From: Denise I. Matulka <dimatulka>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:49:40 +0800

I agree with June. J.K. Rowling gets way more credit than she--or her character-?serves. I was one of those "voracious readers" of fantasy in my teens, and remain so as an adult. I loved children's and YA fantasy then and now....

I am disturbed by so many "If you liked HP" or "After you have read HP" lists. I think it is a great discredit to all those great writers she mimics (hmmm...is that a loaded statement....)

I really don't think I would have liked HP if the books had appeared 15 years ago....



Denise I. Matulka Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign dimatulka at alltel.net matulka at uiuc.edu
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She was a woman sawed in half It was done by a bad magician There was a point at which she just had to laugh You could appreciate her position

Her legs in one way, and her head another She just kept thinking about...walking away They tried to put her back together underneath the cover But her heart kept getting in, getting in the way

 From "Woman Sawed in Half" (1997) John Hiatt
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