aww. Everyone's slamming my (sort of) favorites: DW, WD, and AWAl. (Actually, W@W has the top spot, just 'cause it's the newest one...)
I think the reason that no one likes these three books as much is because they are a departure from the adventure-and-fun gung-ho tones of the some of the others. They deal with big, sad, painful issues, and that pain cause a sympathetic reponse that can be uncomfortable- who wants to know that they will die, to truely know that it will happen tommorow?
And it is hard to read sometimes- the scene in DW where Nita is desprately asking Carl for a way out and there is none is very difficult. But I love WD and DW (Hey, they're anagrams!) for the sheer beauty of the settings. The kernel-worlds? The Playroom? The hairy football alien and Pont? Incredible. And the songs of the whales.
AWAl I like very much because I am interested in autism- I think I said a while ago that I did a big report on it. And the mind-worlds seem so dreamlike and yet so real.
Hey, I figured out the common theme! (As I was cross-analyzing subconcious reactions to a fantasy book. :P ) I like the strange worlds! Huh, I never realized that before.
I think the reason that no one likes these three books as much is because they are a departure from the adventure-and-fun gung-ho tones of the some of the others. They deal with big, sad, painful issues, and that pain cause a sympathetic reponse that can be uncomfortable- who wants to know that they will die, to truely know that it will happen tommorow?
And it is hard to read sometimes- the scene in DW where Nita is desprately asking Carl for a way out and there is none is very difficult. But I love WD and DW (Hey, they're anagrams!) for the sheer beauty of the settings. The kernel-worlds? The Playroom? The hairy football alien and Pont? Incredible. And the songs of the whales.
AWAl I like very much because I am interested in autism- I think I said a while ago that I did a big report on it. And the mind-worlds seem so dreamlike and yet so real.
Hey, I figured out the common theme! (As I was cross-analyzing subconcious reactions to a fantasy book. :P ) I like the strange worlds! Huh, I never realized that before.
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