"Lisa Grant Coffin" <lisa at spindot.com> writes: > when he gets a bit older he's going to love steven's books too. *here's > hoping* that the successes of LoTR and Harry Potter gives hollywood a lesson > in the draw of well-crafted fantasy movies.] This is probably where I should recommend Diane Duane's Young Wizards books (starting with _So You Want To Be A Wizard_). Contemporary fantasy in which the younger you are, the more powerful a wizard you are (if you're a wizard at all), but it takes time to learn expertise and finesse. Very powerful books, especially _Deep Wizardry_. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info