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A book set in the wilderness
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Nadine wrote: "Pioup wrote: "Has anyone read In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson? I'm guessing it's not 100% wilderness (they do have towns in Australia I hear ;) ) but I'm wondering if there is a sig..."Yeah, that was I was worried about. Thank you for your answer!
Do we think Walden: Life in the Woods would count? Or is he too close to civilisation?I really want to get a copy of The Thing Itself; I'm pretty sure the Antarctic counts!
If anyone is looking for something YA to fit this challenge, I just came across Once Upon a River and it looks good.
I'm thinking about doing a book about space instead. I usually lover forest themes, but I've been struggling to find a book. I did read some definitions in dictionaries that while wilderness is usually a terrestrial environment, oceans and space can count as well.
Space can definitely count. I'd count any unpopulated, little explored place where you could get lost and not see other people if they weren't already with you lol
I ended up blasting through What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky. Several definitions in dictionaries included space, so I felt comfortable. Thanks Tara!
Ever since last year, I've been meaning to read Lumberjanes #1. This year I've not read many graphic novels, but this could be a start to that binge-read.
Books mentioned in this topic
Lumberjanes: Up All Night (other topics)What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky (other topics)
Ancestor (other topics)
Once Upon a River (other topics)
Walden: Life in the Woods (other topics)
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Gene Stratton-Porter (other topics)Michael Finkel (other topics)
Tracy Chevalier (other topics)
Conrad Richter (other topics)
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I read it a while ago, so I don't remember all of it (actually I think I dnf'ed it - it was a book club read and it was so slow that I just didn't finish it in time for our meeting, at which point I likely gave up). He does go through some of the open country in Australia, but mostly the book is about people he meets, and mostly those people are in towns and cities, so I wouldn't count it for "wilderness."