Ray skipped his version of "The Hobbit" and started out at the level of "The Lord of the Rings", wheras JK did start there and progressed over time through to the end, that's my ever so humble opinion... Chris
> Subject: Re: Possible answer > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:34:29 -0800 > To: [email protected] > > > On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:03 AM, parch antisko wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I remember Ray, you were pondering why Rowling's Potter is much more > > successful than Magician. I think I have found a possible answer while > > reading Carl Gustav Jung's Psychology of the unconscious. He is > > writing: > > > > "Faust has need of the phallic magic wand (in the magic strength of > > which he has at first no confidence), in order to perform the greatest > > of wonders, namely, the creation of Paris and Helen." > > > > H.Potter is using a fallic symbol, it focuses the libido and is a > > hidden symbol for young people who are attracted to it through this. > > Suble sexuality is also in the Meyer's New Moon book which she > > admitted in the interview I heard in the radio and she knew it will > > attrack young girls to read. > > > > Maybe it is total crap but I had to say it :) > > > > P > > > > > Ah, you have me confused with another writer. I know exactly why Potter is > more popular than Pug. More people wanted to read about him. > > Jo Rowling did a brilliant job of writing something kids and parents wanted > to read together. And it was contemporary, and it was charming. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > >
