I missed Diana Wynne Jones growing up, somehow, but I've wanted to try her and I didn't want to read Howl's Moving Castle (though my daughter read it and very much enjoyed it)--so I will try Fire and Hemlock.
I loved Watership Down, and the one Patricia McKillip book I read (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld), was one I really loved. I have yet to read Neil Gaiman! But I intend to. And I need to reread the Earthsea books. When I read them as a teenager, I liked the first two but somehow ended up putting down the third--I recall being too scared by it. Maybe now I'd be able to handle it better.
I adored Tolkien through high school and college, and still think LOTR is one of the most gripping, most real, and most moving fantasy tales ever. (Even though I left that ambivalent comment in sartorias's journal, I admire Tolkien to pieces.) I loved the Silmarillion too, though I have never been back to reread it.
As for Lord Dunsany, bits and pieces of The King of Elfland's Daughter left a big impression on me, but I have no overall impression of the story. I should go back and reread that, too.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-11-04 05:34 pm (UTC)I missed Diana Wynne Jones growing up, somehow, but I've wanted to try her and I didn't want to read Howl's Moving Castle (though my daughter read it and very much enjoyed it)--so I will try Fire and Hemlock.
I loved Watership Down, and the one Patricia McKillip book I read (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld), was one I really loved. I have yet to read Neil Gaiman! But I intend to. And I need to reread the Earthsea books. When I read them as a teenager, I liked the first two but somehow ended up putting down the third--I recall being too scared by it. Maybe now I'd be able to handle it better.
I adored Tolkien through high school and college, and still think LOTR is one of the most gripping, most real, and most moving fantasy tales ever. (Even though I left that ambivalent comment in
As for Lord Dunsany, bits and pieces of The King of Elfland's Daughter left a big impression on me, but I have no overall impression of the story. I should go back and reread that, too.