> -----Original Message----- > From: David Dyer-Bennet [mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net] > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 13:09 > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: "Fantasy" Films [LoTR, H.P.] > > > "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_. > -- Concur. I love re-reading these. Alan