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the_kinky_pet (
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help for a story / discussion question: book reccomendation?
So, I'm working on a Snarry story and would like this delightful community's input.
If an IC Snape were recommending a book to IC Harry, what would it be?
What kind of books do we think Severus reads for fun?
I'd be curious to know what ya'll think.
Thanks a lot!
cheers,
KP
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synn
2009-05-31 02:22 pm UTC
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I picture Snape as either a non-fiction reader and/or very... formal literature. I think he'd enjoy accurate histories, and maybe classic fiction -- I imagine he could appreciate the rules around Victorian society, for example.
I don't picture him enjoying modern literature or fantasy/sci-fi.
why don't you make-up a book? I hesitate to suggest a specific book, b/c while others might not have this issue, whenever an hp character talks about an actual book/song/movie, it throws me out of the story.
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whitecotton
2009-05-31 03:25 pm UTC
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Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus - a parody of the work of Hegel and German ideology, particularly transcendentalism.
Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum - a semiotic piece of fiction that combines intellectual mystery and philosophy.
Less high-brow, I would suggest:
Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White
Poetry by either Percy Bysshe Shelley or Edgar Alan Poe (The Raven esp.)
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rons_pigwidgeon
2009-05-31 11:20 pm UTC
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What about the Ransom Trilogy (also known as the Science trilogy) by C. S. Lewis? It is incredibly intelligent and witty and I could see him possibly relating to a few of the main characters. It is very intellectual, but at the same time humorous, and I think something Snape would be able to share his enjoyment with with Harry and have Harry actually be enthusiastic about it.
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astrolabe
2009-06-01 05:43 pm UTC
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You might find this site useful:
http://famouspick.blogspot.com
It has lists of favorite books by various people. All sorts of people! From high intellectuals to Avril Lavigne.
I would highly recommend in this situation to try to select a book that has some kind of theme that you think could build on Harry and Severus' relationship -- something that would lead them to talk to each other about themselves. For example, Shakespeare's
Measure for Measure
is something that I think could have so many parallels with their lives.
Incidentally, I think Snape would probably read a lot of mysteries. For some reason most of the academics I know are obsessed with them ... go figure.
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