>> Actually, I was thinking if anything I'm likely to try reading the 
>> Harry Potter books [which are also reputed to be well-written].
> 
> They're well-written, but rather puerile in my opinion.

Hooookay then... Time to get the dictionary again. :-}

> Of course, they're targeted at kids, so you kind of expect it.

Well I don't know. The first film is *exactly* what you'd expect from 
every kids adventure film ever made. There was some humour which was 
actually enjoyable, but overall the thing was pretty much predictable.

The second film, however, seemed much darker and more interesting. [Note 
that I don't usually consider those two to be strongly correlated.] Each 
film seems even better than the one before. [Altough, frankly, the 
opening sequence of the Goblet of Fire made *no sense* at all. It was 
all too fast to comprehend.] The last one I saw - Order of the Pheonix - 
well, I have no idea what the book says, but if *I* wanted to make a 
kick-ass film about a wizard, this is totally the film I'd make!

[Except that, obviously, if *I* made it, it would suck...]

> I also read Golden Compass et al, which was actually one of the better 
> fantasy books I've read lately. Surprisingly full of prophesies and 
> magic for a book intended to convince you not to believe in that stuff.

Mmm, I'll have to try that. Actually, the I've got a DVD that has a 
trailer for something called the Spiderwick Chronicles. It looks... 
interesting.

> I suspect, Andrew, you would very much like "Permutation City" by Greg 
> Egan. Track it down and read the description. It's one of my favorite 
> pieces of geeky computer fiction.

Hmm. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see.

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