The Neverending Story

MorbidMaiden

MorbidMaiden

I finished this fabulous book last night, eleven years after first watching the film and being enchanted. If you pick up one children's book this summer, make it this one.

Anyanka

Beautiful book!  If you're going to read it, try and find the original version with the red and green type and the snakes on the cover...

MorbidMaiden

You can get that!!!??? Awesome!!

Anyanka

Well, I hope you can get it! The original German version was published like that, and for the longest time Michael Ende refused to give permission for a paperback edition, as he felt it would diminish the book.

Stirling

It's my sister's favourite book, and that says a lot about a reluctant reader.

Anyanka

Dang. I checked it out on Wikipedia and Amazon, and it appears that the book was never published in its full glory in English.

Kangaroo

And it's right in front of me on my desk!

amboline

MM: if you liked "The Neverending Story", read "Momo" (by the same author). It's apparently also a children's story, but it is one of the creepiest things I have ever read. Deeply weird and disturbing.

After you've read it, you will understand why I have such a phobia of grey men in suits. Especially if they smoke cigars...

moira

Momo sounds right up my street - I love creepy.
Does anyone know if there was a book of The Princess Bride, I only recently watched the film but it was lovely.
Haven't read the Never-ending story.

MorbidMaiden

The princess bride is a wonderful film!! Oddly enough, I watched it in Israel aged 13 with subtitles.

Stirling

Once again, The Princess Bride is one of my sister's favourite books.  I found it in Waterstones last year.  She says it's fantastic, better than the film, and highly recommended.  It was written by William Goldman and available from Amazon.co.uk