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Re: International Harry Potter Day

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In alt.fan.harry-potter Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2026 13:51:19 -0400, The True Melissa
> <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Verily, in article <2phhvkle801eaf55eqdkeiq9sb0vvi37fp@4ax.com>, did 
>>psperson@old.netcom.invalid deliver unto us this message:
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 03 May 2026 19:59:57 +0200, Steve Hayes
>>> <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>[snip]
>>> >I must say I also liked the earlier ones better than the later ones.
>>> >Apart from anything else they kept getting longer and longer. 
>>> 
>>> Rowling herself warned parents that the books would get darker as time
>>> went on. And that characters -- prominent characters -- would die.
>>> 
>>> Looking at my Scholistic Inc. paperbacks, the ginormousness of the
>>> later books is quite clear.
>>
>>It's been said that the books grew up with the readers. The first one is 
>>readable by younger kids and uses simple strokes (the Dursleys might as 
>>well be cartoons). They get longer, more complex, and more nuanced as 
>>they go.
>>
>>If that's intentional, I suppose future readers should limit themselves 
>>to one per year (or start later). 
> 
> Yes, it's quite intentional -- unlike Enid Blyton characters like the
> Famous five or the Secret Seven, or Billy Bunter, who never got older,
> the characters we follow the characters in the Harry Potter books
> through their school careers, and they change as they grow older. 
> 
> And yes, you can see on the shelf how the books get longer with every
> school year they cover. But I'm not sure that the added length made
> them any better. 

For a while they were getting better,
and they did not linearly keep getting longer.
My favorite is the fourth.

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International Harry Potter Day David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> - 2026-05-02 01:42 -0230
  Re: International Harry Potter Day doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-05-02 04:14 +0000
  Re: International Harry Potter Day The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 11:10 -0400
    Re: International Harry Potter Day Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-05-02 19:28 -0700
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      Re: International Harry Potter Day Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-03 10:37 +0100
        Re: International Harry Potter Day scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-03 14:28 +0000
    Re: International Harry Potter Day Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-05-03 19:59 +0200
      Re: International Harry Potter Day Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-05-04 09:26 -0700
        Re: International Harry Potter Day The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 13:51 -0400
          Re: International Harry Potter Day Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-05-05 06:36 +0200
            Re: International Harry Potter Day The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 07:30 -0400
              Re: International Harry Potter Day David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> - 2026-05-05 10:27 -0230
                Re: International Harry Potter Day The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 09:37 -0400
                Re: International Harry Potter Day David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> - 2026-05-05 18:09 -0230
              Re: International Harry Potter Day Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-05-05 15:03 +0200
                Re: International Harry Potter Day The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 09:39 -0400
                Re: International Harry Potter Day Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-05-05 09:30 -0700
                Re: International Harry Potter Day BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2026-06-01 10:03 -0700
                Re: International Harry Potter Day The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-06-01 13:11 -0400
                Re: International Harry Potter Day BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2026-06-01 11:52 -0700
                Re: International Harry Potter Day kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-01 17:38 -0400
                Re: International Harry Potter Day BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2026-06-01 15:56 -0700
            Re: International Harry Potter Day Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-06-01 14:23 +0000
          Re: International Harry Potter Day BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2026-06-01 10:13 -0700
            Re: International Harry Potter Day Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-06-02 08:25 -0700
            Re: International Harry Potter Day Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-06-05 03:00 +0000
        Re: International Harry Potter Day Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 22:55 -0400
          Re: International Harry Potter Day ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2026-05-05 03:01 +0000
          Re: International Harry Potter Day Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-06-01 14:27 +0000
      Re: International Harry Potter Day "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 08:13 -0500
        Re: International Harry Potter Day Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-05-06 06:17 +0200
          Re: International Harry Potter Day "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 09:11 -0500
            Re: International Harry Potter Day Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-05-06 17:55 -0700
              Re: International Harry Potter Day "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 07:48 -0500
          Re: International Harry Potter Day Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-05-06 09:18 -0700

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