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simplyblessedwithlove
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| hi Lennye nice to see you here. I also read some of Harry Potter books (is it called the goblet of fire?) but I don't like it. It's to childish in my opinion. |
Different people, different taste.
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Anuradha Chepur
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Yeah, surely it's a matter of taste.
Definitely, Rowling writes well, but her's is the genre of free fantasy. So it's easier to be creative.
But, I would say Enid Blyton was much more talented than Rowling is.
Because, Blyton wrote in the framework of reality. She had to be creative and also be realistic, so she had very little writers' licence. |
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Cristi
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Have you done any Harry Potter pictures with photoshop, Cristi? I'm thinking of doing one when the 7th book comes out. I'll combine seven covers to make it as a poster for my lil nephew.
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No, I haven't... I don't have that much of free time actually...lol! OH! I would love to see your creations, haha!! I bet they'll look fantastic.
Ad-miral and A. Chepur:
It's true, JK Rowling isn't the greatest author in the world and we definitely don't think that the Harry Potter series are a classic in the history of literature, but they are nice stories, interesting and quite original in it's gerne, I mean, Rowling is doing a good job writing her books and we ought to remember that she is writing books for children. I like them because I began reading them when I was eight and now I really want to know what's going to happen in the end with all the characters. And Anuradha, we can't say one author is more talented than the other, it's too risky to compare writers, they got characteristics that we might see as a bad thing and maybe other person could think that's quite cool.
Good bye to all of you!!
Have a nice day,
Cristi. 
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simplyblessedwithlove
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| Anuradha Chepur wrote: |
Yeah, surely it's a matter of taste.
Definitely, Rowling writes well, but her's is the genre of free fantasy. So it's easier to be creative. |
This could be true. However, I'm still with Cristi by saying that it's not fair to compare authors of different areas. Rowling's work requires her to do a massive research as like any other authors. She didn't pull everything out of her behind and whisper some magic so her book would become an entertainment to both kids and adults 
I have to admit I didn't get the HP fever until book 5th was already out. Five years I'd heard of it, and I didn't bother myself to read. I thought it was just for children. Once, I saw some OLD people were reading them on a train going to S.F. I was too curious to the point I gave it a try. Well, it didn't disappoint me.  I ended up buying book 6th without waiting on the list at the library. And now I'm on the waiting list for book 7th. I will have it right when it's first published in the States. Yay! 
| Anuradha Chepur wrote: |
But, I would say Enid Blyton was much more talented than Rowling is.
Because, Blyton wrote in the framework of reality. She had to be creative and also be realistic, so she had very little writers' licence. |
Sadly, I can't comment about this part since I haven't read her work yet. But I will definitely give it a try, so I could discuss it with you. Give me some weeks.
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simplyblessedwithlove
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| Cristi wrote: |
Simplyblessedwithlove wrote:
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Have you done any Harry Potter pictures with photoshop, Cristi? I'm thinking of doing one when the 7th book comes out. I'll combine seven covers to make it as a poster for my lil nephew.
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No, I haven't... I don't have that much of free time actually...lol! OH! I would love to see your creations, haha!! I bet they'll look fantastic.
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I have to wait for book 7th to make that poster. This delay has bought me more time to learn more about photoshop, though, since I'm not good at it at all right now. 
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Anuradha Chepur
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What I meant was Rowling wrote in a genre which is unfettered by reason or logic.
Moreover, Enid Blyton's books are aimed at only children.
Adults can't read them. For instance, I used to read a lot of them in my
childhood, but I can't read them now.
Whereas, Rowling is supposed to write for children, but her
aim is to have a universal appeal. Even adults can read Harry Potter. |
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simplyblessedwithlove
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| Anuradha Chepur wrote: |
What I meant was Rowling wrote in a genre which is unfettered by reason or logic.
Moreover, Enid Blyton's books are aimed at only children.
Adults can't read them. For instance, I used to read a lot of them in my
childhood, but I can't read them now.
Whereas, Rowling is supposed to write for children, but her
aim is to have a universal appeal. Even adults can read Harry Potter. |
Well, if you only put unicorns, rainbows, talking pigs, cute rabbits, etc. without the love of a girl and a boy, then what you'll get out of it is just a children book. Rowling has her books like that, and she throws in the love, the adult's world, the bridge connection between old and young generation also. She gives the magics, the either-good-or-evil characters, teenagers who fight for what they believe in, the complicated adult's world and children are grown enough to be a part of it, the high school sweethearts, and so on. And she's succeeded reaching to the adults with her books because they remind us we were young once. Some of us might remember our first love in high school, yeah? Or the first fight with our best friend. And perhaps, the times our mother kept nagging us too much that we wish we could have magics to zip them up (totally not me, though. ) That's why I like her books, for they bring back a lot of bittersweet memories.
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