Remember the scientific research that showed that breast milk was better for babies than infant formula? How about the inane questions on the teevee show, ‘Family Feud,’ the questions that gave us the prefacing statement before revelations of democratic truth-isms, ‘Survey says…’? What follows is a combination of both. The Wand Company took an unofficial poll of those fans who gathered pre-dawn outside Harrod’s for the first crack at the HP7B Blu-Ray disc offering (for some reason sale of this item was delayed in the UK). The results are almost exactly what you’d expect but are heartening nonetheless. Make the jump to read the press release, survey results, and Wand Company information!
Survey Says — “Harry Potter Books Better than Movies!”
December 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
Guest Post: In Defense of the Twilight Saga
November 30, 2011 by 8 Comments
When the Breaking Dawn trailer was released last month, we posted that news here and a ‘troll’ jumped in to say how pathetic the writing in the Forks series is, how juvenile the readers, and how sad it is that we take Mrs. Meyer seriously as an author. S/He was slapped down, of course, but like the mole he popped back up a few times to invite more attacks (see the definition of internet troll).
As a rule, I don’t like it when readers ‘feed the trolls’ by responding at length. When the webmaster at TwilightNewsSite offered his opinion, though, I asked if I could put it up as a guest post. Enjoy!
Shared Text: Gringotts, China, and US Trillion Dollar Debts
November 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
China on the Brink of Bankruptcy is a recent article on The Catholic Reporter, of all places, where we can read about “Politics and Culture from a Catholic Perspective.” The article clin
cher? Not what you might expect in a traditionalist Catholic voice-on-line:
Go here to read [the original article on Chinese money woes] at The Epoch Times. If the Obama administration is thinking that the Chinese will buy our increasingly worthless debt as far as the eye can see, they had better readjust their options. Perhaps Gringotts might be in the mood to buy paper from Uncle Sam?
H/T Peony!
Hogwarts Professor Loved in Sweden — No Joke.
November 30, 2011 by 3 Comments
When anyone on the Internet links to this site, I’m sent a “pingback” notice. It’s fun to see who is talking about what we’re talking about here (most of the time) but sometimes the link is more of a stretch than usual. In September I got pinged from Sweden and I couldn’t make heads or tails of the post from way, way over there. So I wrote Odd Sverre Hove, our man in Norway, and he sent me a translation.
Guest Post: Hippogriffs, Epic Fantasy and Warrior Maidens
November 29, 2011 by 6 Comments
Today’s guest post — which comes with a wonderfully generous offer — is by long-time HogPro All-Pro and author of Quest of the Warrior Maid: A Romeo and Joan of Arc Love Story, Linda C. McCabe, aka ‘Pallas Athena.’ As she explains in her post, we have been corresponding since 2003; I am happily obliged to add that she ‘took me to school’ about the Hogwarts Saga and the world of Harry Potter fandom, a world in which more than once she has had my back in discussions with those wanting to run a virtual sword through me. I remain a grateful student, reader of her blog, and I love her book, which I hope Potter-philes will read alongside the original Orlando epics. Without further ado, then, I give you Linda McCabe!
John Granger is graciously allowing me a guest post to tell his HogPro readership about my debut novel, Quest of the Warrior Maid, and how it relates to the Harry Potter series.
The inspiration for my novel is directly related to my participation in the online Harry Potter fandom. I spent several years re-reading and studying the series. I formulated theories and shared them online with other likewise obsessed fans. I wrote some fanfiction fleshing out my wacky theories as to where I thought things might go in the fifth year. It was after that was completed that I wrote a post on the Harry Potter for Grown Ups list serv that dealt with shipping. I thought it was a good post, so did others and I was asked for my permission to have my words quoted on another HP centered site. I started reading that board and began posting there as well. That is what drew me into the shipping debates.
Yup, I was a shipper.
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