harrypotterhaters.com
Mar 4, 2011 22:33:05 GMT -8
Post by Spectraitor on Mar 4, 2011 22:33:05 GMT -8
The layout is confusing and indirect but.....I managed to follow the proffered links they gave. Specifically, these four articles and I must say, this kind of childish reasoning is so...embarrassing to witness I feel more pity then any other stirring of emotion. [/color]
The way the author wrote this, you'd think it was supremely odd for adults to enjoy books of all types. I mean, I know that when you write, you hold an audience in mind but far be it for you to exclude any others that might be interested in it. And really, I believe books to be rather timeless or, not really reliant on age barriers to determine like. Though naturally, there is the contents of the books to consider but what I mean is that I still have fondness in my heart for Strega Nona. I imagine I always will. Does that make me less of an adult? I should think not.
Ye Gads, where are your sources? What is the evidence that shows reading Harry Potter lowers the bar? How ridiculous a notion to bring up without proof. O.o
As a Harry Potter fan, I can personally assure you that I've read enough books to last me into the next few lifetimes. I've no intention of stopping good sir. And to be sure, reading Harry Potter has taught me to differentiate from substance/merit and air/nothing. It is because I read such books as Harry Potter that I even was able to recognize the worth of Twilight.
Again, with the assumptions. You oughtn't not speak for the majority without some knowledge of the information/general feel/etc.
I imagine growing a beard would be quite difficult for me, and a wig thing would be just plain itchy. Nor am I inclined to believe that people have such horrid table manners. And you are confusing a different genre/canon? with Harry Potter as I don't recall there being Elvish writing classes or that sort being mentioned. It has been awhile, admittedly. But to be fair, I do think I'm at a sturdier standing then you to state things as facts.
As for Jutsin, it seems like he's had to deal with the same sort of fans that we are experienced with, in that they attempt to take away his right to criticize. I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing, but I do find some measure of fault with his methods. For one thing, I am not addicted to drugs, nor have I a penchant for hotwiring vehicles of transportation. He has a similar problem with Rob, in that they both are prone to making off bids of "fact" that are not actually rooted in anything of the sort. His article seems more a rant that deteriorates into show and tell wherein he boasts of his superior intellect in seeing that Harry Potter has brainwashed nations.
....got carried away. ^^" I'll stop now, but you can still read the other two articles if you so wish.[/color][/spoiler]
Through clever marketing, the Potter series has blurred the line between adult and children's fiction, making it acceptable for adults to join in the hype.
The way the author wrote this, you'd think it was supremely odd for adults to enjoy books of all types. I mean, I know that when you write, you hold an audience in mind but far be it for you to exclude any others that might be interested in it. And really, I believe books to be rather timeless or, not really reliant on age barriers to determine like. Though naturally, there is the contents of the books to consider but what I mean is that I still have fondness in my heart for Strega Nona. I imagine I always will. Does that make me less of an adult? I should think not.
Rowling has encouraged adults to lower the bar in terms of what they read. Where will it lead? A is for Apple at the top of the NYT bestsellers repackaged with an adult cover?
And how many other books do the Potter fanatics really read? I suspect that Harry Potter is a bit like a literary David Gray (the anodyne British 'soul' singer popular a few years back) in that the books are largely bought by people who don't normally buy them, explaining the huge sales.
And how many other books do the Potter fanatics really read? I suspect that Harry Potter is a bit like a literary David Gray (the anodyne British 'soul' singer popular a few years back) in that the books are largely bought by people who don't normally buy them, explaining the huge sales.
Ye Gads, where are your sources? What is the evidence that shows reading Harry Potter lowers the bar? How ridiculous a notion to bring up without proof. O.o
As a Harry Potter fan, I can personally assure you that I've read enough books to last me into the next few lifetimes. I've no intention of stopping good sir. And to be sure, reading Harry Potter has taught me to differentiate from substance/merit and air/nothing. It is because I read such books as Harry Potter that I even was able to recognize the worth of Twilight.
Again, with the assumptions. You oughtn't not speak for the majority without some knowledge of the information/general feel/etc.
Before Potter, people who dressed as wizards and rambled about Dumbledore's and Hogwarts were rightly on the margins of society, normally to be found only at fantasy conventions with food in their beards and carrying tankards with their names inscribed on in Elvish.
I imagine growing a beard would be quite difficult for me, and a wig thing would be just plain itchy. Nor am I inclined to believe that people have such horrid table manners. And you are confusing a different genre/canon? with Harry Potter as I don't recall there being Elvish writing classes or that sort being mentioned. It has been awhile, admittedly. But to be fair, I do think I'm at a sturdier standing then you to state things as facts.
As for Jutsin, it seems like he's had to deal with the same sort of fans that we are experienced with, in that they attempt to take away his right to criticize. I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing, but I do find some measure of fault with his methods. For one thing, I am not addicted to drugs, nor have I a penchant for hotwiring vehicles of transportation. He has a similar problem with Rob, in that they both are prone to making off bids of "fact" that are not actually rooted in anything of the sort. His article seems more a rant that deteriorates into show and tell wherein he boasts of his superior intellect in seeing that Harry Potter has brainwashed nations.
....got carried away. ^^" I'll stop now, but you can still read the other two articles if you so wish.
