Nevil Shute

[xstitcher]

When I was a young adult I loved his books. I’ve just ordered On the Beach and wonder if I’ll be as spell bound as I was 50 years ago......somehow I doubt it.
Has anybody else done this?

[retrocop]

I often look for out of print books that I read in my childhood and teens. I always liked A Town Like Alice.

[patsyann]

Oh someone else who loved Nevil Shute . My first dip into adult reading aged 15 in 1955. Started me on a lifetime of reading and yes I have read some of his books again .

[Hopkirk]

My favourite author, I read most of his books a second time a few years ago.

If you haven't read it, try his autobiography, Slide Rule.

[xstitcher]

Well it seems to be the case of ‘once a Nevil Shute fan always a Nevil Shute fan’ and now I’m looking forward to reading all of them again. Roll on Amazon market place.

[sanmac]

"On The Beach", a great book, and also, and this doesn't happen very often, it was made into a excellent movie. The many versions of the playing of the song "Waltzing Matilda" was quite memorable and moving.

[sanmac]

Here is an example of the various arrangements of "Waltzing Matilda":

[Hopkirk]

Our dear departed colleague, Mikey444 was a Nevil Shute fan too.

[xstitcher]

My first "adult" book was The Diary of Anna Frank. Since then I've visited where she lived in hiding and Bergen Belsen where she died. I found it very emotional.

[maggiebee]

Just love Nevil Shute books and have the whole collection. Written in a much gentler age. My absolute favourites are A Town Like Alice and In the Wet which I have read many times. Haven't read his autobiography so thanks for the heads up Hoppy.

[xstitcher]

Oh gosh, now you’ve got me going......just ordered ‘In
the Wet’ ‘Trustee from a Toolroom’ and ‘A Town Like Alice’

[maggiebee]

You will enjoy xstitcher, Trustee from the Toolroom was my first foray into Nevil Shute books many, many moons ago and got me hooked.

[maggiebee]

Hoppy, just purchased Slide Rule and looking forward to reading it. You also reminded me of Mikey444 and his love of Nevil Shute - thank you.

[Hopkirk]

It'll open your eyes that he was just an author in his spare time, in a busy life.