Susan Cooper.
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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 - Apr 29, 2004 12:49:38 pm PDT #2505 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
hun_e - Apr 29, 2004 12:50:46 pm PDT #2506 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
Thanks, Ginger... I'm not really good with names (that's probably why I keep all my books) also the sentimental value... ooh! and laziness
Gris - Apr 29, 2004 12:55:19 pm PDT #2507 of 10002
Hey. New board.
The Dark is Rising sequence is one of my favorite young fantasy series, and I've read most of them. The only one that compares, really, in my mind, is the Philip Pullman "His Dark Materials" series (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), at least as far as rather serious, high fantasy is concerned. Harry Potter, of course, is awesome, and getting more serious as it goes on, but I don't think it will ever qualify as high fantasy.
I also really like the "Young Wizards" series by Diane Duane, which begins with So You Want to Be a Wizard.
hun_e - Apr 29, 2004 1:01:25 pm PDT #2508 of 10002
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I love HP too, Nova... I always make it a point to get the books before my mom and sister and then taunt them... and they have gotten darker, I almost wanted to smack Harry most of the last book (then had to remind myself, oh yeah... 13 year old boy). All I know is before it's all over, someone else is going to go (someone we like, that is), and my bets are on Mrs. Weasley, or Percy (because he's such a weiner), or Dumbledore... ooh! just had a brain flash... does Dumbledore remind anyone else of Deth/The High One in McKillip's "Riddle Master of Hed" trilogy? Maybe subconsciously that's why I think he's gone...
Katerina Bee - Apr 29, 2004 1:04:14 pm PDT #2509 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
We had a great bit of HP snark in Literary awhile before NovaChild and Hun E began posting here... we decided that Aunt Petunia will end up playing a major role, because she won't be able to deny her wizard heritage any longer; and that this will include her telling Uncle Vernon to shut the hell up. How we look forward to that happy day!
Consuela - Apr 29, 2004 1:04:17 pm PDT #2510 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I was a little disappointed in the last Wizard book I read (A Wizard Alone); it felt a bit too... conveniently interlocking. If that makes any sense. I did love the first three, though.
However, in order to avoid my wrath, Duane better get back to finishing the Rihannsu novels. And then The Door into Starlight. But I expect her publisher thinks there's more market for YA fantasies about wizards than about a five-person polyamorous marriage involving a dragon's shadow. Can't imagine why. t rolls eyes
Consuela - Apr 29, 2004 1:05:43 pm PDT #2511 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
does Dumbledore remind anyone else of Deth
Um, nope. And you might want to whitefont that sentence, anyway, Hun. You just gave away the spoiler for the entire trilogy.
We don't have spoiler rules here, as such, but it's considered good manners to whitefont the stuff with high HSQ.
hun_e - Apr 29, 2004 1:06:54 pm PDT #2512 of 10002
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How about Petunia running off with Snape? They have lots in common...
hun_e - Apr 29, 2004 1:09:08 pm PDT #2513 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
yeah... sorry about that
Katerina Bee - Apr 29, 2004 1:14:11 pm PDT #2514 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I'd pick Snape over Uncle Vernon, but I'd make him wash his hair.