Diana Wynne Jones

[Anne]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "terryljames76" 
<terryljames at h...> wrote:
> I was reading "The Edge" by Dick Francis last night, and the main 
> character's name is Tor, short for Torquil.  A character 
in "Archer's 
> Goon", by Diana Wynne Jones, a book I recommend for any age group, 
is 
> also named Torquil. 

> Terry LJ (wondering if there are any other DWJ nuts on the list)

I'm not a DWJ nut, but I did enjoy "Deep Secret" (1999). I tried to 
read Cart & Cwidder after that but couldn't get into it. I guess 
Harry Potter has spoiled me; now I seem to be more interested in 
stories like HP and Deep Secret (in which a magical universe/world 
coexists with or is parallel to the "regular" or Muggle world we 
know) than in trying to decipher and follow completely made-up 
worlds. Oh well, guess it's just more proof of my limited 
imagination...

Anne U
(who still has A.S. Byatt's snobbery sticking in her craw)