Re: Book suggestion for 11 year old

Elaine Thompson wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2008 16:07:12 -0300, "AJ" <torturedartist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>> hmm, terry pratchett, I like that one myself.  Thanks
>>>
>>> Isn't Pratchett most fun when the reader is aware of the cliches
>>> he's (lovingly) skewering?  I'm imagining that reading a Discworld
>>> book before, say, Conan might be less satisfying.  But then there's
>>> always rereading. :-)
>>
>> That is so true.  I hadn't consciously thought of it before.
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>
> Our now 11 year old has been chortling over Pratchett for at least two
> years.  Not getting all the cultural references doesn't seem to be a
> problem.  Even the Science of Diskworld books have been hits.

Now that I think about it, it could work the other way in that early 
exposure to Pratchett might make all those other books more fun.  I'll 
experiment by giving one kid Discworld books and use the other one as a 
control.  Expect my results in about twenty years.  :-)