What first got you into the YW series?

[bluesalamanders]

Around 10 years ago, I picked up High Wizardry in...a KMart or something. My family was going on a long driving trip and I needed something to read on the way and it looked interesting.

It was a couple of years before I discovered it was part of a series, but when I did, I immediatly bought all the other books.

While I like almost all of the books in the series, the first three remain my favorites to this day.

~Anna/Pont/Blue (I have far too many names

[SilverMarine]

It was the middle of Grade 7, just before Christmas; so about four years ago. I was wandering the school library looking for something to read in the few days between the end of school and Christmas, when I was guaranteed to get books. I spotted High Wizardry sitting on display and thought it looked interesting. I could tell it was the third book in the series, since it had a big 3 on the side, but presumably the first two weren't there, so I signed it out instead.

There went my plan for the book to last several days. I think I finished it in about a day and a half. Some of the more scientific aspects confused me, but overall I really enjoyed it, and after Christmas I went to the public library and got SYWTBAW. Deep Wizardry I bought after, and I got AWAb from the school library. The Wizard's Dilemma came out in paperback that fall, and I've slowly but surely collected the rest of them as they've come out.

[Kay Bright-Owl]

It was 1984 or '85 and I was hungrily devouring the whole science fiction and fantasy kids section in the Mount Vernon NY Public Library before moving on to the adult section. I didn't buy my copy until 1993 when I saw the omnibus edition available from the Science Fiction Book Club.

[Hogosha]

The first time I saw SYWTBAW was when my mother and I stopped briefly at a bookstore some ways from home. It looked interesting, but I had no money. So I filed the info away in my mind.
Much later, browsing through a local used-books store, I saw it again and remembered it. So I bought that, along w/ DW and HW. I remember that I read HW before DW, because I was so eager to read about Dairine's becoming a wizard. Impatient, aren't I?

[PosiCat]

I picked up my copy of "Supoort your Local Wizard" (First 3 stoties) through SciFi book club (A long time ago, I was in my teens, an I'm 32 now). I needed more books since I was out of reading material, and they were offering one of those 12 for the cost of 3 specials or something. It was one of the books I selected trying to fill my quota of books.

I've read and re-read the book, at least 6 times by now. I read TBONWM and TSTQ when I discovered they existed, and a few years ago found out through an at-work book sale that WA existed. I devoured it quickly

Just recently I decided to look up the series online and see if there were any more, to my great surprise there are 4 more books I'd never known about. Unfortunately I let people know I'm looking for them, so I can't go buy a copy until after Christmas for fear of upsetting someone's gift-giving.

[Dragon Writer]

I basically just saw it in the library, i year or two ago. When I saw the title, I basicaly was shocked. (I kind of had the same feeling nita got when she saw the manual in her library). I was a bit dissapointed when I discovered it was just a book, but I still checked out. And guess what?I LOVED IT! Of course, wouldn't you know it, It took me two years to find the second book. SInce then I have been reading like crazy trying to make up for lost time.

Originally posted by EragonKit:
i had read all of the books in the fantasy section of a library and one day i found so you want to be a wizard. i decided that i would read it. i was hooked instantly i had read it at least times that weekend. it is now my favorite book.

I have one thing to say to you. Eragon rocks, And I LOVE THIS SERIESE!

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[mythbusterfan]

...It's strange the way i found out about the series. I've had so you want to be a wizard on my book shelf for as long as i can remember...my dad says he got it for me when i was like 2 i didn't read it until 7 yrs old, and i only found out in the last 3 years that there were more of them... so it was quite a shock actually

[Dragon Writer]

Monkey, everybody knows the answer to life the universe and everything: 42. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. The real question is what is the question!

[tori]

Actully my sister brought for a book report and i was like thats so stupid! She never finished it so i picked it up casue i was bored..i couldnt stop! I GOT SO OBESED! The books are so great! It would be cool to have like all the new ones i have a old version of the first..
bYE BYE aLL
tORI

[Shea]

I was just kinda looking around in the library, and I noticed it on the shelf. It was really funny when I was reading the first book to, as that's exactly how Nita gets her manual. XD I liked it, so I got the other books from the library too (They had everything up to Wizards Holiday, I had to buy Wizards at War)

[InkSlinger]

I spotted it in a barnes and noble ( i'm a good book spotter) and kinda picked it up and glanced at the back. then i looked inside. i got really intriged, and I bought it and DW and HW at the same time. and now i'm obsessed, which is the basic concensus. (tori, could you fix some spelling? I'm wishing i could fix it this instant)

[Slash]

well i foued the book and at first I thought it would not be good then I put it on the shelf then tookit off and I did this about 100,000,000 times then my Dad said "JUST GET THE BOOK" so I did and know my dad has to drave to the boarders book store abouot.... once a week to get me a new one ....

[Onua Wingstar]

I...don't know, actually. I think I was just scanning along the shelf in the book store and my eyes just sort of found it. You know that feeling you get when you see a book you've never seen before and you know "This one's going to be good?" It was that feeling.

[Slash]

yha ... what book are you on that DD wrote I am on nuber 4!

[kaiba4ever]

The first time I ever saw the YW series was a really long time ago, and I saw the first volume at the local library, with one of the older more "spooky" looking covers. I was intrigued, but didn't read it. Later on I saw my friend reading it and recognized the series and read it for myself and was... ahem... blown away. YW turned out to be totally beyond awesome. As soon as I read it, I was addicted and it was love at first read. <3