Adult doesn't mean overly long winded. That for professors and lawyers and the like.
I'm saying that it could have been edited down to even 500 or 600 words, and have been a superior book. It the same sort of thing that happened with Steven King, Anne McCaffrey etc. As the writer gets more popular and successful, their editors tend to do their jobs less and less. larry At 09:26 AM 6/20/2003 -0400, Matthew Small wrote: >Well, as the story goes on, the details about Harry's life are >unfolding. I'm glad it's 875 pages - it gives me more to read. I would >have been disappointed with 150 pages. The books are becoming more >adult, like Harry is. > >Matthew Small >IT Director >Showstopper American Dance Championships >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >843-357-1847 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:18 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Harry Potter madness? > >We got a call on our answering machine yesterday that we can pick up our > >copy at midnight tonight. One thing about it though, why 875 pages? At >times it seems to me that the bigger the author gets, the less likely >their >editor is doing their job. Did the book really have to be that big? > >larry > >At 02:06 PM 6/20/2003 +0100, Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: > >Excellent ... Got confirmation of my Potter book being shipped today! > >w00t! > >Based on past experience, that means it should be here tomorrow! > >W00t! > > > >Paid about $15US total including shipping by pre-ordering it back in > >January. > > > >W00t! > > > >Cheers, > >Erika > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
