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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
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- Subject: Re: Fandom
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:51:16 -0500
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- In article <watson.727458148@capella.sce.carleton.ca> watson@sce.carleton.ca (Stephen Watson) writes:
- >Note that "Earthsea" (with the possible exception of the 4th book)
- >was, like the Hobbit, intended as children's literature (at least so I
- >believe).
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- My impression is that "Earthsea" is more for what is called the
- "young adult" market then as children's literature. A fine distinction,
- I know.
-
- In any event, whether for children, young adults, or adults, "Earthsea"
- is excellent. And, in fact, there are many other fantasy gems that can
- be found in the young adult section of the bookstore. I'd also
- recommend "The Chronicles of Prydain", five books by Lloyd Alexander
- starting with "The book of three" and proceeding through four others.
- Highly recommended, and excellent fantasy with the emphasis being the
- coming of age of the central character, Taran the assistant pig-keeper.
-
- Also, as long as we're talking about fantasy novels, how about the
- spate of books based on the Arthur legends? My favorites are
- "The Once and Future King" and "The Mists of Avalon". I find that these
- have a significant amount of depth, perhaps because they are based on
- real legends. (Although the things TH White does to history in
- "The Once and Future King" are a bit of a stretch. He replaces
- William the Conqueror with Uther Pendragon and proceeds to make
- Arthur an early Norman.)
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