Hi H.T. Well I cut my teeth on Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Martian series were just great as a kid. For kids of all ages there is "The Wind in the Willows" as well, can't remember the author right off hand. My 2 cents. Jim "H. T." wrote: > > Since it appears the majority of everyone that had typed in the discussion > of "fantasy" had began reading fantasy when they were still young I thought > I might ask what is appropriate for a young fantasy reader? > > I have an 11-year old step-brother who very much enjoys fantasy, and he has > asked me what else there is in this genera to read. I, however, do not know > exactly what to tell him. To tie this post a little bit into this discussion > board, I will say that I hesitate to tell him to read Steven's novels, > because (no offence to the author), but, my experience in reading his works > is that they are written to a more mature audience (which is great because > we do need something to read that is not tiresome because it is geared at > children). Though I think Steven is at least the most interesting if not the > best fantasy writer out there today, and I would love to give my > step-brother a copy of TPG or Jhereg because then we could have many > not-so-great discussions regarding Steven’s works, I also hesitate at doing > this because my father or his mother would murder me if I were to give him > something to read above his maturity level (they have been asking me for the > last nine-years when I am going to get out of this “dark phase”, so I can > only imagine what they would do if I were to help my step-brother into one). > Because I did not start reading fantasy until I was already an adult, I have > mostly been geared to authors that write for an older audience, so with very > few exceptions, I do not know what is out there that is appropriate for him. > (I also might add that I have not the faintest idea of what the maturity > level of an 11-year old is these days, so again, I have no ideas). Do any of > you that started reading all of this when you were his age, have any > thoughts? > > P.S. For those of you that cringe at poor syntax and diction please forgive > me, I only had a few seconds to write these thoughts down. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- ! Jim Katz