Honestly, J.K. Rowling is nothing to Phillip Pullman. I try not to judge before experiencing, so I picked up "The Golden Compass"; got as far as chapter four before I got bored, irritated and was picking up some really nasty spiritual vibes. (I didn't like his God-bashing, to be blunt.) But I do understand that many folk like these books and I don't hold it against them, so long as they don't make me read them.<P>And anyone who likes HP might want to give these a try:<P>The Redwall books by Brian Jacques<BR>The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander<BR>The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede<BR>"Dragon's Bait" by Vivian Von Velde (?)<BR>"Dragon's Milk" and "Flight of the Dragon Kin" by I don't know who<BR>The Firebringer Trilogy by Merideth Ann Peirce<BR>"The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle<P>Okay, I have no idea why I just wrote up that list, but now you'll all have even more books to read should you ever run out!
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WWAHD? (What would a Hobbit do?)
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