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VydorScope · 09-02-2011, 03:39 PM

It was 1985 or 86, and I was a young reading prodigy. I would read anything I could get my hands on. At 10 I was already reading mature litature such as Dean Koontz, Steven King, Tom Clancy (not sure on dates on all of them, they are just examples of the level I was reading at) and I found a book... what a book I found. Her Majesty's Wizard by Christopher Stasheff. I read it to pieces! Scotch tap can only keep a paperback alive so long...

Well it was just re-release for its 25 year anniversary as a ebook! I fired up my nook the moment I saw this and bought it. Then I was scared... what if I start to read it and its not as good as I remember? What if it was great... for a 10 year old, but not so great for an adult? Well I took a chance and ummm forgot to sleep last night LOL. Dragging at work but was very entertaining read. Really enjoying getting acquainted with the hero...

But I wonder... am I odd... or is being worried about revisiting old favorites a valid fear? I would hate to tarnish a warm memory...

09-02-2011, 03:39 PM	#1
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Revisiting Childhood favorites... It was 1985 or 86, and I was a young reading prodigy. I would read anything I could get my hands on. At 10 I was already reading mature litature such as Dean Koontz, Steven King, Tom Clancy (not sure on dates on all of them, they are just examples of the level I was reading at) and I found a book... what a book I found. Her Majesty's Wizard by Christopher Stasheff. I read it to pieces! Scotch tap can only keep a paperback alive so long... Well it was just re-release for its 25 year anniversary as a ebook! I fired up my nook the moment I saw this and bought it. Then I was scared... what if I start to read it and its not as good as I remember? What if it was great... for a 10 year old, but not so great for an adult? Well I took a chance and ummm forgot to sleep last night LOL. Dragging at work but was very entertaining read. Really enjoying getting acquainted with the hero... But I wonder... am I odd... or is being worried about revisiting old favorites a valid fear? I would hate to tarnish a warm memory...