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Doctor Who: Human Nature by Paul Cornell (Published in 1995)

Whoa, feral schoolboys... Lord of the Flies, William Golding.

(gtg, see ya later)

This is from the most recent Scholastic Australia book-club catalogue which #2S has just brought home from school:

Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, by Michael Gerard Bauer, 2007 Children's Book Council of Australia shortlisted author. "Ishmael is back for another year at St Daniel's in year 10. Can he stand up to Barry Bagsley, win the heart of Kelly Faulkner and put up with his father's re-formed band, the Dugongs? Too funny - don't read this book on a bus!"

Moby Dick by Herman Melville ("Call me Ishmael")

Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (published in 1987, same as Whale Rider)

The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul, also Douglas Adams.

The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy (published in 1988, same year as LDTTOTS)

From Russia With Love. Ian Fleming.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming (The book's ending ends in tragedy for Bond. In FRWL, Rosa Klebb succeeds in poisoning Bong. In OHMSS, Bond and Tracy are fired upon by Blofeld, with deadly results....)

(Tragic, oh my yes. When that part of the DVD comes on, Xan and I embrace each other and sob unashamedly.)

The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel, Dr Kate Westbrook.

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (written by an author under a pseudonym)

Frommer's London from $95 a Day by Donald Olson. (The era of the "$10 a Day" guides is well and truly over! )

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (cheap travel guide, obviously)

Can we keep nonfiction books to a minimum?

Jigga-WHA?? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is FICTION?? Whatever next?

(snicker)

The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley. People who obviously don't mind a bit of solitude go out in singleships and lurk close to an intergalactic data stream, in the hope of gleaning a lucrative nugget of information or three, then try to beat the opposition back to Earth before the patent office closes.