I'll pipe in to defent JKR and Harry Potter. The absolute best thing about the books, in my opinion, is the lasting, strong friendship between the three friends. The movies do not do it justice. JKR is an amazing author, it's stunning that no one would publish HP when she first wrote it. The intracacies of the story lines, the development of the characters, and the twists and turns are just wonderful. Granted, there are some slow spots, and sometimes in the beginnings of the books there not much of a point yet... but when one reads on, the story unfolds. Some say that the most recent books are darker than the first. Well, I agree. However, as a child grows and develops, and learns more of the nastiness of the world around him, the world does tend to get darker. Especially when such evil exists! Anyway.. err.. um, back to astronomy. I just can't resist a good HP discussion. LOL Cyn John and Lisa Zeigler wrote:
Sorry, didn't mean to pick on anyone. I understand not liking a certain genre, but belittling people because you perceive them as uneducated, and liking something that you believe is below you is rather harsh when you don't know the subject matter.
Lisa
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Carnes [mailto:michaelcarnes@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:11 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Potter
Hey, don't pick on Kim too much. I know where he's coming from. Not to say anything one way or another about Ms. Rowling's ability as a writer, but I'm just not interested in fantasy. This is why I find Star Wars so gruesomely boring. Now if you've got good thought-provoking SF (like 'Code 46' or Gattaca'), I'm right there. Guess I'm just an old grump.
_______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com