Even worse, they're probably expecting that people who like the tediously torrid adventures of Anita The Wondercunt would take LKH's advice on buying a book for children.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Jan 26, 2009 2:57:22 pm PST #8341 of 28431
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 3:01:22 pm PST #8342 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
you know, I never read the book blurbs on this book.
Typo Boy - Jan 26, 2009 4:11:48 pm PST #8343 of 28431
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hmm, I remember loving the Chronicles of Prydain as a kid. I need to buy something for a bday for a precocious 8 year old. (Loves the Chronicles of Narnia - I think that is precocius though not unusual among Buffistas). Prydain yes or no? If no, alternatives.
Gris - Jan 26, 2009 4:18:29 pm PST #8344 of 28431
Hey. New board.
Prydain yes! Adore.
Also, I persist in recommending Tamora Pierce books for kid fantasy fans, especially if the kid in question is a girl.
Typo Boy - Jan 26, 2009 4:42:35 pm PST #8345 of 28431
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tamora Pierce
Ah yes, kid is a girl. Mom not one of the world's great feminist role models. Airheaded and mean. Worry a bit about women's roles in the series. Like I said a long time, but weren't the major female characters an airheaded (though heroic) princess and an evil enchantress? Been a long time, so probably being unjust to the Princess. Also I do remember even the evil enchantress ended up giving good information that saved everybody. And the Princess had the intution to trust her, saying something along the lines of "sometimes when a wasp lands on you it will only sting you if you try to brush it off." It must have been good if that much of it sticks with me after 35 years.
Hil R. - Jan 26, 2009 4:51:12 pm PST #8346 of 28431
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't know Prydain. An 8-year-old might like A Wrinkle In Time. And, while they're not exactly fantasy, I'd recommend The Westing Game and From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler to pretty much any kid, but especially precocious girls.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 26, 2009 4:53:40 pm PST #8347 of 28431
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
A Wrinkle in Time is lovely, although I do remember liking Prydian. I haven't read Prydian since that age, though, so I don't remember any larger implications. I read Narnia at that age too, as well as The Diary of Anne Frank.
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 4:53:46 pm PST #8348 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Mom not one of the world's great feminist role models
then Tamora Pierce is a great idea.
Consuela - Jan 26, 2009 4:55:31 pm PST #8349 of 28431
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Typo, I would say that the Prydain chronicles aren't exemplars of feminist fiction, no, but they're not offensive: Eilonwy saves the day a number of times, and the women do have agency and power.
I suspect Tamora Pierce would be better on the feminism, though, it's true.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2009 5:20:54 pm PST #8350 of 28431
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love the Prydain books.
and the controversy begins -- is it too scary for kids.
All the worthwhile Newberry winners have been controversial it seems.
Also would like to note: Have people completely forgotten that the biggest phenomenon in kid's publishing before J.K. Rowling was R.L. Stine?