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[sdroid.livejournal.com]

*poke* Hey all. I need a little help with my big bang fic. See, in the fic, to make a long story short, Tony is receiving only books for his birthday. However, I've found that I do not actually read a wide enough selection of books to really give him anything other than sci-fi stuff. So, I'd like everyone's opinion on what the following characters might give him as reading material:

Peter
Henry Helrung
Maria Hill
Clint
Hank Pym
Carol
Jarvis
Beth Cabe

Thanks all <3

Comments

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

Peter:
Weegee's New York Photographs, 1935-1960 (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Weegees-New-York-Photographs-1935-1960/dp/3823854712

Henry Helrung:
The Hollywood Book of Scandals
http://books.google.com/books?id=ppie4hEdGdwC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=recovery+hollywood+book&source=bl&ots=e9ZRWGX4Wd&sig=XeBgoxAWanxEFmpjf5-bDo_QCHk&hl=en&ei=8hOwSawCooG3B6vv8O0F&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPP1,M1
and
My Search For Bill W
http://www.amazon.com/My-Search-Bill-W-Biography/dp/1568383746#

Maria Hill
Women Warriors: A History
http://www.amazon.com/Women-Warriors-David-E-Jones/dp/1574882066

Clint
Mustang 1964-1/2-1973
http://www.amazon.com/Mustang-1964-1-2-1973-Mike-Mueller/dp/0760307342

Hank Pym
Evolution of Social Insect Colonies: Sex Allocation and Kin Selection
http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Social-Insect-Colonies-Allocation/dp/0198549423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236277401&sr=1-1

Carol
Spitfire! The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
http://www.amazon.com/Spitfire-Experiences-Battle-Britain-Fighter/dp/1848683545/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236276544&sr=1-1

Jarvis
Transformers: The Ultimate Guide
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Ultimate-Guide-Simon-Furman/dp/0756630126/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236276630&sr=1-2
(Tony will always be a little boy to Jarvis)

Beth Cabe
The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate
http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Washington-Zoo-Writings-Politics/dp/1586484575/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236276697&sr=1-3
(Poor Beth, she never stops trying to improve his mind/raise his consciousness)

EDIT: Dang, forgot Hank. Isn't that always the way...

[sdroid.livejournal.com]

Wee~ Thanks so much for these <3 So much better than what I could have come up with on my own. Hank's made me happy XD

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

I don't know all the characters well enough to speak for them, but here's a few:

Peter: Surely you're joking, Mr. Feinman (http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236278164&sr=1-1) by Richard P. Feinman

Maria Hill: Denial and deception: an insider's view of the CIA (http://www.amazon.com/Denial-Deception-Insiders-View-CIA/dp/1560258276/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236278650&sr=11-1) by Melissa Boyle Mahle

Hank: Ants at work: How an insect society is organized (http://www.amazon.com/Ants-Work-Insect-Society-Organized/dp/0393321320/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236278420&sr=11-1) by Deborah Gordon

Carol: Women Pilots of World War II (http://www.amazon.com/Women-Pilots-World-War-II/dp/0874804930/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236278322&sr=11-1) by Wendy Cole

Jarvis: Miss Manners' guide to excruciatingly correct behavior (http://www.amazon.com/Manners-Excruciatingly-Correct-Behavior-Freshly/dp/0393058743/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236278555&sr=11-1) by Judith Martin

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

Ha! Your Carol book is beter than mine! Now I want to read that.

Your Maria Hill book is better, too. Excellllllllent.

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

It's kind of sad, how quickly I came up with some of these titles. I've been spending way too much time imagining the inner lives of comic book characters.

[sdroid.livejournal.com]

Ah, brilliant. Thank you very much :3

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Always happy to help. :-)

[ouri.livejournal.com]

Oh god, the Miss Manners book... *sporfles* ♥

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Jarvis knows it's hopeless, but he just keeps trying...

Henry Hellrung

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

I know that Henry is always on Tony to get to meetings. He's Tony's sponsor, so he's like, that. His books would be like along the lines of AA. He'd also get Tony a soberversary pin, if appropriate.

Back To Basics - The Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners Meetings "Here are the steps we took..." in Four One Hour Sessions (Paperback)

Re: Henry Hellrung

[sdroid.livejournal.com]

Yes, Henry was going to be a hard one for me. I couldn't decide if him giving Tony something about AA would be entirely appropriate given the scenario. And the pin is a fantastic idea, though sadly Tony is staying in a place that doesn't let him have sharp objects, let's just say. His next birthday, perhaps <3

Ah

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Well, let him send a book about California, then. Since he and Stark tore a hole in California's partying scene.

Re: Ah

[sdroid.livejournal.com]

Bwahah, yeah, some kind of tourist book with little hand written notes of "Hey, remember that New Year's party here?" and "This is where we beat up zombie skrull lobsters." Good times XD

[neptunedream.livejournal.com]

LOL. This is an excellent idea. Sadly, the only thing that came to mind was that Peter would give him a book about tying elaborate knots.

Which doesn't make any sense. XD

[dorcas-gustine.livejournal.com]

Tony would probably take that as a hint.

[sdroid.livejournal.com]

Yes yes, you have to be careful with Tony. He can turn anything into an innuendo.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

Clint: How To books, Trashy romance novels

Jarvis: Classics, deep fantasy (LOTR, Dune, Authur stuff, things along those lines)

Peter: Nerdery. "Super Hero Worst Case Scenario" (something like that)

Carol: Something along aircraft designs. (i still love the scene of them bonding over tony's plane and "captain danvers")

Hank: Biology (biology is SO MUCH BETTER than machines, dammit! ....or so i imagine them arguing)

I am ted, can we see this? Yeah, I'm gonna shut up and slink off to amuse myself with Smallville