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Well in the past week all the talk has been about the harry potter book, who killed who and who was the half blood prince etc etc etc. But while some seem to go crazy over harry potter, there are others who just fail to see the attraction. So, are you a harry potter fan? And if so, why. After all, these books are, to all intents and purposes, children’s books, and although it is often good to read a children’s book, I sometimes fail to understand why adults get so hiped up about these particular ones. Any thoughts?
well from here on in i can be considered a harry potter fan because i am longing for book 7! um, that is the last one right?
actually I thought there were 8.
god really? shit!
hehehehe does that mean you've revoked your membership of the fanclub then?
Nope, I think the first movie was kinda cute, but I pass on the books and all the big fuss people make over it.
there are 7 books, and yes i am a harry potter fan! i just love the books and the movies.
Yup, I'm a Potter fan. Just finished Book 6 about an hour ago actually. As to why, well, I've always been a lover of fantasy and escapism and it's always fun to escape to Harry's magical world. Also, I like to read the books and discover the stuff J.K. Rowling's hiden in them, stuff most younger kids might not pick up on. Did anyone notice how all through Order of the Pheonix everyone was sure Voldemort had a weapon of mass distruction? And has anyone noticed all through this book that all the good people seem to have quite a disturst for the authority and validity of the Ministry of Magic? It's kind of fun to wonder whether Rowling is in some way trying to relate her stories to events in our world.
I enjoy the first four books and the first two movies, but that's enough. Maybe I'll get to them some day, but, if I don't, so what.
OKay, to clarify this: Dan, if it delights you: There are only 7 books. And I am a real fan of it, but not a fanatic. I like reading/listening to it on audio, but, as I already said, I am not totally fanatic.
I cannot stand J.K Rowling she is a deliberate theif and plagerised the 2 greatest fantasy writers J.R.R Tolkien and Terry Pratchett, among others,its clear that the woman is incapable of writing an original story without stealing...she is even denying the fact that the idea of HP was concieved in a cafe in Leith Edinburgh...she now prefers to state she wrote the story on a train to England ..now she has become famous Scotland is no longer good enough for her..as far as I'm concerned Tolkien who created a masterpiece in LOTR is the undisputed master of fantasy ...he not only created 1 world but a whole universe of differing races cultures language and wars...JK.Rowling has a cheek to even call herself a writer when she is nothing more than a plagerising liar!..
I cannot stand J.K Rowling she is a deliberate theif and plagerised the 2 greatest fantasy writers J.R.R Tolkien and Terry Pratchett, among others,its clear that the woman is incapable of writing an original story without stealing...she is even denying the fact that the idea of HP was concieved in a cafe in Leith Edinburgh...she now prefers to state she wrote the story on a train to England ..now she has become famous Scotland is no longer good enough for her..as far as I'm concerned Tolkien who created a masterpiece in LOTR is the undisputed master of fantasy ...he not only created 1 world but a whole universe of differing races cultures language and wars...JK.Rowling has a cheek to even call herself a writer when she is nothing more than a plagerising liar!..
hmmm, well It took me a while to get in to hp. but when I finally did I was hooked. True I think it did start as a kids book and to some points it still is, but It seems as if she wrote it in such a way that people who started reading it as kids are kind of growing up with the books. the older Harry gets the more people who may be 10 or 11 now can relate to what he faces. on another note, I didn't remember JRRT having a hog worts or snape in his book but I guess I missed that part!
HP is like a soap opera she leaves the reader hanging at the end of each book with so many unanswered questions that they just have to read the follow up...so the books become something these children and adults need to escape from the difficulties of their lives...Rowling has exploited this need but at least she has made children excited about reading....
Oh! My! Gosh! I! Love! The! Harry! Potter! Books!!! I started reading them when I was really young and now, Harry has grown up and so have I. It is easy to read and you can just read it for pleasure if not more than anything!!! I guess I love the adventures in the books as well as the fact that in our world, there is still such things as wizards and witches. I loved how J. K. Rowling incorperated the Prime Minister in the recent book. It just made it more real in my eyes!!! My only hope is that all of you who seem to be opposed to Harry Potter will learn to enjoy it as much as I have. My whole family has gotten adicted to those books, all thanks to me!!! I too love the LOTR series, but I think what makes Harry Potter better in my view is because it isn't so deep!!! I guess I never really understood middle earth and all of that. But I did read that series as well as rereading them!!!
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I have less than 0 interest.
i'm a harry potter fan because the book is fun to read and even though its childrens book, its cool and for some reason it escapes you from where you are. well its good to have fun ones in awhile.
I can't speak for the Potter books per say as I haven't gotten around to reading them, though I plan to. But there is a lot to be said for fantasy literature. When I open a book it is generally to get my mind of every day life and worries and dramas and as such the books I tend to read are either very shallow mysteries or international conspiracy stories (Colin Forbes, Alistaire McLeean e.g.) or fantasy/sci-fi or even hlidren's books. I'm a huge fan of Terry Pratchett and I've read almost all of his books, they are not intended for children (except his mini seires that he actually won a prize for) but they use a magical world to poke fun at our society and customs and he makes some really funny observations and it's generally a great reality escape. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings did the same except they are much more serious and moving on an emotional level. I think it would be hard for someone to sit down, read through that story and not be touched at some level by the sturggles and the message of friendship and staying true to yourself and your vission. For me I'm not interestedin the lives of celebrities or autobiographies of people, gozzip doesn't do much for me and I'm otmuch into romance novels, I want to exprience the romance myself not read about some other made up characters experience it.
So, for me fantasy is awesome. I like "Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) because they are really funny, and have lots of hidden adult jokes and implications that ckids don't pick up. The movie does not do the books justice at all but the books are amazing. Similarly I will definitely get around to reading the Potter books one day. It's easy to get annoyed with how obsessed people get with them especially if you haven't even read them at all.
cheers
-B
Now, the Discworld is a place to which I'll happily escape for a time! And, then, there's "Good Omens". Last World- Con, Terry Pratchett was the key-note speaker; sorry I missed it.
-Dave
Elmira to me the same happened. I did not like it at first, but suddenly as I read it I started loving it more and more and now I am longing to read the books.
I'm not Harry potter fan. I don't like it at all. Give my lord of the rings any time. Harry Potter is to simplistic. Lord of the rings is more complex and involved. I've seen two of the moovies just might read or listen to one of the books but don't think so.
I'm a child, haha. So i am allowd to love it, I think. I love HP. I used to be obsessed. I'm nto anymore but I was still glued to the new book. I loved it.
Caitlin
Yep, definitely a fan, and what's more, a geeky fan who pulls the plot apart piece by piece and has multiple theories on the who-done-it aspects. I'm not a big fantasy nut, though I've got a lot of time for the classics (Tolkien, C.S. Lewis etc) and I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't love Pratchett, but I do have a great and dorky love of children's literature, so I'm pretty sure I'd bury myself in the Potter series even if it hadn't taken adult readers by storm. Oh, and a shout out to Dave, who mentioned Good Omens. Isn't it wonderful?