I think I like fiction where the action is largely outside the character's head, and where anything* may happen. Stories set in childhood are especially troublesome, as they may cause me to reflect upon my own rather unpleasant history. (No, not that.)
I did read "The World According to Garp" after seeing the Robin Williams movie, and found it sufficiently trippy. But then I read another of John Irving, and realised he was using the same tropes, so he lost me.
*for certain values of the term. Whatever happens should be unexpected, but later show to be consistent with the rules established for the fictional background.
Try "A little fear" by Patricia Wrightson, which is about an old lady, a dog and a rather annoyed Aboriginal spirit. It's also a small book. Go on try, you know you want to.
Save your money and visit your local library. Or I can lend you "A little fear" next time we meet.
Seriously, a lot of Wrightson's stuff is out of print. As is Thiele's. I don't know a good online bookstore, but Abbey's in the City have a great range of kids books and would probably have some of Wrightson's work.
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Good grief.
Read this
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/childlit/Authors/Wrightson.htm
It saves me giving you a lecture. Then go and read either "the ice is coming" or "the Nargun and the stars"
And stop reading all that hard science fiction. You'll go blind.
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I did read "The World According to Garp" after seeing the Robin Williams movie, and found it sufficiently trippy. But then I read another of John Irving, and realised he was using the same tropes, so he lost me.
*for certain values of the term. Whatever happens should be unexpected, but later show to be consistent with the rules established for the fictional background.
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Seriously, a lot of Wrightson's stuff is out of print. As is Thiele's. I don't know a good online bookstore, but Abbey's in the City have a great range of kids books and would probably have some of Wrightson's work.
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