I saw a comment over at Hogwarts Professor which reminded me of another article I had seen on the proclivities of people to compare the next big thing with Harry Potter. The quote at HogPro was in regard to the Percy Jackson series. The quote of which it reminded me was from a young girl’s letter to the New York Times thanking them for not comparing any of the children’s fantasies on their children’s book issue of November 8, 2009 to Harry Potter. I provide links to both quotes here for your perusal and thoughts. I personally think they make a lot of sense and a very nice corrective to a lot of the hype that gets thrown around in the publishing world.
The first one is from The Torch Online, quoting the girl’s letter to the Times. The original post may be found here.
The second is from the commenter over at HogPro named Lynn, specifically the third paragraph of her comment.
Enjoy!
Alice is Harry Potter, and Absalom is Dumbledore. Whatever else is going on in this film, and whatever complaints one might have about lack of faithfulness to Carroll’s story, this is a great film for Harry Potter lovers for a simple reason. The entire movie is centered around one question: “Is this real, or is this only happening in my head?”
This is the story of Alice wrestling with the King’s Cross question. Burton set this up nicely by showing us Alice as a young girl, repeatedly having the dream that we all know as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This, of course, means that the whole thing is “not real.” Well, if you listened the last Hog’s Head PubCast, you’ll know to be a bit skeptical about the assertion that the imaginary world of dreams cannot tap into reality.
Alice, who is faced with something of an arranged engagement, leaves her suitor at the gazebo to follow the rabbit down the hole, and she’s immediately faced with many of the characters from her dreams. She is brought before Absalom, who must tell them whether or not she is “the right Alice.” He concludes that she is “hardly Alice,” and everyone takes this to mean she’s the wrong one. [click to continue…]
Our own Araballa Figg had an article on LOST and fantasy published at The Spokesman Review! She’s very kind and quoted me in the article as well.
Read it here!
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