Word: wizardly
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...acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, about the journey of an adolescent girl and boy through alternative worlds inhabited by witches, angels and armored polar bears. Late next year the Sci-Fi Channel plans to air a lavish production of two of Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea novels, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan. The movie of C.S. Lewis' beloved Chronicles of Narnia is in development with Andrew Adamson, who co-directed the animated hit Shrek, a more comic medieval fantasy. Miramax will shortly begin work on a movie version of the best-selling Artemis Fowl books...
...core, The Lord of the Rings isn't a story about frilly shirts and talking frogs; it's a tale about temptation. Frodo isn't a knight in shining armor; he's not even a wizard in a pointy hat. His only claim to fame, his sole superpower, is his uncommon ability to resist the seductive, corrupting temptation of the all-powerful Ring he carries. And as hard as he fights against that temptation, in the end he fails...
...residence floors is dedicated to a different area of knowledge, and every room is subtly decorated with art and books reflecting its particular subject. The eighth floor is the literature floor, and the prints hanging on the wall in room 800.005, the Fairy Tales room, are scenes from The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and a 19th century children's story about a girl who won't eat her vegetables; a copy of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, a collection of Russian tales and volumes of other mystical stories fill the bookshelf. Diane...
...residence floors is dedicated to a different area of knowledge, and every room is subtly decorated with art and books reflecting its particular subject. The eighth floor is the literature floor, and the prints hanging on the wall in room 800.005, the Fairy Tales room, are scenes from The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and a 19th century children's story about a girl who won't eat her vegetables; a copy of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, a collection of Russian tales and volumes of other mystical stories fill the bookshelf. Diane...
...wants to work for a Wizard of Oz who bangs on the drums and decisions come out?” Gerstner asked...