The writing in some of my childhood favorites really was unbelievably bad

I've been sick for the past twenty-four hours. And during this illness, I tried a number of things that I thought would make me feel better. One of these things was re-reading a few classic fantasy novels that I'd really enjoyed as a child. Now, I say 'child,' but the truth is that these books were ones that I was able to reread with enjoyment until I w…