From: DDPattison at aol.com <DDPattison>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 08:40:52 EST

In a message dated 11/7/2001 1:13:24 AM Central Standard Time, ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu writes:



I will be attending the NCTE on Nov. 16 to speak to the Children's Literature Assembly, which is highlighting fantasy this year. Other speakers are Lawrence Yep, Tor Seidler, Franny Billingsley, Dia Calhoun, and T.A. Barron. I'd be glad to report after the conference. (Anyone attending?)

I never read ENCHANTRESS as a child, though, how I missed it I'll never know because I read as many sf&f books as possible. Reading it now, it does seem like it's in the Star Trek line. Because I already know the Prime Directive, how different cultures like this must interact, and how technology can be viewed as magic, the early chapters seem like a very slow pace as they explain all this. I wonder if today's kids know these things, too, because of TV and films?

But the characters are interesting. I'll read on to see how the rest of the book goes.

Darcy

-Darcy Pattison www.darcypattison.com THE WAYFINDER (Greenwillow Books)
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