100 books
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“So you see there is some ground for supposing that Curdie was not a miner only, but also a prince. Many such instances have been known in the world’s history.” “The Princess and the Goblin” by George MacDonald.* With a great deal of adventure, action, mystery and magic, with a young Victorian heroine even more…
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“She was always puzzled that people say that darkness falls. To her it seemed instead to rise, massing under trees and shrubs, pouring out from under furniture, only reaching the sky when the spaces near the ground were full.” “The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane” by Katherine Howe Since I adore the concept of this…
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“We’d both read and seen enough romantic fiction to know that if the writer seems to insist on throwing two characters together, it’s their job to resist, for as long as they can, anyway. A silly reason not to love, I know…but are there any that aren’t?.” “Variable Star” by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider…
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“‘Don’t judge either of us harshly, Clannon. This world is hard on the different ones, and there is no understanding. Only fear. “ “Seven from the Stars” by Marion Zimmer Bradly When they are stranded on a far-flung planet after their ship meets danger, seven space colonists from the Dvanthey federation find themselves facing more…