"The Great Snape Debate" and a few words on LOTR

[justcarol67]

Carol earlier:
> > Speaking of Orson Scott Card, has anyone read "The Great Snape
Debate"? From what I understand, it's a flip book--read one direction,
it's about reasons to trust Snape. Turned over and read the other way,
it's about reasons to suspect that he's evil. All I know is that the
book is available only from Borders.
> >
> >
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=56815939&srchTerms=the+great+snape+debate&mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword
> 
> Hee.  The synopsis for the flip-book sounds like it was written by a
HPFGUer.  Does anyone outside of fandom really think that the Snape is
"*the* pivotal character" in HP?
> 
> OTOH, I suppose non-obsessive types aren't v. likely to buy the
booklet in the first place.
> 
> Thanks for the smile, Carol.
> 
> Laura
>
Carol responds:
You're welcome, but I was seriously asking whether anyone has read the
book, which is apparently part of the Borders Books DH ad campaign.

Guess you haven't been to a Borders store lately. The first thing you
see as you walk in is a set of Snape bookmarks. One side has six
reasons why Severus Snape is a friend to Harry. The flip side has six
reasons why he's a foe. They also have "trust Snape" and "Snape is a
very bad man" stickers available on request. Snape is also the
featured character in all their ads for DH. Here's a link to their
Severus Snape, Friend or Foe discussion site: 

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976875935

and a closeup of the Mary GrandPre Snape art used in their ad campaign:

http://fs02.bos1.gather.com/fileServer/MzA5NjIyNDc0NDAwMTY1MSBmdWxsIGltYWdlL3BqcGVnIDExNzc1MzEwNTc4MDM=

The main author of the book I mentioned is the author of the Ender
series that Steve has been talking about (which, BTW, I haven't read).
And, of course, Salman Rushdie asked a question about Snape's
loyalties as pivotal to the series at the Harry, Carrie, and Garp
question/answer session. 

Here's a site with links to articles and essays on the Snape debate
(one of them is mine <blush>):

http://www.squidoo.com/severus-snape/#module1851564

So I don't think HPfGUers are the only ones who are obsessed with
Snape. He's *the* mystery character of the series (unless you're an
ESE!Lupin advocate like Pippin). <grin>

Carol, still wondering whether the book presents any arguments we
haven't already gone over 500 times