If you could.....

.....get lost in a good book what book would you read yourself into?

I think I'd go to Christopher Moore's The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. Or really, any of his books set in Pine Cove. It's a beautiful California town, full of a bunch of crazies -- I'd feel right at home. ;)

Probably Anne Mccaffery's Pern series - but possably anything with Dragons in it.

The Victorian world of magic which Mercedes Lackey created in The Fire Rose and The Serpent's Shadow among others.

Definitely Possession by A.S.Byatt and Pride and Prejudice.

Anything by Umberto Eco really. If we're talking about re-reading books then I would revisit Baudolino or the old standby, Foucault's Pendulum. If we're talking about books we haven't read yet but think we might like, then in that case I plan to be turning to Paul Auster's newest in soft-cover---The Brooklyn Follies---as soon as I'm finished with his The Book of Illusions. Or maybe I'd go back to comfort reading and pick up any title by Philip K. Dick. If I'm feeling adventurous I might pick up Jorge Luis Borges' The Aleph and other stories as it has been a recommended read. I don't know, there's so much to read, and so precious little time.

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I wasn't talking about re-reading, or actually reading in general. The question is what book would you like to BE in? Could you live there? Can you not wait to meet the characters? Etc.

I really wouldn't mind Fforde's universe on its own! That said, I think Connie Willis's Oxford-Time Travel world could also be fun to play with... oh, let's admit it: I just want to get into a book so I can jump in time!

So, I should try to pick something a bit more specific then. I would love to visit the Royal Navy at the turn of the century (no, not that century, or the one before it: the 19th century) with Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, except I wouldn't be allowed on the ship. Sigh. I don't think I could pretend to be a sailor for three months straight anyway. Regency England in general does seem fun though, even though adding dragons could only make it better... so world of Temeraire it is!

#7 - I agree Willis's Time Travel world would be excellent! As long as I wouldn't wind up in the 13th century and catch the plague, heh

Or I'd love to visit Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

But if I could live in any bookworld it would be Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince. I adore her characters and the world sounds so amazing - I would love to be a sunrunner.

I'd love to visit Pratchett's Discworld - such a fantastic creation! And having read the Nursery Crimes Division books, I wouldn't mind a visit to Reading, so long as I was guaranteed to bump into Jack Spratt and his colleagues...

Yeah, definitely. I'd love to do a character exchange with F'lar in The White Dragon or Sebell in Dragondrums. That way I could spend time with Lessa or Menolly without actually being in the story too much.

I'd like to go into something a little silly and simple. Blessed are the Cheesemakers would be fun. Or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy maybe. I think it'd be grand to hang out with Zaphod and Ford for a little bit. I'd be curious to see what it would be like in Waiting for Godot or Endgame or something else by Beckett but those are places that might be hard to get out of, much like Poe