Write Like the Wind!
Aug. 20th, 2012 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pen_gruntThis is old, but I still love it:
I recently recommended GoT to a co-worker and after much protesting about how "burnt out" on fantasy/fiction he was, he finally picked up GoT. Of course, he's now over halfway through the THIRD book in less than a month's time...and loving every bit of it.
I've read through #1-4 twice and #5 once. I really wish I had that experience of picking up the series for the first time again; I'm jealous of co-worker for that reason.
Oh well, there will be other wonderful series. Catherynne Valente (an author, not a series), for instance, is absolutely delighting me right now. The Orphan's Tales (both of the books) and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making are all wonderful--with the whimsy of children's literature and some Very Adult themes and jokes. (I would say that The Orphan's Tales are NOT for kids really at all while The Girl Who... could be given to a smart 8-10 year old with a pretty strong vocabulary and is absolutely enjoyable for adults.)
I recently recommended GoT to a co-worker and after much protesting about how "burnt out" on fantasy/fiction he was, he finally picked up GoT. Of course, he's now over halfway through the THIRD book in less than a month's time...and loving every bit of it.
I've read through #1-4 twice and #5 once. I really wish I had that experience of picking up the series for the first time again; I'm jealous of co-worker for that reason.
Oh well, there will be other wonderful series. Catherynne Valente (an author, not a series), for instance, is absolutely delighting me right now. The Orphan's Tales (both of the books) and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making are all wonderful--with the whimsy of children's literature and some Very Adult themes and jokes. (I would say that The Orphan's Tales are NOT for kids really at all while The Girl Who... could be given to a smart 8-10 year old with a pretty strong vocabulary and is absolutely enjoyable for adults.)
