I think this is a classic children's novel/book equally read by adults as children. It is a highly recommended book for everyone to read. There are plenty of film adaptations to watch in correlation to reading this book. I highly recommend to the hardcore enthusiasts to get a annotated version of the book to explain some background history of the story that would greatly expound on some interesting notes while you're reading.

Released on Friday, October 24, 2003 at Private Release through US Mail in Alexandria, Virginia USA.

Just got this in the mail. Thanks, dallasjay! I've read excerpts of this classic, and I finally get a chance to read the whole thing.

Classics are classics for a reason. Lewis Carroll creates, on the surface, a child's fantasyland, populated with memorable creatures and characters -- each just as extraordinary and odd as the next. Lacking Dallasjay's suggested annotated version, I can only guess as to the motives behind Carroll's dreamery. I wish my college professors had seen this story fit to disect, for I'd love to delve into what I believe is Carroll's distaste for structure and authority, absolute contempt for conformity, and bleak opinion of humankind, especially where its imagination is concerned.

Alice's search for normality in an imaginary rabbit hole (or through a mirror) is no different than our own searches. We cling to things that appear familiar; because they are familiar, they must be safe. But we can only hold on to those things for so long, because sooner or later we find that things aren't really as they appear (babies turn into pigs, flowers can be painted red, and just because you're bigger than a house does not mean you're bigger than a dog). And until we deal with the reality, we're left to wander "wonderland" indefinitely -- playing games that don't make sense, being threatened by people with no real authority, and looking for things we'll never find.

I'm including this book in the BookCrossers on the Potomac's Meetup Book Box, which will be on its way to the Northern Virginia BookCrossers Meetup this Tuesday (1/18).

Happy reading!

Got this out of the Book Box as it came through the Chicago bookcrossing meeting tonight. Thanks!

June 19, 2005 - Very good. I related it to office politics: everyone screaming absurdities or made-up words, the Queen (aka my former manager) yelling "off with her head", things are not what they seem, fights for no apparent reason, running as fast as possible just to stay in the same place. A quote reminds me very much of the above mentioned former nasty manager:
"Still the Queen kept crying 'Faster! Faster!' but Alice felt she could not go faster, though she had no breath left to say so." Ah dear Alice, I know how you feel.

RELEASE NOTES:

Will release at tonight's meet-up. Enjoy!

Caught this at July's meetup. Thanks so much!

RELEASE NOTES:

Releasing at the 2006 North America Convention!