Watership Down, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Lathe of Heaven, A Wrinkle In Time, Dragons in the Waters, Tuck Everlasting (they do not come much better than this), The Sundowners, The Shiralee, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Breathing Underwater, Hanging on to Max, Bad Boy (truly excellent), Surviving the Applewhites, Under a War-Torn Sky (another fine read--there is a lot of fine literature coming out marketed for young people), The Tripod Trilogy
Living the Dream (writing), Wildlife in the Garden (one of the most surprisingly-quietly poignant meditations about life and man's place in it there is out there), The Submarine: A History, Generation Kill
"The Most Dangerous Game", "The Red Ibis", "Enemy Mine" (an incredible story and basis for an incredible movie), "The Trap" by Howard Fast, "To Serve Man", "Computers Don't Argue" by Gordon R Dickson (Golden Age science fiction at its best), "Black Destroyer" by A.E. von Vogt (inspiration for the movie Alien)
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "The Man from Snowy River", "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" by Edward Gorey ("A is for Amy who fell down the stairs/B is for Basil assaulted by bears/C is for Clara who wasted away..."--I think you get the picture)
Stardate, Analog, NEWN, National Geographic, Entertainment Weekly, Bird Watcher's Digest
"Miracles", "Law & Order", "Road to Avonlea", "The Tomorrow People", "Yes, Prime Minister", "To the Manor Born", "All Creatures Great & Small", "The Vicar of Dibley", "A Fine Romance", "As Time Goes By"
2001: A Space Odyssey (my absolute, all-time favorite movie--I sat there when I was ten, when I thought it was absolutely magical, and I've been enchanted by its celebration of humanity ever since), Titanic (how can a movie be that good?!), Gone With the Wind, Ordinary People, Bless the Beasts and Children, The Godfather
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Fourth Movement: "Ode to Joy"); "Only You" & "Mr Blue" both by Yaz; "Affirmation" by Savage Garden; "Do You Hear What I Hear?"; "Send in the Clowns"; "Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera (basically, anything by Andrew Lloyd Webber); "It Was A Very Good Year", sung by the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra; "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship; "For Cryin' Out Loud" by Meatloaf (one of the most beautiful love songs ever written); "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler; "Anywhere Is" by Enya
Paintings: Munch's "The Scream", Monet's "Water Lilies", Van Gogh's "Irises" and "The Starry Night", movie art of Ralph McQuarrie
Author:
Kerry Parsons
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6/16/2016 12:54 PM (EST)
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