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| From | Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.harry-potter, alt.fantasy, rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books.childrens, alt.magick, alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic |
| Subject | Re: International Harry Potter Day |
| Date | 2026-06-01 14:27 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <10vk4rp$cpb$3@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
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In alt.fan.harry-potter Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/4/2026 12:26 PM, Paul S Person wrote: >> On Sun, 03 May 2026 19:59:57 +0200, Steve Hayes >> <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote: >> >> <snippo> >> >>> They appeared at a time when there was a dearth of good kids' books. >>> >>> There had been a lot of good children's boosk in the 1960s and 1970s, >>> but in the 1980s and 1990s the best and publishers could come up with >>> was Goosebumps. The Harry Potter books came like a breath of fresh >>> air. >>> >>> 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. > > Part of the charm of the series was that the characters aged one year > per book, and the books came out once per year (more or less). When the books got longer so did the waits between. > The initial child readership grew up along with the characters. > > pt -=-=- The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
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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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