Pretty self-explanitory why we want you to read these...
Everyone's favorite "Beauty and the Beast" story about the disfigured music prodigy and his unconditional love for an up and coming prima donna. We also reccomend the libretto by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney.
This Perfect Day by Ira Levine
Sometime in the future, society is based on the teachings of Christ and Marx. The people live full, peaceful and very controlled lives. But a would-be rebel named Chip could change all that he's ever known. This book will drive you nuts, but you'll love it!
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
This play is based partly on the Puccini opera Madame Butterfly and partly on a twenty year espionage case involving mistaken sexual identity.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
...proof that a movie isn't always the best way to go...
House of Stairs by William Sleator
Remember Pavlov's dog? That's right, conditioning. Dance for the red light, Dance!
Some people call this book a big social statement about how highly we humans regard ourselves..but get past that and it's funny as hell. A fine example of "Let us not take ourselves too seriously"
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
It's a classic, for one. Kind of a detective story, with a little incest thrown in for good measures /\/\
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
An excellent play about Mozart, told by his "enemy". The movie won best picture in the early 80's (the playwrite did the screenplay also)
Immortal Eyes Trilogy by Jackie Cassada
The journey of 5 oathmates as they search for the four eyestones and the key to the Court of All Kings, which will open Silver's Gate - the last passageway to Arcadia.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
If anything, you'll get a kick out of his doodles. It's Vonnegut's Post-Modern catharsis. Favorite quote: (he's talking about how poisonous a rattlesnake is, and how "the Creator of the Universe" put a rattle on its tail as a warning) "Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe"
Various Works by R.A. Salvatore
The Icewind Dale Trilogy
The Dark Elf Trilogy
The Legacy
Hey, they gotta be good for us to list so many...
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Starless Night
Siege of Darkness
Passage to Dawn
The Silent Blade
The Spine of the World
Enjoy!
