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Re: International Harry Potter Day

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In alt.fan.harry-potter BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On 5/4/26 10:51, The True Melissa 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).
>> 
> 
> I also think the Rowling grew as a writer and was able to write in a 
> more complex manner. That said, there are so many plot holes in the 
> later books...

Indeed.
 
> I am currently listening to the books on Audible while I am driving or 
> on my semi-daily walks (usually 4 miles+). They are "full cast" as 
> opposed to one or sometimes two narrators, one male and one female. I am 
> hearing things I didn't get on the first reading and there is a ton of 
> stuff left out of the movies.

What happened to the versions where Jim Dale did ALL the voices?
 
> I think I need to out for a stroll and get off the damn confuser, er, 
> computer.
> 

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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
    Re: International Harry Potter Day Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-05-03 15:09 +1200
    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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