Ordinary people live in the real world. Nothing special or adventurous in everyday life.
This is one of the reasons why fantasy fictions always have their roles to play. In these novels and fictions, we see the characters grow and change. As a bystander, the readers are nurtured themselves while reading the stories.
JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is the classic. I tried to read it when I was in secondary school but I gave it up after reading the first ten pages. Anyway, I still have not picked it up again. The film tells all.
JK Rowling's Harry Potter is not bad. Though most think the teenager Harry is no longer an adorable character. But I like Potter growing into a tempest.
The Books of Earthsea by
Ursula Le Guin are adventures of wizards and priests. The most interesting part of Le Guin's writing is that she bring the ideas of Daoism in her stories. Most of the adventure stories put the focus on manhood and brotherhood. But Le Guin has created a heroine who plays a mjor role in the stories. Her creation of this character does not simply show her role as a supporter of the heros. She has a voice of her own.
Le Guin's books of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus/Houghton Mifflin 1968, Ace 1970, Atheneum 1991.
The Tombs of Atuan. Atheneum 1970, Bantam 1975.
The Farthest Shore. Atheneum 1972, Bantam 1975.
Tehanu . Atheneum 1990, Bantam 1991
Tales from Earthsea. Harcourt 2001
The Other Wind. Harcourt 2001
The Pilgrim's Progress -- John Bunyana christian adenture. I read it long long time ago.
The Alchemist -- Paul CoelhoAbout an adventure of a sherpard. The title tells all.About finding the art of alchemist. The treaure is where your heart is.
Chronicle of Narnia -- C. S. Lewisheard that it was a good book. Young children like it.
Lemony Snicket: a Series of Unfortunate EventsThe cover looks like Harry Potter, so I thought it was HP, I skipped it. Maybe the film is good. The webpage is quite interesting. The illustration is great.
Howl's Moving Castle -- Diana Wynne JonesA very interesting book. The story is mainly about Sophies who does not realise she has magic power. she was cursed by a witch in her willage. Sophie was turned into an old lady and she occupied Howl's moving castle. Quite interesing. Young girls like the story very much.
Chinese fantasy fictions...still haven't completed any one of series. Though my classmates and cousins are crazy about them. I have no energy to "burn" the books as they do.