Jane Austen Book Club, starring Emily Blunt and Maggie Grace, among others?An adorable little romance-comedy drama, if you ask me. Slow paced, but strikes all the right chords. Good for watching with your better half on a quiet evening.Don't expect any novelties though. Nothing extraordinary, nothing transformative. You can watch it to kill some time and then forget about it. Anyways, it is much better than the book (by Karen Joy Fowler) it is based on.From Rotten Tomatoes:Though at times formulaic and sentimental, Jane Austen Book Club succeeds on the strength of its likable ensemble cast. Even those not familiar with Jane Austen's work may find much to enjoy this lighthearted romance.Tomatometer score → 66%Audience score → 67%
What are the names of the Sci-Fi books that Grigg refers to in the movie The Jane Austen Book Club?
According to this site http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_... (everything within the brackets is part of the quote from the site) {Ursula Le Guin is the science fiction author that Grigg Harris (played by Hugh Dancy) urges Jocelyn (played by Maria Bello) to read throughout the movie "The Jane Austen Book Club". The bookk (sic) that Grigg suggests are: The Left Hand of Darkness and Lathe of Heaven. Other science fiction authors that Grigg mentions in the scene with Jocelyn in the book store are: Phillip K Dick Theodore Sturgeon Andrew North aka Andre Norton aka Alice Mary Norton Arthur C Clark Alice Sheldon James Tiptree, Jr Pat Murphy} Personally, I only remembered The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin. I hope that helps.
How do I find a book whose author and title I don't know, but can only describe?
Isn't it annoying when that happens?Besides the suggestions given by other responders, I'd like to suggest "What's that book" communities where other readers help to identify books based on your description. There are several I know of, I suggest browsing through them to see which one is most responsive for your genre of book and looks like it will work for you (registration is required for at least the first three):What's the name of that book? on GoodreadsWhat's that book called? on RedditWhat was that book? on LiveJournalWhat's that book? is a whole website devoted to such queries, but I couldn't get it to load past the main page, maybe you'll have better luck!
Name of the vampire-book series from the 90s?!?!?
My sister and I can't the names of a vampire-story book series from the 90s. One of the characters was named Elena, and there are two vampire brothers that fight over her. It takes place in maybe Falls Church, Oregon? It was a young adult book series. If anyone can think of authors or titles, please help!!
What is the best science fiction book you have ever read?
"His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman. It consists of The Golden Compass (now a major motion picture), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. It has a touch of both fiction (entertainment) and science (fact). I would say I enjoy that series because I like to think on a much deeper scale than the simple words on a page. It's like Harry Potter, but it's much darker, it reached many subtle levels that I think Harry Potter hasn't reached. No offense to the HP fans, though. I like HP too, but I think it's really for pure entertainment only and is now very overrated. EDIT: @Scarlet Manuka, That is where you're wrong. HDM is also considered as Sci-Fi because of the use of the dark matter, aurora borealis, the intention craft (which, according to some scientists may be possibly invented in the future) and many others that can be considered as scientific issues. There's more to it than meets the eye. In fact, there is a book called "The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials" by the Gribbins. It explains it all.
In your opinion, what author writes the best short stories?
**Edited: Joyce Carol Oates is amazing in the short story front. A-m-a-z-i-n-g. Every word matters, it's really wonderful to read a masterful short story, there is such a difference between the few who do it well, and everyone else, you know? That's why I've always despised the writing advice - "You should concentrate on mastering the short story before moving to novels." If you follow that advice to the letter you'll never get around to attempting a novel!! (Her most famous one is "Where are you going, where have you been?" which is my most favorite loss of innocence story ever.) Another really good short story writer, and this is personal opinion, is Chuck Palahniuk. Oddly enough, this is usually what I bash him about too. But when taken for what they are his shorts are very, very good. I enjoy them a lot. Lawrence Block is really good at it too. They're fun to read. I just checked, and there are quite a few Bernie Rhodenbarr shorts online. I had to ask Reader what this one was because I couldn't remember the title or author! (Thanks, Reader!) Don't be mislead, though, it's easily the best short story I've ever read. I first read it during a crazy literature filled semester and the names and titles of everything are all jumbled up. The plot is basically that a woman with a faint heart gets word that her husband died in a train wreck, she goes and sits in a chair in her room looking out a westward facing window and you realize that she's actually relieved he's dead. Of course, then she goes downstairs and her husband walks in and she dies of a heart attack. It is just amazing how necessary every single line is. This is a very, very short story, and every single thing the author included matters. It's an amazing piece called "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. Honorable mention for best short story I've ever read goes to Raymond Chandler's "Red Wind." For a lot of the same reasons as above, plus I just really like the genre it spawned. Very good read. Good question.