The Great Pretender
The News Review:
- The Great Pretender
- Terrestrial Quidditch for Muggles
- Harry Potter fest at United Methodist Church Saturday
The Great Pretender
The Times, South Africa
Stephenie Meyer wants you to believe she’s nothing more than a stay-at- home American mom who got lucky one night when she decided to write down a vivid dream she’d had — about a vampire who falls in love with an ordinary (human) teenage girl. Meyer’s publicists would like you to think of her as the next JK Rowling, heir apparent to the magical kingdom of fantasy fiction for young adults. “Move over Harry Potter,” trumpets the blurb on the back of Meyer’s latest book, just in case you missed the gushing profile that appeared in Time magazine earlier this year (‘Stephenie Meyer: A New JK Rowling?’), where Lev Grossman wrote: “There’s no literary term for the quality Twilight and Harry Potter (and The Lord of the Rings) share, but you know it when you see it. ” Gosh — could Meyer be the next Tolkien, too?
As it happens, there’s a war of succession over who gets to wear Rowling’s crown. It’s been 14 months since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and publishers and booksellers are eager to fill the void left behind when Harry, Ron and Hermione finally sorted out old He-Who-Must- Not-Be-Named. Any connection — no matter how tenuous — to Harry Potter or, indeed, Rowling’s own story, is exploited in a blatant attempt to drive sales. A new children’s adventure series, The 39 Clues, is being touted as “the next Harry Potter” because its central characters are a pair of orphans.
Terrestrial Quidditch for Muggles
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
They made it work without the magic, absolutely. "
The magic has enraptured BoddySpargo’s generation. Worldwide sales of the seven "Harry Potter" books surpassed 400 million in June, and the five movies have earned a cumulative $4. 5 billion worldwide. But last time Carleton students checked, the Recreation Center’s inventory did not include a flying, mind-of-its-own golden Snitch nor levitating brooms. So this past spring, a couple of students at the Northfield college took matters into their own wands, er, hands. "My friend Jimmy Dreese had a friend at Middlebury [Vermont] College," said Brianne Wooldridge, a junior from Hill City, S.
Harry Potter fest at United Methodist Church Saturday
Wicked Local Quincy, USA
Saturday at the church, 40 Beale St. The building will be transformed into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the day. This is the fourth year the church has celebrated the Potter books and every year with a new theme.
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