Dragaera

A question re: Begining Fantacy for Youth

Mon Nov 25 19:15:22 PST 2002

On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 04:59  PM, Matthew Hunter wrote:

>
>>> Honestly, though, it seems at 11 he'd be ready for just about
>>> anything the fantasy/sci-fi section of the library could
>>> throw at him.
>> Hummm, not sure at this. I tried giving him Lovecraft (one of my 
>> absolute
>> favorites) and he thought it was too slow moving and he didn't 
>> understand
>> all of the words.
>
> You gave him LOVECRAFT and you are complaining that he's too
> young for CS Lewis and Vlad??!?!?!?!!!
>
Come on!  All Lovecraft has is a few insane people, gibbering faceless 
horrors, and High Priest Cthuthu manipulating the world.  What's the 
harm in that.

I bet old Morollan's got a beat up copy of the Necronomicon in his study 
somewhere.

AkodoBob
-Cthulhu F'thagn what a wonderful phrase