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amelia_petkova ([personal profile] amelia_petkova) wrote2010-01-25 03:40 pm

ouch

xkcd accurately summarizes the majority of children's fantasy in three panels. Too true. I'm surprised children's fantasy hasn't revolted.

Without even trying hard, I can think of (to varying degrees of accuracy--the children are kicked out of the world they discovered):
--The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
--The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
--Seaward by Susan Cooper
--Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

[identity profile] amelia-petkova.livejournal.com 2010-01-26 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think the film adaptation of Prince Caspian was as good as LWW but one thing I think they did well was showing how hard it was for the Pevensies to readjust to being "unimportant" children after being grown-up kings and queens.