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... books, and finishing all of my unread Julia Quinn, Juliet Marillier, and Julie E. Czerneda books.
Currently reading: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (finally!)
... you:
~Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
~The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
~Cosmos by Carl Sagan
~The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
~A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows from the series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George ...
... 1/2/10
2. A Wizard of Mars by Diane Duane
3. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
4. Dune by Frank Herbert
5. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
7. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
8. Fellowship of the Rings by J. ...
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
... Redmond, not even getting to The Ruins of Gorlan, sadly. Not quite sure where I want to travel next. Possibly following The Last Unicorn on her quest to find the others.
... Armstrong Read September 4, 2009
32) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Read September 6, 2009
33) The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle Read September 22, 2009
34) The Book of Faeries by Francis Melville Read September 23, 2009
35) The Book of Scandal by Ju ...
The Last Unicorn was a favorite of mine during my unicorn phase in my teens. I recommend Beagles book Tamsin as well. It's a ghost story. In 2010 I'm going to read his short story collection The Line Between which contains the sequel to Last Unicorn; Two Hearts .
122) The Last Unicorn - Peter Beagle
999 Category 3 - TBR (7/9)
I think I spotted this on lunacat's thread earlier in the year. It's one of the earliest films I remember seeing (along with E.T. and Bambi) and it made a big impression - until this year, I had no idea that it was ...
... my fav dark humor author and should be accessible for her age. they are really really funny and have a strong female lead.
The Last Unicorn : one of my favorite's. quite dark, but really spectacular. there's a good movie version too!
Lonely Werewolf Girl: it's not spectacular literature, but ...
... Bear to Anna Elliott to CaitlĂn R Kiernan to Guy Gavriel Kay. I'm a bit fuzzy, usually, on what makes a favourite but The Last Unicorn is one of the books I always mention, Elizabeth Bear and Guy Gavriel Kay are two of the authors I'm tracking down all published works of.
Aaand, that's ...
... nce
Catch-22
Shogun
His Dark Materials Trilogy
The Shadow of the Wind
Franny and Zooey
The Secret Garden
The Last Unicorn
Pride and Prejudice
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
... lit. It's of a far higher standard.)
- The Lord of Rushie River I've loved since the very first time I've read it.
- The Last Unicorn
37. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
I got to really quite like this as it went on, but I could never quite get past the sadness of it all. I never wanted the unicorn to leave her forest in the beginning and I was mad at the hunters for ruining her happiness. Also for being hunters. But of ...
I'm sure some of there were listed already, but....
Jaws
The Last Unicorn
Neverending Story
The Princess Bride
Garden State
The Rum Diary will be a movie next year I believe...
Old Yeller
Fast Times at Ridgemont high
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Maltese F ...
... Ruth Park
The Blood Stone by Jamila Gavin
Just Henry by Michelle Magorian (who is one of my favourite YA authors)
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Getti ...
... two following fantasy's, might I suggest them for your fantasy category?
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
... like to throw my votes for Watership Down, Black Beauty, The Princess Bride, Lolita, The Handmaiden's Tale, and The Last Unicorn .
Just reread The Last Unicorn , and agree with its status as a modern classic.
145. 9.Elephant Run
146. 10.The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
You are so close! What did you think of A Fine and Private Place? I haven't read that one, but I enjoyed The Last Unicorn . For mythology, you might try Anansi Boys or American Gods. And I liked Boots and the Seven Leaguers, also by Jane Yolen.
Hello there
Reading The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
... by Frank Portman
Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove
Holes by Louis Sachar
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Witch Child and Sorceress by Celia Rees
... and werewolves/shape shifters. I loved unicorns as a child, but there's not a lot of good books with unicorns except for The Last Unicorn . Vampires are okay, but they're not a big one for me.
Just a thought, are there any books that are mainly about mermaids? Because I can't think of any.
... Touches .
I'm giving away a copy each of:
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox
Entry is open until Midnight GMT+1 June 21st and it ...
... ry
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle
wow. that's a lot...
24. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
rate: ****
enjoyed more than I thought I would..
... Rampant series.
There are, of course, the Redwall books where all the animals talk, and isn't there a talking cat in The Last Unicorn ?
There are cats in several of the Chrestomanci books and although they don't actually talk, they may as well. The ones I specifically remember cats in ...
... is the sequel. I liked Two Hearts more. It is worth reading, though. And, actually, the more I'm thinking about it, The Last Unicorn was pretty good. Check it out! It's short!
How was The Last Unicorn ? It's on my TBR list...
I have 3 Books completed for the 501-Must Read Books category.
1. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
2. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
3. Heidi - Johanna Spyri
... night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea."
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
... glad I keep a book journal. So far I am up to a measly six for 2009.
1) A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
2) The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
3) Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
4) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
5) Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
6) The Gir ...
... little disappointed to see that it was short stories.. I rarely read those. I did look at the authors other books, and read The Last Unicorn a long time ago.
I have added a couple of his books to my wishlist at Amazon for further exploration :)
I don't know whether to thank you or cry ...
... for something light, but I'm in no particular hurry to read it.
Also, I added my thoughts about The Graveyard Book and The Last Unicorn to their posts over on my thread, if you're interested. (Spoiler alert: I really liked both of them.)
The Last Unicorn , Tithe, and Daddy Long-Legs ....I love those books. I so need to read Rapunzel's Revenge
... might find interesting too.
Maybe Sarah A Hoyt's Magical British Empire series, starting with Heart of Light?
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Maybe Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse.
If she likes (or would consider) graphic novels, Rapunzel's Revenge (again Sha ...
14. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
This book was like...reading a piece of art. (I suppose this is ironic because I totally only bought it because I liked the cover.) The writing was lyrical and perfect for an old-school fantasy/fairy tale. I've never actually seen the movie so I can't ...
Bridge to Terabithia
The Man Without a Face
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Last Unicorn
Shoeless Joe (Field of Dreams)
A River Runs Through It
Bang The Drum Slowly
The Natural
Eight Men Out
Seabiscuit
... Dust (Hush, I know I still haven't finished. But the writing... *numnum*) or The Vintner's Luck or Feast of Souls or The Last Unicorn or The Lions of Al-Rassan (I'd say 'anything by Kay, but I can't get his author touchstone to work. o_O Please tell me that's just me.), so many choices.. ...
... hat.
1. Deerskin by Robin McKinley (I just was talking about this on another thread -- it's brutal, but remarkable)
2. The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle (a favorite since I was in single digits)
3. Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (this whole trilogy was good, but #1 was great and ...
...
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
And ...
Yay!! I've read The Last Unicorn ! I liked it a lot. I also have the movie, which is a cartoon. Mostly I think I like it because I watched it a zillion times as a kid. Nostalgia and all that, you know. Sorry ... got a little carried away.
But I've never read any of the Charlie Bone books.
I've read Emma!
But I've never read The Last Unicorn
... Burn didn't hold my attention very well, but I liked the story by Peter S. Beagle, which was a sort-of sequel to The Last Unicorn . Diana Wynne Jones talked about the production process for Howl's Moving Castle from the eyes of the author. Also, the winner for short poetry had a very ...
I started reading Tamsin last night because I loved The Last Unicorn (both by Peter S. Beagle). I am not liking this one half as much as I like the Last Unicorn. Maybe it will improve. It hints at things that sound interesting.
... not the best choice if you've got all boys. They're also a lot grittier than the others I mentioned.
There's also The Last Unicorn , which is older and may be a little too wordy again, but... So beautiful a tale.
Jane Yolen might also be someone to look into, although so far the only ...
... I bought: Bel Canto and In Persuasion Nation
For my niece (my favorite person to shop for) I got: City of Ember, The Last Unicorn and Down the Rabbit Hole
(I'd also picked up Airborn but it looked so interesting I decided I wanted to read it myself! I'm a monster, I know.)
... Elizabeth Kostova DONE, 12/10/09
5. Dune by Frank Herbert
6. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
7. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
8. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury DONE, 2/10/09
9. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
I haven't read it myself, but my roommate really enjoyed Lila the Werewolf by Peter S. Beagle, the author of The Last Unicorn .
... at children (like the story of a mouse who went to cat school), others for grownups. Includes stories in the worlds of The Last Unicorn and The Innkeeper's Song, both great novels. And a Sherlock Holmes story!
The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is an anthology of selected ...
... I reread it nearly every year.
What I like best about Little, Big (and about other favorite fantasies of mine, such as The Last Unicorn ) is, as someone was saying earlier, not everything is explained but everything makes a kind of intuitive sense. The modern trend in fantasy is to over-expla ...
Beauty Robin McKinley
The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle
Prisoner of Azkaban JK Rowling
The Tricksters Margaret Mahy
The Newford Stories Charles Delint
there are tons of other books i've re-read to death, but i think those are the top fantasy books
The Last Unicorn ? I don;t know many unicorn books.
... reading everything I could get my hands on for a very long time but the books that brought me into my fantasy love were
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
... love as a teen was Bruce Coville's The Unicorn Chronicles which never made it past two books. That love lead me to The Last Unicorn , which I also throughly enjoyed.
So are there any good grown-up fantasy books that deal intensely with unicorns? I especially like the idea that ...
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown
The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle
World's End by Neil Gaiman
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Fall of the House of Usher, and other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Famous Last Words, Fond Farewells, Deathbed Diatribes, and Exclamations Upon Expiration by Ray Robinson
I'd jump into Sense and Sensibility and The Last Unicorn and too many others to mention!
54. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
I remember this movie (rather fuzzily) from my childhood, but I didn't realize until recently that it was also a book (and a famous and beloved book at that). I really enjoyed it. It was a quick read, and surprisingly both very touching and very ...
... numerous times, as well as Dolores Claiborne, A Wrinkle in Time, the Chronicles of Narnia series, the Earthsea trilogy, The Last Unicorn and The Bloody Chamber.
3. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
This was a fairly quick read, but it still took a bit longer than expected. It was a lot darker than I expected, but written in a way that fantasies should be written. It was very magical and otherworldy, but still inviting. It didn't try to "make sense" ...
This is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
Death of a Transvestite by Ed Wood
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown
... all.
Then I read some that people just kept telling me I "ought' to read. (BTW, I hate that!) Read The Alchemist, The Last Unicorn and A Wizard of Earthsea. Maybe this year I can just read what I want!
aviddiva, I see you have a few books by Peter S. Beagle, but not The Last Unicorn ! Definitely a classic. Also, since you like fairy tales, you might like Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.
Creatures of the Night by Neil Gaiman
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Greywalker by Kat Richardson
You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
... )
Mistborn and The Well of Ascension, both by Brandon Sanderson.
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith.
All of Tolkien's works, but particularly The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
The Princess ...
... rskin
- Sunshine
- The Princess Bride
- A Night in the Lonesome October
- Tough Guide to Fantasyland
- The Last Unicorn
- Immortal Unicorn ed Peter S. Beagle
Short story collection
- Nine Princes in Amber
Ten books in total, though I can't recommend any ...
... for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Number of the Beast by Heinlein - this one is a mix of Sci-Fi and fantasy in my opinion, but they do go to Oz so I ...
I'll add:
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Legends and Legends 2
A ...
... and thought it was accurate, but it's been a while since I read the book, so I'm not sure. (Hopefully rdurick can tell us!) The Last Unicorn was the best book-movie I've ever seen, possibly because it doesn't seem to be very well-known. The Importance of Being Earnest with Colin Firth was also ...
... and thought it was accurate, but it's been a while since I read the book, so I'm not sure. (Hopefully rdurick can tell us!) The Last Unicorn was the best book-movie I've ever seen, possibly because it doesn't seem to be very well-known. The Importance of Being Earnest with Colin Firth was also ...
... Tigana, Song for Arbonne and Lions of Al-Rassan
I checked some other courses and they list:
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass
Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul's Bane
Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Ea ...
... and I'm re-reading that one, I sometimes read it aloud to myself. Kinda embarrassing, but there you go - same deal with The Last Unicorn , it's one of those that begs to be read aloud.
So I finally exchanged the last of my presents the other day, and now my list of new books includes:
The Last Unicorn
The Dark Mirror
The Amber Spyglass
Fragile Things
Good Omens
and Chainfire: Phantom by Goodkind
... The Once and Future King also solicited some tears, although at least they were usually followed by raucous laughter. The Last Unicorn is another book that is really good out loud, and that one always makes me cry a lot.
I count myself infinitely fortunate to have found a boyfriend ...
... etc. and her Tommorow's Sphinx -my personal favourite of hers.
Of course who could forget Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn !
... sibility
Persuasion
By J.D. Salinger:
Franny and Zooey
Nine Stories
Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Bhagavad-Gita
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan ...
... by Jonathan Glover
The Dead Sea Scrolls by John M. Allegro
and fiction:
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham
A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
Dead Air by Iain Banks
Sleeping with the Fishes by Mary Janice Davidson*
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter
*wrong ...
... book of poetry is Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein.
My favorite children's book of all time ever is The Last Unicorn
Thanks for posting my favorite topic!!!
Hmm, I think my *very* first was Peter S Beagle's The Last Unicorn , although Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain was in there very early on.
Funeral Games Mary Renault
A Fine and Private Place Peter S. Beagle
The Rosewood Casket Sharyn McCrumb
Buried in the Past Elizabeth Lemarchand
Dancing on My Grave Gelsey Kirkland
... by Robert Crais
Bears Discover fire by Terry Bisson
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle
The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
... Tappan Wright
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip
Harpist in the Wind by Patricia McKillip
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula LeGuin
After the King by Various
Saint Camber by Katheri ...
... agons
Searching for Dragons
Calling on Dragons
Dragonsong
Dragonsinger
Dragondrums
The Ultimate Dragon
The last unicorn
Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn
The Fairy Rebel
Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland
The Stone Fey
Water : Tales of Elemental Spirits
After ...
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
No 10 Rillington Place by Ludovic Kennedy
A House for Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Private 12768
Executive Styles in Canada
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Professor and the Madman
Mistress of the Elgin Marbles
I, Robot
The Last Unicorn
A Night in the Lonesome October
Stranger in a Strange Land
A Wizard Alone
A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle showed up today.
Hmm, in truth, Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn , dearly though I love it, doesn't seem to hold up to repeat readings now that I'm an adult.
I know I already posted how much I LOVE The Last Unicorn , but I decided to rewatch it tonight and here is probably one of the greatest parts.
Amalthea (the Unicorn) - "Don't let him change me. The Red Bull has no care for human beings. We may walk out past him and get away."
Schmendrick - ...
... of James I by Anne Somerset
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
Little Deaths edited by Ellen Datlow
The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version by Peter S. Beagle
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Yet more for the massive TBR stacks, and more on the way...ahem...
I love the Last Unicorn ! It's been my favorite movie since I was 5...and always will be. I can't tell you how excited I was when I found it on DVD, my VHS copy was wearing out ;-p
Oh the other hand I have so many favorites lines from so many things! Sometimes that what makes a good movie ...
... a sucker for
"She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits". from Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn
I also love
"Bad table manners, my dear Gigi, have broken up more households than infidelity". Aunt Alicia from (the movie) Gigi
... Ill Made Mute, Gormenghast trilogy, Catspaw, A Game of Thrones, Ender's Game, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, The Last Unicorn and so many more..
FAVOURITE CHILDRENS BOOK: Where the Wild Things Are, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, The Runaway Bunny
FAVOURITE DRINK: Loose ...
Great list folks...it just kills me that there's so much I haven't read. :(
Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place and especially The Last Unicorn .
Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon I know he's not usually thought of as a fantasy writer, but I think this (a) qualifies ...
Cold Fire
The Hero and the Crown
The Last Unicorn
Practical Casting
The Ruby in the Smoke
... paper, so now I'll have time to read! My friend lent me Storm Front, the first of the Dresden Files. I also have The Last Unicorn , as well as rereading the entire Harry Potter series before July 21.
Oh! I almost forgot...Peter S. Beagle is putting out The Last Unicorn on audio book and he's reading the story himself. If you order now from Conlan Press you get a signed copy of the sequel too! Neil Gaiman has also put out Stardust and (I think) American Gods on Audio Cd with him ...
... To her, fantasy means "stuff that nerds read" (me) and worse, Dungeons and Dragons!
I told her to check out Sabriel, The Last Unicorn , Robin McKinley, and some of the Diana Wynne Jones books. But I've been reading fantasy and science fiction ever since I *could* read. I don't ...
Me too demonlover. It's been years since I read The Last Unicorn but it was a treat, and the music from the movie is lovely - I wonder if it's out on DVD? Yup, just checked his website, they've released a new 25th anniversary edition in February!I've read a couple of Peter Beagle's other ...
>124 & 125 I read and watched The Last Unicorn . I really loved the music in the movie. I remember sitting in front of the tv with my little portable tape recorder trying to tape the music.
Morphidae, I thought I was the only person who had ever read The Last Unicorn . :) Glad to know I'm not!
... and dragons have always held a lot of facination for me, even when I was younger. I adored the movie and the book of The Last Unicorn and the book The Dragon Circle.
... (there are lots of dragons, I'll stick to just that one)
Catherine, Called Birdy
Deerskin
Eyes in the Fishbowl
The last unicorn
Lioness Rampant
Terrier
... of Rainbow
Black: A Night in the Lonesome October, Left Hand of Darkness
White: The Book of Night with Moon, Last Unicorn , Immortal Unicorn
Brown: Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
Iridescent: Girl with the Pearl Earring
This was actually a little ...
... shoot me please: I'm looking forward to seeing Angels and Demons on screen. I think it was the better of the two.
The Last Unicorn - No one has mentioned this one yet, either... but it's an animated movie. I heard they're making a live-action one soon, but I don't know how well that'll ...
... the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. Hopefully I'll get a confirmation about these soon... I'm embarking on Murdoch's The Unicorn in anticipation :D
I added the swap funtion to my catalog and added some books people have on their BM wishlists that I realized I could live with losing. Sti ...
... by Neil Gaiman
Tithe by Holly Black
Older and may be at the used bookstore:
Lost in Translation by Margaret Ball
The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle
The Interior Life by Katherine Blake (aka Dorothy Heydt)
The Practice Effect by David Brin
The Wizard's Shadow by Susan Dexter
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