yeah the pseudo latin used in the spells is a bit annoying. But still. The target audience is what, aged 7 through 15 approximately? Nor do I think that overly ornate writing is, in and of itself, a good thing. There's a lot to be said for the lean and elegant prose of Roger Zelazny or Ed McBain. The woman who wrote the sample bit I pasted is actually a friend of mine, but she's wrong on this one.
Dana On 7/19/05, Judith Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've also read them all (and reread them once or twice.) I enjoy her work, > even though I see the tremendous holes in her world and in her plots ... but > I like her style and I've grown to like the characters. > > Isaac had said he can't stand the films. You can't really judge from the > films -- You should try to at least read the first book. > > Judith > ----- Original Message ----- > > I've read them all, re-read several of them at least once or twice. > > > > > > >Instead you might say it's a "so-so story that inexplicably gathered > one of > > >the largest audiences in the world". ;^) But even that's wrong because > > >she's actually a very inventive writer. > > > > I like that turn of phrase. She is indeed a very inventive writer. She > is an adequate, though not exceptional, wordsmith. She really understands > the theme of childhood angst that permeates the earlier books, especially > the first one. > > > > As to whether her work should be considered literature, I could scrawl a > few paragraphs on some bathroom tissue and call it literature. But is is > serious literature? Can sci-fi/fantasy as genres be serious literature? > H.G. Wells, Lewis Carroll, Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand. All writers of serious > literature. Does Rowling belong in their company? I don't think so. Her work > is inventive, fun, and occasionally dark, but she's no great philosopher > like Rand. She doesn't offer keen insights into the wickedness inside the > human heart like Bradbury. And her work just plain isn't as good as theirs. > > > > But I still like it! > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165618 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
