Holden1989 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I think I have a copy of Patric Purple Helmet under my bed somewhere. please tell me you are being sarcastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 yes,.. but I do remember the names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Nevermind trying to remember what my first book was, I can't really remember my childhood! Oh dear am I getting old? Except for the Famous Five, Ladybird books and Lego, there's not a lot else I remember from those early years, but it was enjoyable all the same. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Roderick The Red- (Griffin Pirate Books) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Happy days. What happened to us all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Happy days. What happened to us all txt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I don't know about you, but I grew old, fat and grumpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Famous Five Even at a very early age I remember hearing the plot and central character descriptions of The Famous Five... and thought.. GAYNESS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Even at a very early age I remember hearing the plot and central character descriptions of The Famous Five... and thought.. GAYNESS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 txt. really! you think its all down to texting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Good thread. I was pretty late to reading. I can't remember the really early stuff, but at eight or nine I read Stig of the Dump (Clive King) and Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O' Dell). Both great books. I also read Christine Pullein-Thomson's Phantom Horse and Phantom Horse Come Home. Written firmly with little girls in mind, reading these is obviously what turned me into a gay do-gooding tw*t and not able to do metalwork or woodwork. From ten onwards it was Marvel comics, and from there Science Fiction (e.g. E.E. Doc Smith's Lensman books) and 1930s pulp fiction (e.g. "Doc Savage"). At 15-16, from sci-fi to medieval literature (mainly Icelandic sagas) , so I guess I was 17 or so before I read my first grown up novels (sci-fi doesn't count ), which were John Dos Passos USA and Sartre's Age of Reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden1989 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I also read Christine Pullein-Thomson's Phantom Horse and Phantom Horse Come Home. Obviously written firmly with little girls in mind, reading these is obviously what turned me into a gay do-gooding tw*t and not able to do metalwork or woodwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 really! you think its all down to texting? Yes, and Hitler. And terrorists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yes, and Hitler. And terrorists. Hitler stopped you from reading?? thats shocking lol:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hitler stopped you from reading?? thats shocking lol:D You should see what Ghandi got up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 You should see what Ghandi got up to. I read that as bambi first time! :(this could be interesting! hehe:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I read that as bambi first time! :(this could be interesting! hehe:D I liked it when Gandhi couldn't stand up on the ice and Thumper kept skating round him shouting "C'mon Gandhi!". But then I got all upset when the hunter shot Gandhi's mother, Putilabi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I liked it when Gandhi couldn't stand up on the ice and Thumper kept skating round him shouting "C'mon Gandhi!". But then I got all upset when the hunter shot Gandhi's mother, Putilabi. Have you seen the other one about the rabbits? Watergate Down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefgroover Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 What do people do all day - Richard scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 The first 'proper' book, as in it wasn't just thick pieces of card with big text on them, that I remember reading was Zozu The Robot. My father owned a bookshop and, as a bit of a child loner, I read anything I could get from him. Went to middle school and in one lesson my teacher suggested (based on my interests) that I might like to read The Hobbit and LotR when I was bit older. I'd already read them and said so. Teacher accused me of fibbing. I insisted that I had. He then tested my knowledge and understanding of the books in front of everyone. I wound up making him look stupid when he tried to trick me. That day, I believe, set the tone for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Ah how well you've kept it up too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden1989 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Have you seen the other one about the rabbits? Watergate Down? Watership Down? that made me cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Watership Down? that made me cry His 'joke' made me cry! The film of Watership Down always makes me cry! As for the famous five, I was very, very young when I read them, and I had all 21 books in the series too. I didn't detect any 'gayness' in them whatsoever, even though I had a 'soft' spot for George, and I have no idea why! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 His 'joke' made me cry! I'm wasted on here most nights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I liked it when Gandhi couldn't stand up on the ice and Thumper kept skating round him shouting "C'mon Gandhi!". But then I got all upset when the hunter shot Gandhi's mother, Putilabi. Have you seen the other one about the rabbits? Watergate Down? silly buggers!!!:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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