Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll · first published 1968
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A very real little girl named Alice follows a remarkable rabbit down a rabbit hole and steps through a looking-glass to come face to face with some of the strangest adventures and some of the oddest characters in all literature. The crusty Duchess, the Mad Hatter, the weeping Mock Turtle, the diabolical Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire-Cat, Tweedledum and Tweedledee--each one is more eccentric, and more entertaining, than the last. And all of them could only have come from the pen of Lewis Carroll, one of the few adults ever to enter successfully the children's world of make-believe--a wonderland
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…Myths Star Trek, the original series I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. The first science fiction story I read, which lead to all the others. The Annotated Alice by Lewis Carroll and Martin Gardner. That's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll, with wonderful annotations by Martin Gardner.
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on “Ask HN: What book had a big impact on you as a child or teenager?” ↗This is for older children, twelve and above I'd say, but I think the Alice books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) are great. Then they (and you) can read The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner, which opened up entirely new levels of the stories to me. For younger children, I'd say The…
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on “Ask HN: What Are You Fiction Book Recommendations?” ↗…way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it.” ― Lewis Carroll Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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