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! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165474 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
