heh. well, i dunno if you meant me or kassie as far as reading the books, but i'm pretty sure she has, whereas i have tried aka begun to, and am really, really -really- slow. admittedly, i'm only doing it to write better fic ^^; i would agree about the different glories of ya fic, since as i said, after all, ya fantasy is one of my 3 favorite genres, probably. i am, however, something of a picky reader, especially since i've read so much of it. i'm also a reader who's very conscious of -style-. VERY conscious. ok, obsessed with style. you'll know what i mean, if you ever read patricia mckillip (or francesca lia block), when i tell you they're probably my favorite ya-type fantasy authors, closely followed by diana wynne jones. patricia mckillip is like the -queen- of stylist fantasy, and she has plenty of really inventive worlds as well. but she's like, leagues and miles away from jkr. no 10 year old would read her in a million zillion years. unless that ten year old was me ;)
anyway. i've read a lot of this genre, so i don't feel very reverent towards the "great" jkr. or any author for that matter. well, i worship some, but they can seriously write. go ahead and tell me that theodore sturgeon and ursula leguin and mary stewart and peter beagle aren't great writers, and i will laugh -.- ideas aren't enough. if i wanted ideas i would read greg bear and isaac asimov and arthur c clarke and ben bova and so on and so forth. that is to say, sci-fi (which i do read, but um... not as much). what i meant was, this focus on ideas is the downfall of many a good scifi author. many, many, many scifi books have amazing ideas and reeeeeally bad execution. again, hello, arthur c clarke. it is, of course, most definitely a matter of taste, but i wouldn't want you to think i judged anything blindly, although i -was- immediately biased when i saw -everyone- so hot for this thing. i hate fads, especially the hordes invading my cozy little backwater of fantasy fiction ;) <-- hee. only -slightly- deranged and possessive -.-
but. i do get amused and entertained, somewhat, by her books. there's some wit in there somewhere. harry is cute. so is draco. but um. not -that- cute ><;;
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Date: 2003-01-23 06:05 pm (UTC)admittedly, i'm only doing it to write better fic ^^;
i would agree about the different glories of ya fic, since as i said, after all, ya fantasy is one of my 3 favorite genres, probably.
i am, however, something of a picky reader, especially since i've read so much of it.
i'm also a reader who's very conscious of -style-. VERY conscious. ok, obsessed with style.
you'll know what i mean, if you ever read patricia mckillip (or francesca lia block), when i tell you they're probably my favorite ya-type fantasy authors, closely followed by diana wynne jones.
patricia mckillip is like the -queen- of stylist fantasy, and she has plenty of really inventive worlds as well. but she's like, leagues and miles away from jkr. no 10 year old would read her in a million zillion years. unless that ten year old was me ;)
anyway. i've read a lot of this genre, so i don't feel very reverent towards the "great" jkr. or any author for that matter. well, i worship some, but they can seriously write. go ahead and tell me that theodore sturgeon and ursula leguin and mary stewart and peter beagle aren't great writers, and i will laugh -.-
ideas aren't enough. if i wanted ideas i would read greg bear and isaac asimov and arthur c clarke and ben bova and so on and so forth. that is to say, sci-fi (which i do read, but um... not as much).
what i meant was, this focus on ideas is the downfall of many a good scifi author. many, many, many scifi books have amazing ideas and reeeeeally bad execution. again, hello, arthur c clarke.
it is, of course, most definitely a matter of taste, but i wouldn't want you to think i judged anything blindly, although i -was- immediately biased when i saw -everyone- so hot for this thing. i hate fads, especially the hordes invading my cozy little backwater of fantasy fiction ;)
<-- hee. only -slightly- deranged and possessive -.-
but. i do get amused and entertained, somewhat, by her books. there's some wit in there somewhere.
harry is cute. so is draco. but um. not -that- cute ><;;