From: MindSparks_Programs <msprograms>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:19:37 -0500

Gosh, this conversation is vibrant and fun -- I FEEL THE NEED to join in.

Katy Horning struck a sensory cord for me when she wrote, "What could be a greater evil than Voldemort's arrogant and destructive notions of racial superiority? "

This theme of different/same, pure blood/mixed blood, superiority/inferiority is central to my reads. This is one reason why I LOVE looking at Hagrid now as a giant instead of simply my favorite, lovable large oaf. Go Giants, go...come save the wizardry world which I now know and love....

I, too, want to echo a repeated theme of how much fun I have (and share with dozens of children and adult readers) when we have these grand "ah has" -- the magical synapses when we suddenly see people and events in a new light and understanding.

I also want to add how much fortunate I feel to be participating in these books as they come out one book at a time. I sometimes wonder what it will be like after 2003 when kids have all seven of them and read them as a set (something like Lewis' or Tolkien).

Great stuff....

Nick Glass

MindSparks/Pooh Corner Madison, WI





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Topics covered in this issue include:

  1. Re: HP good and evil
       "Kathleen Horning"
       Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:43:53 00
  2. Re: Best sellers
       Susan Greenberg
       Thu, 07 Sep 2000 10:36:13 00
  3. RE: Best sellers
       Robin Smith
       Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:59:52 00
  4. Re: Harry Potter and the List of Best Sellers
       Andrew Hunter
       Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:28:57 00
  5. Re: HP good and evil
       Cathy Sullivan Seblonka
       Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:24:48 00 (EDT)
  6. Harry Potter
       "Faye Peattie"

       Fri, 8 Sep 2000 08:53:38 +1000
  7. Re: Harry Potter
       MalibuInc at aol.com
       Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:39:55 EDT
  8. RE: Harry Potter
       Sharon Lawrence
       Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:48:41 00 (CDT)
  9. Goblet of Fire
       Lisa Falk
       Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:47:05 00
 10. Re: Goblet of Fire
       "Amy Krahn"
       Thu, 07 Sep 2000 21:15:18 00
 11. Re: Harry Potter
       Fmce at aol.com
       Thu, 7 Sep 2000 23:03:25 EDT
 12. Re: Goblet of Fire
       Sara Schultz
       Thu, 07 Sep 2000 22:36:33 00
 13. Re: Goblet of Fire
       MalibuInc at aol.com
       Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:10:23 EDT
 14. Goblet of Fire
       EBQ1999 at aol.com
       Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:00:22 EDT
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