Fantasy

Recently, author George R. R. Martin posted "Reading Recommendations" on his blog.  While there are many of these you can find at HCPL, for your convenience, here are a few of his suggestions! 

Of the Classics suggestions:

The Clear Lake City - County Freeman Branch Library invites you to join us for our January 2013 Programs*.  We look forward to TGIF Programs (formerly  _under50^over), various book clubs (mystery, great books, two science fiction/fantasy clubs, Spanish Language Book Club,  *NEW* - YA Book Club for Adults), Crafts-to-Go, Freeman Needlecrafters, Girl Scout Express, Clear Lake Area Writers (CLAW), the First Girl Scout SWAPSortunity Day, and Freeman Craftsy Day. We also welcome the return of the Workforce Solutions Job Search Seminars and MWA Advisors Retirement Lecture Series in January.

All programming is supported by the Friends of Freeman Library.
 

The progression of Steampunk from fringe subgenre to mainstream has taken a few decades.  You could say it has taken a little over a century if you want to throw in H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, and we really should.  While those two authors are often relegated to the “classics” section of the library, their incorporation of the bizarre, anachronistic engineering, and influence from the possibilities of science put many of their stories clearly in the Steampunk category.

This week’s Amazing Read encouraged us to share a childhood favorite, or have a child share a favorite with an adult.  Of course, there are those stories that bridge both worlds, just as they take us through the looking glass, over the rainbow, second star to the right, or on a leopard.