A book that takes you to another world is, in the end, a book that brings you back to this one. When you return, this place is a little wider. Three descend. If the edition has a map, look at the map first. Knowing the roads turns reading into travel. 1. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien — All fantasy is water running down from this mountain range. 2. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin — It says that knowing the true name is the whole of magic. 3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. Rowling — Open the door with a child’s heart and it still opens. The crew of the Argo sailed to Colchis without a map.

LOREVIVA 205

Question:“On fantasy novels”

On fantasy novels

A book that takes you to another world is, in the end, a book that brings you back to this one. When you return, this place is a little wider.

Three descend. If the edition has a map, look at the map first. Knowing the roads turns reading into travel.

The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. TolkienAll fantasy is water running down from this mountain range.
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le GuinIt says that knowing the true name is the whole of magic.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. RowlingOpen the door with a child’s heart and it still opens.

The crew of the Argo sailed to Colchis without a map.