The word ‘Muggle’ has become, like the words ‘Deathly Hallows’ and ‘Horcruxes’ and names like ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Voldemort,’ so much a part of our vocabularies that it doesn’t seem to have a meaning apart from the Hogwarts Saga or one greater than non-words like ‘Kodak’ or ‘Xerox.’ But I’m learning from reading I’m doing as research for my book on Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, oddly enough, that ‘Muggle’ has an extraordinary meaning and one that touches on the heart and soul of Mrs. Rowling’s artistry. [Read more…]
Two ‘Half-Blood Prince’ Movie Reviews
August 17, 2009 by 11 Comments
I’m not a movie guy, so I leave film reviews to those who can say more about them the sophistic “I don’t know much but I know what I like.” I liked Janet Batchler’s review at Quoth the Maven and Beth’s at Endless Books, ’10 Things I missed in Half-Blood Prince.’
My question for All-Pros is “have you met anyone who only knows these stories through the movies?” Beth says she wonders how these people know what is going on. [Read more…]
The Book of Harry: Christian Controversy Over?
August 17, 2009 by 7 Comments
In The Boston Globe today:
Your thoughts? The controversy now, according to this Globe reporter, seems to be ‘how much’ or ‘what kind’ of Christian content is in the books rather than if they’re edifying reading. H/T Perelandra!
Science & Industry Museum Potter Exhibit: Why?
August 14, 2009 by 9 Comments
Okay, I’m clueless. Again.
The Museum of Science and Industry, that really cool place on Chicago’s South Side with the submarine and coal mine, has a Harry Potter Exhibit. Read about it here.
Other than purely mercenary motives, what are they thinking? Science? Industry? I don’t get it.
Must be proximity to the ‘School Experience Most Like Hogwarts.’
Your thoughts?
Copyright Claim Contra TriWizard Tournament
August 13, 2009 by 7 Comments
Bloomsbury faces Harry Potter copyright claim 15.06.09
Bloomsbury Publishing is being sued by the estate of children’s writer Adrian Jacobs over claims that J K Rowling “copied” his work in one of her Harry Potter books. The estate is also seeking a court order against Rowling for “pre-action disclosure” in order to determine whether to include her as a defendant. [Read more…]
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