On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Tucker wrote: #Short-term lurker, first post: hi, all. Hiya! [unattributed] #>* 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. I found them "living", enthralling, and unputdownable, and have gone back to them year after year after year. I guess it's very much a matter of YMMV (your mileage may vary ~ de gustibus non est disputandum). #>* The Dark is Rising sequence (I can't recall the author) # #Susan Cooper. Highly recommended. Agreed! #Also, Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles are good stuff. (As is just #about everything by Alexander.) # #The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. # #Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures would probably go well. Yes, yes, yes. Add most of Diana Wynne Jones. -- Mark A. Mandel