Too Old For Harry Potter?

[melclaros <melclaros@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Brian Cordova 
<blessedbrian at y...>" <blessedbrian at y...> wrote:
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>   As a childless, 43 year old HP fan, I found this message shared 
on 
> another board of some interest.  >   What are your feelings?
> 
Oh Blah blah blah...!
My feelings? First of all I have to wonder why this person cares, I 
mean really.

Then there's this little tid-bit: 
"Yes, I'm a writer myself,"
Well that pretty much answered the question. Jealousy. Plain and 
simple. I'm a writer too. I'd LOVE to have everyone read my stuff and 
have all Rowling's money. But they don't and I don't. However, I 
don't begrudge anyone reading anyone ELSE's published work, no matter 
what it is, unlike this "writer".

"When I rule the world, all editions will carry a heavy-print 
literacy warning: "This Is A Children's Book, Designed For Under 
Elevens. It May Seriously Damage Your Credibility." I can dream, 
can't I?"

Yup, and people can read whatever they damned well want and still 
will even with your idiotic label. What a weirdo.

The third group are the Regular Readers, for whom Harry is sandwiched 
between McEwan and Balzac, Roth and Dickens. This is the real 
baffler – what on earth do they get out of reading it? Why bother? 

Because it's FUN. 
What on earth did this person get out of writing this? Besides 
25c/word? Why bother?

Hell one of my FAVORITE all time works of literature is Winnie the 
Pooh AND I have a college degree in English. People like 
this "writer" really need to get over themselves.

Melpomene