ext_3181 ([identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] tcpip 2010-02-04 10:45 pm (UTC)

Well, according to the author, that's not fantasy :).

To which Terry Pratchett's gave a classic response..


His full response to Rowling's admission that she did not think Harry Potter was fantasy as she was writing it, was:

"I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, hidden worlds, jumping chocolate frogs, owl mail, magic food, ghosts, broomsticks and spells would have given her a clue?"


More: at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4732385.stm


Although I do confess I've been pondering on the marketing success of Potter and Twilight. My thoughts on popular culture swing between total disdain and detached analysis

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