Because they don't make lederhosen in his size, duh!

And why would a beaver require a sewing machine, anyway?

Maybe he's an avid quilter. YOU DON"T KNOW!!

(OK, you'd know way more than me, since I last read the Narnia books around age 10. But STILL)

I never was able to suspend disbelief for Potter.

I have a question about this, because I'm apparently able to suspend my disbelief for damn near anything, with virtually no effort required on the creator.

Were you able to suspend your disbelief in the entire premise enough to pick up the books? But then the world-building wasn't good enough for you to keep suspending your disbelief?

(Like I said, I'm only asking because I pretty much suspend my disbelief for anything. I might not even have any disbelief to suspend.)

YA Dystopia Story Generator (inspired by some Kindle samples).

Reek: Lawnmowers have been banned and the government controls flirting.

Quiver: Entertainment has been banned and the government controls sofas.

Run: Patent leather shoes have been banned and the government controls patent leather shoes.

Ninja: Garlic has been banned and the government controls gravity.

Track: Midlife crises have been banned and the government controls scooters.

(Like I said, I'm only asking because I pretty much suspend my disbelief for anything. I might not even have any disbelief to suspend.)

Right there with you, Steph.

Were you able to suspend your disbelief in the entire premise enough to pick up the books? But then the world-building wasn't good enough for you to keep suspending your disbelief?

I don't have to suspend my disbelief to enjoy something, at least not completely. I guess the difference (and I think this is what I'm getting at in the difference with Narnia) is that I get get caught up in Narnia. I don't think about whether the world seem real or not. The thing about the beavers with sewing machines is that I'm caught up enough not to turn that part of my brain on. Rowling, I notice shit. And I still enjoy it enough to go on. But I notice it enough that there is a bit of distance through most of the books. And I don't think I will ever reread Harry Potter. Whereas I will reread The Magician's Nephew, TLTWATW, The Silver Chair , and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader on occasion.

Rowling produces Brechtian Alienation in me, and I don't think that is what she is going for. Lewis may make me angry, but only after I put the book down.

Maybe it because you first read Narnia when a child and Potter as an adult?

Wow, so anyone who has read _Feed_ but hasn't been following the author's LJ should start here . She's been posting a series of 29 daily vignettes of the beginning of the rise. Sort of a prologue in serial form. And it's friggin amazing. 29 days later...we get the next book. Oh yes, my kindle, she will be busy in 11 days. Today i had 2 "ah HA!" moments. One was the 29 days deal. The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing. I went researching it because of the association with nosebleeds and holy crap it's a relative of Ebola. Are there really scientists working on human testing of virus strains that dangerous? Science is terrifying sometimes. I have washed my hands about eleventy times today.

Ok, back to your regularly scheduled reading.

Oh, erin, I'm glad you came and did this for me because I had meant to myself. This is the first one, and this tag should find all the rest if you scroll down. "Countdown" is fucking fantastic, and it's a great addition to the Feed mythology. Even if you haven't read Feed, it's worth reading. When was the last time you read a vignette from the perspective of a virus ?

The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing.

You hadn't heard of it either! Man, she was giving me shit this morning, like everyone was supposed to know what it was.

I had no idea. She made me go do research! With fiction! On livejournal! Ok, i'll stop oohing and ahhing here and maybe mention that in a comment on the most recent one :)