Re: how to make a viewer a reader??

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:28:16 GMT, "A Tsar Is Born"
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>"Stuart Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>but if you must persist, I would buy her a
>> copy of  The Hobbit.
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>It's a kids' book.
>If she's over 16, she'll probably be turned off reading Tolkien for life.
>If she's younger than that, of course, she'll probably become an instant
>addict.

It's more complicated than that:

Kids - love kids' books (of course)
Teens - they're way too "sophisticated" for that childish crap.
Adults - enjoy kids' books very well, whether they have kids of their
own or not.

Of course, some people never really grow out of teenagerhood no matter
how old the calendar says they are...

Jim Deutch
-- 
My three-year-old niece opening a birthday present:
(Very pleased) "A shoe!"
A second later: "Wait, there's something else in here!"
(Genuinely astonished and delighted) "It's ANOTHER shoe!"