Comments on: Harry Potter Day

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:57:55 +0000

Once an analyst, always an analyst.

By: ellroon

ellroon — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:29:00 +0000

Wow! I missed that completely! How fun…:)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:21:10 +0000

If you click on the graphic, Ellroon, you’ll note that I have been documenting the series. It’s through book five, and I will be adding book 6 shortly, as I wait until the following book has been released to avoid spoilers.

By: ellroon

ellroon — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:16:41 +0000

Keith Olbermann’s version of the ending was clever but I’m not sure I agree with his idea that the scar on Harry is a horcrux and the ending battle lets Harry survive but lose his wizardry powers.

After all the Potter rumpus dies down and we’ve all read it, post what you thought and how much it matched Rowlings, Bryan.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:50:26 +0000

Well, I’ve put up a challenge at BBWW for readers to make suggestions.

Thanks for the inspiration, Bryan.

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Harry Potter...By Others at Shakesville — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:02:46 +0000

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:00:27 +0000

If it were Tolstoy we would complete genealogies of every character of every species, and that would just be the first book and would destroy many of the mysteries. Actually, there’s a bit of Dickens in the revelations about family and connections in the series.

Faulkner would be interesting.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:40:54 +0000

Well, if the series was written James Joyce, it would be just one long sentence.

I think it would be fun to see what other authors would do with it. Imagine it written by Faulkner, Hemingway or Ann Rice. And if it was Tolstoy, it would be 3,000 pages – per volume.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:04:29 +0000

I would be very surprised indeed if Babelfish could deal with Gogol’s satire, especial since the story, The Nose, is a fantasy about a nose that is accidentally cut off by a barber and then goes out and becomes a member of the imperial court.

Apparently if the Potter series were more obtuse, the subject matter wouldn’t be a bar to the canon. Imagine James Joyce writing the series – that would really sell 😈

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:43:49 +0000

babelfish is great fun, but it wasn't very helpful here, though possibly i agree, since i would read harry potter even if it were illegal. usually i put my name on the waiting list at the library for popular books, and if they come out in paperback before the library calls me, then i buy the book instead. i've bought every single harry potter book so far.