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A question re: Begining Fantacy for Youth

Sun Nov 24 09:25:33 PST 2002

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.

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