[PW] Re: reader's advisory for fantasy

[Keith Chaffee]

There's Charles Stross's trilogy (so far, it's a trilogy; I don't know if
further volumes are planned) about a Boston journalist who travels to a
quasi-medieval parallel universe, where her knowledge of economic and
political systems comes in handy. Titles are The Family Trade; The Hidden
Family; The Clan Corporate.

Do the Harry Potter books really fit this description, I wonder? Harry isn't
"someone from our world;" he's from the fictional world of the books. (And
if you think that world *is* our world, then there's no imaginary world
being seen.) Everything takes place in a single fictional universe; Harry's
merely being exposed to an aspect of his own world that he had previously
been ignorant of.

Keith Chaffee
Los Angeles Public Library
opinions are mine, not the library's, etc. etc.

On Aug 21, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Kump, Cindy wrote:

> This is for me so there's no rush.
>
> I'm interested in finding fantasy novels or short story collections
> where the imaginary world is seen through the eyes of someone from our
> world.  For example, the Pevensie children in The Lion, the Witch and
> the Wardrobe or Harry in the Harry Potter books. Some of Peter S.
> Beagle's works would fit this description also.
>
> These can be written for adults, YA or children.  Thank you in advance
> for any suggestions! :-)