mouse@uw-beaver.arpa (05/29/85)
From: utcsri!mcgill-vision!mcgill-vision!mouse@uw-beaver.arpa (der Mouse)
ginsburg@ozone.DEC writes (roughly)
...The Black Cauldron....but the title sounds promising.
Sounds promising? Don't you recognize it? You mean you've never
read Lloyd Alexander? One of the nicest, er, maybe I should say
enjoyable fantasy worlds I've ever read (no flames please, only my
opinion)? Actually, these books are not good fantasy in the sense of
being a cohesive world with well-designed laws which everything works
by. There are too many things and beings which are unique unto
themselves. But nonetheless a good read if you can read for the
adventure instead of finding flaws. Note that they are apparently aimed
at children and hence the endings tend towards a sort of lecturing on
the truths of life. But for the most part they are okay. If you
haven't read these I recommend them. Someone must think they are good;
the last one of the five won the Newberry Award (not the same prestige
as the Hugo perhaps, but still...)
The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The Castle of Llyr
Taran Wanderer
The High King
der Mouse
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