Alas, I didn't like this one as much as So You Want to Be Wizard, and, judging by the comments, most people seem to like this book best
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Re the "disobey the parents/hide from the parents" issue: I have a feeling that Duane may be rebelling against the classic children's fantasy story ways of handling this. In many such books, the children are either orphans, or have been sent away from their parents and are currently under the guardianship of someone who is not terribly observant (as in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe).
*nods* That does indeed make sense, and I think Duane handles the parents' reactions quite well, all things considered. It just hits on my "Must not get in trouble!" button, which must have been strongly imprinted on me when I was a kid.
I liked High Wizardry the best, but that's because of my adoration for the character of the little sister (and her familiar).
After the first three my interest wanes greatly, as I think the older Kit and Nita get, the worse Duane got at writing beliveable adolescents. At least, the kind of adolescents I knew; she says she gets lots of letters from people who identify strongly with Later Nita, who left me cold and felt like a cardboard cutout to me.
I'm really curious about High Wizardry, especially since I like computers. Well. Love/hate. Well... I love them but don't understand them, they hate me. But I tinker anyway.
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I did think that it was a reasonable sequel in that it felt connected to the first book without being the same book over again.
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It was a fine book, but it didn't hit some of my buttons and grab me the way the first book did.
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Re the "disobey the parents/hide from the parents" issue: I have a feeling that Duane may be rebelling against the classic children's fantasy story ways of handling this. In many such books, the children are either orphans, or have been sent away from their parents and are currently under the guardianship of someone who is not terribly observant (as in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe).
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After the first three my interest wanes greatly, as I think the older Kit and Nita get, the worse Duane got at writing beliveable adolescents. At least, the kind of adolescents I knew; she says she gets lots of letters from people who identify strongly with Later Nita, who left me cold and felt like a cardboard cutout to me.
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