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Re: Spoiler!!!
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lugnet.harrypotter
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Thu, 26 Jun 2003 00:57:04 GMT
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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The Harry Potter books are easier reading than Tolkien (I’m already done with
The Order of the Phoenix). I would say LOTR is the greater work while the
Potter books are more accessible.
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Depends on your criteria. Harry Potter is clearly a greater work as far as
literacy is concerned, because kids who have had no interest in ready books
(shame on them) have suddenly found something to inspire them to do so (even the
kid who plays Potter didn’t like to read until after he’d been cast and he
decided that maybe he should take the time to see what the books were all about
before filming started). LotR has not had nearly as profound an impact on
literacy rates, nor has it sold nearly as fast as the HP series. It’s probably
a much more refined literary work, but I’ve always felt that mass popularity
shouldn’t be completely ignored when labelling an individual work as “great”.
All things considered, Star Wars is easily the most successful individual movie
in motion picture history, as well as being one of the most influential on the
movie industry in general, but it ranked pretty low on the AFI’s “Best 100
Movies” list. Whether the critics acknowledge it or not, the Harry Potter
series has managed to tap a bigger vein than LotR did, and it’s entirely because
it was written for kids to read. If it was written at an adult reading level,
it could have gone through the entire run being constantly being called “the
next LotR”, just like Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. Instead it’s been able to
stand on its own, and in twenty years they’ll probably be calling some other
series “the next Harry Potter”.
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| (...) The Harry Potter books are easier reading than Tolkien (I'm already done with The Order of the Phoenix). I would say LOTR is the greater work while the Potter books are more accessible. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, FTX)
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