Dragaera

A question re: Begining Fantacy for Youth

Sat Nov 23 23:26:23 PST 2002

Scott Ingram wrote:
> Not to be over anal or anything, but I think a better translation
> would be, "Cinq Cent Plus Tard". But still, gotta love the in jokes.
>
>> [2] Some of the authors are friends of this guy, too.  There's an
>> in-joke in one of the books ["Magician's Ward"], where some books in
>> a library were pulled out by a would-be thief.   One of them was
>> "Apres Cinq Cent Ans".
>>
>
> I almost hate to recommend these books, seeing as how every bookstore
> and movie theatre in North America is promoting them, but the Harry
> Potter series really isn't all that bad.  I enjoyed them quite a bit,
> actually.
>
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No need to be ashamed J.K. Rowling sold her Soul to the devil so that her
books were al least aggreable to anyone who ever read them, which is kinda
smart becuase all you have to do is find a movie producer.... well then
there is the whole not having your soul thing, but hey people keep doing it
and keep entertaining me so I'm not gonna stop them. (as if I could)

I don't see why but almost everyone I know has the "Harry Potter series
really isn't all that bad." attitude and is usually translates into I love
the series I can't get enough of it gimmie gimmie gimmie but are too ashamed
to just say, I think somehow that's the case in relation to lots of fantasy,
at least trying to convince virgin-fantasy readers to give some a try.

I know as a kid I would have gotten something different from Steve's books
just as I would have gotten something different from J.K. Rowlings, take
that as you will.