1956


Giovanni’s Room
The Fall (Vintage International)
The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
Howl and Other Poems
The Stars My Destination
Night
The City and the Stars
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
Double Star
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
Old Yeller
The Minority Report
Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie SmithThe Last Battle by C.S. LewisLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Best of 1956
123 books — 41 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Best Fantasy of the 50s
60 books — 125 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
255 books — 269 voters

Erich Fromm
Modern man thinks he loses something—time—when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains—except kill it.
Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm
Modern capitalism needs men who co-operate smoothly, and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. It needs men who feel free and independent, not subject to any authority or principle or conscience—yet willing to be commanded, to do what is expected of them, to fit into the social machine without friction; who can be guided without force, led without leaders, prompted without aim—except the one to make go ...more
Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

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