Philip Pullman

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "gulplum" <plumeski at y...> 
wrote:
> As I said in the .sig in my last message, tonight's South Bank Show 
> (apologies to non-UK residents) was all about Philip Pullman, and 
> specifically the His Dark Materials trilogy. The main element was a 
> lengthy interview with Pullman, filmed "now" (i.e. fairly recently).
> 
     <snip> 

Now me:

I am reading John Granger's "The Hidden Key to Harry Potter" and he 
hypothesizes that JKR based Gilderoy Lockhart on Pullman. He also 
goes on to offer some sharp contrasts between JKR's approach to good 
and evil over against Pullman's. In Granger's view, JKR's is *better*.

  **  Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle  **