Writer's Block: Timeless tales
Jan. 23rd, 2011 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The Hobbit was always up there. Apparently when I was very young, I seriously impressed my Gran by being able to read whole passages to her. I probably wasn't actually reading as such; I'd just had it read to me so often I could recite it from memory.
At primary school I remember finding Green Smoke and sequels by Rosemary Manning. They were about a Cornish dragon who told a little girl about King Arthur. At the same time, I was seriously into Roald Dahl.
I also got a lot of great books handed down from my uncle, including various fantasy novels, Hitch-Hiker's Guide and several Peanuts collections.
And then, at about 12 or 13, that uncle gave me The Colour of Magic, and the rest was worrying obsession...
The Hobbit was always up there. Apparently when I was very young, I seriously impressed my Gran by being able to read whole passages to her. I probably wasn't actually reading as such; I'd just had it read to me so often I could recite it from memory.
At primary school I remember finding Green Smoke and sequels by Rosemary Manning. They were about a Cornish dragon who told a little girl about King Arthur. At the same time, I was seriously into Roald Dahl.
I also got a lot of great books handed down from my uncle, including various fantasy novels, Hitch-Hiker's Guide and several Peanuts collections.
And then, at about 12 or 13, that uncle gave me The Colour of Magic, and the rest was worrying obsession...
