Comforts

[primroseburrows]

ari_o asks a wonderful question about our comfort books, books we read when we're needy. I'm shamelessly gacking it for my own curiosity.

So...what are your comfort books? Y'know, the ones you turn to when you're sick, or tired, or depressed, or stressed out,or just want to bury yourself in something that's not directly connected to your life? Those ones, those books that never cease to comfort.

Comments

[songdog.livejournal.com]

Contact by Carl Sagan
Pretty much anything by Carl Sagan
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku (especially chapter 13)
The Abyss by Orson Scott Card (I was disappointed to see his recent homophobic, anti gay marriage articles.)
The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux
Several books by Richard Feynman, especially "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux

*adds to list*