How's about a touch of Blake on a depressingly drizzly morning in the midst of summer, which feels an awful lot more like the the death throes of autumn
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It's kind of pitting apples vs orangesanikAugust 19 2006, 17:52:33 UTC
I really like Pullman, but Rowling's more popular mainly because her writing is more fun. Pullman's brilliant in his sphere, and he wins all over when it comes to subtlety and grace, but he's not exactly master of the yuk-yuks, after all.
Re: It's kind of pitting apples vs orangesshop_bitchAugust 20 2006, 19:04:46 UTC
I wished I liked fun more than I do. Being the sort who is drawn to the dark and often depressing I have to say Pullman always gets my vote. It is rather like comparing cats and dogs too, isn't it.. Although I secretly know that cats are of course, much better.
I was always more of a Yeats guy. But then he is kind of more male, isn't he? All that pacing upon the battlements and staring. Either that anyway or going off mournfully to some bee-loud glade. Or, of course, spreading the cloths of heaven beneath some woman's feet. Which is, you know, nice. Not so many fairies anyway.
And on balance, I'd rather give up Harry Potter than Lyra.
I am mostly a Keats person myself - although he is rather big on the fairy thing sometimes.. Although being made to study any poet in high school goes a long way to making their work just about intolerable for a very long time.
I read some Keats too, back at uni when trying to get away from computers, never a huge fan but La Belle Dame Sans Merci was a minor obsession for a bit. Just looked it up and it's still fun (well, OK, I know what it's about, but still)... Her elfin grot! Fab.
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And on balance, I'd rather give up Harry Potter than Lyra.
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And - me too!
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O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.
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