on the heels of the last one

[slammerkinbabe]

But oo oo oo, I have a more interesting poll! That is to say, it's more interesting to me. That is to say... oh, hell with it.

It's the battle of the children's books! And Lord of the Rings. Um, so most of these are fantasy novels, but some are not; most are series, but some are not; most are at least somewhat specific (i.e., a specific novel or series) but sometimes it's a question about an author's general body of work. I don't know, do the best you can. It's not a perfect survey, as if one were to get nitpicky one could argue that it's hard to evaluate an author's body of work as if it were all of a piece, as it is often not. But none of you are going to get nitpicky, right? Because you love me. And because this is a stupid poll.

I never claimed to be... anything, really. In the last five minutes, anyway, and that's about the expiration date on any of my sentences, as I am flighty and whimsical and - damn! I just claimed to be flighty and whimsical.

Um, never mind? Vote in the poll? I'ma go hide now.

ETA: OMG how did I forget Madeleine L'Engle? I must go die of shame now. You can tell me which you prefer in the comments if you want.

[Poll #533240]

Comments

[lietya.livejournal.com]

True. And yet, it's the quirks of speech and reaction that make them *more* than stock characters, if that makes sense. They're all very vividly drawn, for all that they really are each variations on a single theme.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

This is true... I was trying to figure out a way to express that, but then I gave up because it wasn't central to my main point and the phone was ringing. You got it. :)

[lietya.livejournal.com]

oh, good. :) I didn't think we really disagreed by much!

...I should reread Wrinkle In Time, etc. It's been too long.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

My favorite is A Swiftly Tilting Planet, in truth.

[halfacricket.livejournal.com]

For good reason. That was my absolute favorite book for a long time. I still re-read it whenever I can.

[lietya.livejournal.com]

well, that was included in the "etc." :) As I recall, that one was my favorite, too.