on the heels of the last one
Jul. 15th, 2005 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slammerkinbabeBut 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]
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]
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Date: 2005-07-16 08:47 am (UTC)Whereas, Madeleine L'Engle's characters are REAL--they make mistakes, they do stupid things, are awkward, wonderful, quixotic...complex. Diana Wynne Jones's magical world (at least in the Chrestomanci books) is just as interesting as HP, but again doesn't get the press.
A friend of mine suggests that the mania for HP is based around modern society's need for culturally significant major events...ie that we need connection and community and don't find it in our everyday compartmentalized lives, so must seek it out in Big Moments like the release of a book, or outpourings of grief over a person we've never met.