Magickal Young Adult Fiction Throwdown

Oh screw you. There's no way I can pick from those two.

Why these two only?

because it's a FACE OFF that's why

Of these two, hdm is "better." Though hp is more cozy, which can sometimes be nice. I would have liked to voter for earthsea though.

These are my most favorite book series ever. They are each great in their own way and choosing between them would be like having to choose one child over another.

HDM for the smackdown on Christianity, or churches, or orthodoxy, or however you want to describe it.

The Harry Potter books have been consistently mediocre with isolated flashes of brilliance. The Dark Materials books started out intriguing and went downhill at a rate that illustrates "diminishing returns." Hard to choose, really.

Can't vote since I've never read a word of either, but from what I understand, HDM has some brains and a lot of balls.

dark is rising, phule

^^ otm

HDM is one good novel followed by two crap novels.

Whereas HP is two decent novels followed by two good novels followed by two just get on with already novels followed by I'll find out tonight.

"Dark is rising" is good (except for the silly goddess of the sea bit in Greenwitch)

earthsea otm, shit rules, i could read another 100+ novels in that universe, dragonlance stylee

In literature terms HDM is a million miles in front. In creating comforting, addictive worlds you want to be part of, HP does a good job. The writing's still shit, though.

waht about Xanth??

Oh god that's the only series on this thread I've actually read.

Got a copy of HDM one tho.

My daughter's a big nut for Diane Duane's "Young Wizards" series. I gotta say, the two that I read were really good.

Alex in SF otm, the last two HDM novels are really weak.

susan cooper, avi, lloyd alexander, ursula le guin, pamela travers, c.s. lewis, richard riordan, e nesbit >>>> e/o pullman and rowling

Avi?

i love/d avi

Any Diana Wynne Jones fans in the house? Cooper, Le Guin, Alexander, Lofting, Tolkien and Lewis were dear friends growing up, but my greatest love was DWJ. <I>Charmed Life</i>, <I>The Lives of Christopher Chant</i>, <I>Homeward Bounders</i>, <I>The Magicians of Caprona</i> and certainly <I>The Power of Three</i>. Marvels! I'm so glad they're mostly back in print due to kids-who-hunger-for-fantasy.

fuck

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his dark. but neverending story rules all.

i liked it when i was young -- especially the bit about about mining memories trapped in isinglass, but on a reread last year i found much of it a bit shitty

i re-read some years ago & it was even better than i remembered!

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wynn jones, williams, boston, cameron, coville, howe, yolan, juster, and cormier also to thread

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