A.S.Byatt and Hagrid not dying

[alice_loves_cats]

Dumbledad wrote:

> I know we hate her, 
> but A.S. Byatt's quartet is in part about the founding of York 
> University (or at least I'm guessing that's what she's referring 
> to). "The Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life" are the first two. 
> They are fantastic.

Alice:

Umm, why do we hate A. S. Byatt? Who's we? Are you referring to an
earlier discussion? Or is it just generally passe to like her?

My Dad thinks she's impossibly awful, trying to sound far more
intellectual than 1) she is 2) anyone is interested in. I personally
have read only one of her books, it was okay, I even decided to read
another one some time (I read The Shadow of the Sun), but, well... I
haven't got round to it yet. 

A different topic: Dumbledad, I seem to remember you saying pre-OOP
that your wife would go off HP entirely if Hagrid died, as he's her
favourite character. Am I right? Believe it or not, half the time I
spent worrying over Hagrid I in fact spent worrying over how your wife
would feel. Considering all I know of her is that she's called Kate
(I'm not even quite sure of that), that's quite strange, isn't it? The
reason is probably that I myself am not that mad about Hagrid, so I
wouldn't have missed him all that much, but I was deeply disturbed at
the thought that somebody would be put off the whole HP-universe if he
was killed off.

I'm going to Croatia early tomorrow morning, and have not finished
packing (it's almost 10 o'clock). I really should go back. I'm going
to miss the HPFGU-lists, though, and the HP-books too... no, I am NOT
lugging that house-brick of a book with me. Although, to be honest,
it's more to do with being worried that the book might get damaged in
the journey than its size/weight. I've never been to Croatia before,
even though it's a neighbouring country (I live in Hungary). Anyway,
see you in just over a week's time.

Love, Alice