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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:33 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:59 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:11 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:06 pm
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Starlock There were preformers doing magic shows and encouraging kids to believe in magic, potion classes, and a lot of other magical stuff.
*twitch* There were potion classes?!? Why wasn't I there?! I want to go!!!>_< I love all things dealing with potions, amulets, and incense! *is madly jealous of the Hogwarts student body*
Nihilistic Seraph I especially liked an article in the newpaper I read, claiming that Harry Potter books contained dangerous materials, such as occultism and witchcraft. At which point I twitched several times, and half-screamed out "The only similarities are the words "magic" and "wand"!!
Yeah, seriously- it's funny what people think you can learn about Pagan religions from fantasy sources, both parental/evangelistic types and newbie Pagans combined.^_^' But I guess they're mostly just concerned about things like this giving the image that magic is cool- or at least not necessarily evil- which kind of throws a wrench into their whole argument about why you shouldn't learn it. LOL!
Oh, I want a copy of the book! I'm plotting as to how I'm going to get one, though.^_^' When the Potter series first came out I adamantly refused to read it because I didn't want to get swept up into some silly "oooh lookit there's witches in this book so all Pagans must read it" fad, which is how I saw it at the time. Then I got a job at a bookstore, and one of the things that I did was to shelve the books after they were sorted. It was really tedious, but I found that I could bring in a cassette player and listen to our used books on tape while I shelved, and before long it actually became one of my favorite tasks.^_^ But I ran out of books which looked interesting, except for the first three Harry Potter tapes- unabridged versions, fortunately.^_^ And so I figured, what the hell- I'm only doing it to make my job more interesting, and a little pop cultural education is never a bad thing... and then I realized that the books are actually very well written- both in regards to plot and style- and I was completely hooked! When the fourth book came out, I was still working at the bookstore and we had a borrowing policy which allowed employees to take home up to 10 books at a time for personal reading (yeah, it was a sweet deal^_~). When Goblet of Fire arrived, I was no longer at the store, but still in touch with a friend I made while working there, and he loaned me Order of the Phoenix. I still hang out with him, so perhaps I can borrow this one as well once he's finished reading it.^_^ I'm going to be chewing my fingers off in suspense, though, and eventually I know I'm just going to go out and buy the box set and all auxiliary Hogwarts textbooks, etc., but purchasing fiction is rare for me. I usually only keep reference books in my personal library, and borrow fiction from the library and friends. Because, unless it's exceptionally well written (and I mean exceptional), I just don't get anything out of reading it more than once. So it just sits on the shelf and collects dust, and takes up space which could have been used for a reference source. But with certain, very special series, things are different.^_^
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:47 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:10 am
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:09 am
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:47 am
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:59 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:35 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:34 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:18 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:51 am
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Nihilistic Seraph This something I've never heard before, discussing the emotional potency of Harry Potter books...Don't get me wrong, I'm a fanatic, but I can also take a step back and say in truthfulness that the quality of writing is not that good. The appeal is more in the plot and characters.
Really? It's been a while since I've read one of her books, so I'll have to wait until I get the new one to say for sure, but it seems to me that I've always found her writing to be quite engaging. Perhaps I'm having trouble distinguishing between the "Wow! Neatness!" factor and the actual style of diction, and admittedly I've never had one of those moments where a scene description made me catch my breath, stare at the page, and then read it again just to revel in the wordage- like I did reading Tolkien- but she certainly draws you in and makes her characters seem like actual people. They're like old friends, in fact, after you've been through even just the first book, and you feel like you're familiar with the school grounds as well. Getting another book is almost like returning to those old halls as an Alma Mater, and watching another young student making his way- and acting like a bit of a drama queen as he goes, but still. He's put into some extraordinary circumstances, and Harry is very young, so it's realistic.^_~ You truly and honestly care about what happens to them, though, and that's what makes the books so enjoyable. If she can create that illusion, then I'd say that her writing is skillful.
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:16 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:37 pm
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WebenBanu Kabuki Doll The new book, I found, while I still love it, very melancholy in its nature. It's a thousand times more depressing than anything that happened in the first five books combined. Super, that's what I need- more depressing literature. Tragic writing can be very meaningful and touching when it's done right, and I liked what happened at the end of Goblet of Fire- it made the encounter seem more deep, and more vital in a sense... though I was pissed that it happened to the first Hufflepuff character who got a decent amount of scenetime (Hufflepuff rules!). But I thought that what happened in Order of the Phoenix was just plain depressing... and this is worse than all of them put together? (I want my book now! ^_^)
I think it's more shocking than depressing, really. I cried when J.K. Rowling had Sirius Black killed off. And damnit, he was my favorite character! But 'The Half Blood Prince' is still far more depressing than the other books. Also because this means that we have one more journy to embark on with this character we love so much.
It is rather saddening though. You have to read it. You'll understand what I mean.
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