June 25, 2003

Go, Samwise
Lilly

Samwise, I agree totally with what you said about HP vs. LOTR. I don't want to start the whole argument we had about this all over again, but I have to back what you said.

Going from LOTR to HP is kind of like what you might feel going from Howard Pyle's "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" to T.H. White's "The Sword and the Stone". It just can't be done! You expect something deep...and you get fluff. Sort of like diving into a two-foot pool. you break your neck.

Maybe making the transition from HP to LOTR makes a difference. I know I would have liked the Sword a lot better if I'd read it before discovering Pyle's stories.

Just so.

Devotedly yours.

~Lilly
PS: Samwise, you've named yourself after the best character in the world!