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Okay, guys, I need book recommendations. We get to choose a book to write our final English paper about, and I need suggestions for something that I can create an original thesis for (emphasis on creativity). I'm tempted to choose a scifi/fantasy book just because they are so often overlooked critically, and I can prove my teacher's doubts wrong.

I mainly want a character that I can attach myself to for the course of the book. As long as the people intrigue me, I can get through anything. My teacher basically told us anything goes, as long as he clears it.

The current list:
A Lesson Before Dying
anything by Heinlein (feminist interpretation, i.e. snarking)
The Borders of Infinity (novella by Lois McMaster Bujold)
American Gods
Startide Rising
Enchantment, Briar Rose, something from that long list of fairytale retellings Jenny sent me (Jenny? any opinions?), or something from *my* long list of fairytale retellings to-be-read
The Killer Angels (which might be too long and depressing)
Neuromancer

My friends are considering:
The Things They Carried
Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Man in the High Castle)
A Clockwork Orange

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ENDER'S GAME! So. Freaking. Psychological.

Already taken, darlin'. Plus, I think I did something with it in 9th grade, for a free-reading selection. *Awesome* book, though

Hmm. Then. I'm tapped.

BTW, I finished the Amber Spyglass and was wildly disapointed. I didn't like the findings that they came up with. "GAWD IZ DED" isn't really my thing. :-/

Yeah, I was a bit iffy on the ending myself, but more because of Lyra/Will than anything else. I mean-- sweet, yes, but plausible? Not so much. Pullman writes sleekly, and he's a great craftsman of worlds, but his characters don't always snap with me.