Tucker <jazzfish at softhome.net> writes: > > >>* 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* > > It's the density of the prose, I think. I didn't find them to be an > easy read at all. (I enjoyed the first two immensely, the third less > so, but they all took effort.) I'd be personally a little wary of > using them as a first intro to fantasy, although definitely throw them > at him later. Very strange. I loved them, a long time ago. So much that, after reading them many times, I finally bought the hardcovers. I'm not sure I read them as early as 11, but definitely before 18. I found them very easy, approachable, books, I'd have classified them as excellent for YA and younger children. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info