Oh, Dear Sweet God

[Brian]

  I think I'll stick with Harry Potter.  But the "Left Behind" series 
do seem to come out a lot faster;-)!

  Brian:-) 

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" 
<abigailnus at y...> wrote:
> Some people clearly have too much time on their hands.  
> 
> There's an article on Slate plotting the similarities between Harry 
> Potter and the Left Behind series.  The author concludes that the 
> two series are very much alike because they share such 
> distinguishing characteristics as - wait for it! - the struggle 
> between good and evil.  Because we've never read a story about 
> that before.  
> 
> In the end, he does try to differentiate between the two, saying 
that 
> 
> "In that sense, despite their similarities, at their hearts the two 
series 
> are different in a fundamental but not obvious way. Left Behind is 
> fatalistic; Harry Potter sees outcome determined by individual 
actions. 
> Both provide a roadmap for how to live a good life, but in one case 
> the key is morality, and in the other it is faith."
> 
> Which just means that he had a point to make and decided to use not 
> one but two pop culture juggernauts to help him make it.
> 
> I swear, there are days when I really wish these books weren't as 
> popular as they are.
> 
> You can read the whole ridiculous thing here:
> http://slate.msn.com/id/2100637/
> 
> Abigail