Yeah, I sill go back and read a lot of things that are "for kids" or "young adult" with great pleasure, though some (e.g., Susan Cooper) don't seem to hold up as well from an adult perspective as others (e.g., CS Lewis, E Nesbit, Edward Eager).
I find it funny (though not surprising) that P Pullman is a lead on thsi movement. I read Golden Compass/Northern Lights first of all his books, then went back and read some of his YA books (Ruby int he Smoke, etc.)--while they were enjoyable, they were incredibly less vivid and cardboard-y then HDM.
I read the LOTR a few years after I read The Hobbit, and all through the long, hot summer I was reading it I kept having nightmare about Gollum coming in my window. I don't think I slept a whole night through that summer...
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Date: 2008-06-10 05:07 pm (UTC)I find it funny (though not surprising) that P Pullman is a lead on thsi movement. I read Golden Compass/Northern Lights first of all his books, then went back and read some of his YA books (Ruby int he Smoke, etc.)--while they were enjoyable, they were incredibly less vivid and cardboard-y then HDM.
I read the LOTR a few years after I read The Hobbit, and all through the long, hot summer I was reading it I kept having nightmare about Gollum coming in my window. I don't think I slept a whole night through that summer...