Fast. Tell me. What was the *first* book that captured your imagination? \ stacker news ~BooksAndArticles

We Reach The Moon. It was a book put out by the NY Times (back when it actually published some news) right after the moon landing. I was an obsessed kid.

76 sats \ 1 reply \ @co574 13 Mar

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 13 Mar

That's of course if you think it really happened 😀

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 14 Mar

The BFG by Roald Dahl.

Got it as a prize for coming in second in class during fifth grade. Read it countless times.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dayOldDonuts 14 Mar

The Monster at the end of this Book

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OC 14 Mar

The Twits by Roald Dahl. Still have the same copy over 30 years later. Falling apart but I've passed it on to my girls and watching it have the same effect on them is priceless

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TCNPsandwich 14 Mar

It's a toss up between The Hobbit or The Magicians Nephew. Man.... Side note - Have you ever wanted to go back in time/have the ability to read your favourite book for the first time again?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Atreus 13 Mar

The first? Definitely the Hobbit.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ch0k1 13 Mar

It was a long time ago but I think it was

The Headless Horseman by Mayne Reid

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 13 Mar

The Chronicles of Narnia or Wayside School is Falling Down

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 13 Mar

Most of my child books were with illustrations and it stopped my imagination development.

I remember one book of my middle age without illustrations and it was Rabbits and Boa Constrictors by Fazil Iskander And this is one of the book that hit imagination

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 13 Mar

I can't remember the first one but what will always stand out to me is the spawn comics for some reason

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 13 Mar

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 13 Mar

Journey to the West (Wikipedia link)

I was primed by the 80s TV series, which I watched with fascination during my early childhood. Finally went on to read the Chinese version of the book at 10 years old. The Monkey King simply kicks ass!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 13 Mar

Tau Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @034d51221b 13 Mar

Out of the planet silence - CS Lewis. I dont't recall exactly why, but really liked as a teenager.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @expatriotic 13 Mar

Hmm... Maybe The Giver? Hard to say really.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Arceris 13 Mar

Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Read it in third grade.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ed4be2feb7 14 Mar freebie

The Hobbit

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bzzzt 13 Mar freebie

for some reason the first of Tolkeins books i read some of as a kid was the Two Towers...must have had a cool cover or something so i dove into it and still remember it lighting my imagination on fire 😄