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King on JKR
“There’s a lot of meat on the bones of these books — good writing, honest feeling, a sweet but uncompromising view of human nature… and hard reality: NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH! The fact that Harry attracted adults as well as children has never surprised me.
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“The bighead academics seem to think that Harry’s magic will not be strong enough to make a generation of nonreaders (especially the male half) into bookworms… but they wouldn’t be the first to underestimate Harry’s magic; just look at what happened to Lord Voldemort. And, of course, the bigheads would never have credited Harry’s influence in the first place, if the evidence hadn’t come in the form of bestseller lists. A literary hero as big as the Beatles? ”Never happen!” the bigheads would have cried. ”The traditional novel is as dead as Jacob Marley! Ask anyone who knows! Ask us, in other words!” [thanks to Mark G for the link!]
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“The bighead academics seem to think that Harry’s magic will not be strong enough to make a generation of nonreaders (especially the male half) into bookworms… but they wouldn’t be the first to underestimate Harry’s magic; just look at what happened to Lord Voldemort. And, of course, the bigheads would never have credited Harry’s influence in the first place, if the evidence hadn’t come in the form of bestseller lists. A literary hero as big as the Beatles? ”Never happen!” the bigheads would have cried. ”The traditional novel is as dead as Jacob Marley! Ask anyone who knows! Ask us, in other words!” [thanks to Mark G for the link!]