1. Maybe, but surely at least one piece on your list ought to be of the dense sloggy variety, as there are clearly people who like dense sloggy stuff. (Besides, it's only sloggy at a certain point in the middle when things are not made clear.)
2. Fair 'nuff, guv'nor.
4. Not everyone's supposed to like every book on the list, eh?
5. What other fantasy with animals is there? Those mouse books that I always see at B&N? That one rabbit book? OftMG is, I grant, a bit on the odd side; I think The Princess Bride works, though, as it's grounded in cynical reality, so will allow the reader who thinks this fantasy stuff is all a bit twee to have a point of referent.
MacDonald is Jesusy on the inside, which is irritating, but Dunsany, I think, is very accessible. A bit old-fashioned, but in a fairy-tale sort of way.
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Date: 2005-07-19 01:46 am (UTC)2. Fair 'nuff, guv'nor.
4. Not everyone's supposed to like every book on the list, eh?
5. What other fantasy with animals is there? Those mouse books that I always see at B&N? That one rabbit book? OftMG is, I grant, a bit on the odd side; I think The Princess Bride works, though, as it's grounded in cynical reality, so will allow the reader who thinks this fantasy stuff is all a bit twee to have a point of referent.
MacDonald is Jesusy on the inside, which is irritating, but Dunsany, I think, is very accessible. A bit old-fashioned, but in a fairy-tale sort of way.