long long ago, in a land far far away

I love the very idea of this month's #rwpchat twitter reading group theme - #faraway. The idea of exploring places not here, worlds that don't exist, and times long past is exciting and intriguing, and just downright fun!  I feel like a small child in a fancy toy store - it's all so bright and sparkly and I want to look at and touch everything at once!

So what are some of my favourite #faraway reads? Where are some of my favourite #faraway places?

Anything Fantasy, anything Science Fiction immediately springs to mind. But so do Westerns and Historical fiction. Anything set overseas 'cause hey, it's not here and here being Australia means that overseas is faraway. Even something that explores a concept I am unfamiliar with is a #faraway read. And of course cooking books which explore cultures from around the world falls naturally into this group as well. 

I love this theme - the choice is limitless!

Lord of the Rings / J R R Tolkein
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever / Stephen R Donaldson
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / Tad Williams
The Dirty Streets of Heaven / Tad Williams
Zoe's Tale / John Scalzi
The God Machines / John Scalzi
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams
Discworld series / Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth / Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Shakespeare
Chaucer
John Donne
American Gods / Neil Gaiman
any / all of the NASA twitter feeds
any / all of the ABCStarStuff twitter feeds
Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte
Emma / Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen
Shades of Grey / Jasper Fforde
The Eyre Affair (Tuesday Next series) / Jasper Fforde
The Lightbringer series / Brent Weeks
Wanderer of the Wasteland / Zane Grey
A Song of Ice and Fire / George R R Martin
Harry Potter series / J K Rowling
Where the Wild Things Are / Maurice Sendak
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek / Jenny Wagner
Australian Women's Weekly cookbooks

Global Village / SBS
Food Safari / SBS
Star Trek
Red Dwarf

Star wars
Shrek
Willow
The Princess Bride
The 13th Warrior
The Searchers
Harry Potter

Bioshock
Game of Thrones
Assassin's Creed


... just to name a few