On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 11:11:33PM -0500, Tucker <jazzfish at softhome.net> wrote: > Short-term lurker, first post: hi, all. > >> 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? > >* Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy (the first three books only) > I dunno... they're a little dry and slow-moving. Good, but maybe not great > as an introduction to fantasy. Umm... mileage definitely does vary. *boggle* > >* The Dark is Rising sequence (I can't recall the author) > Susan Cooper. Highly recommended. > > Also, Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles are good stuff. (As is just > about everything by Alexander.) Check. > The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. Check. > Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures would probably go well. Never read those. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt