Books of Magic vs Harry Potter

[doddiemoemoe]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>
Doddie here:
*big snip of bboyminn* who didn't even address said post because a 
gaiman and rowling debate had nothing to do with the response.
> 
> Geoff:
> To me, it certainly seems odd.
> 
doddie here:

big snip yet again...for the reason posted above

I'm not snipping to be mean, because I haven't read all of Gaiman's  
works either....(I collect other comic book works which have nothing 
to do with magic world of pottervers, but do cover magical worlds, 
and some do cover the scientific worlds which seem magic)..So I 
cannot give you a meaningful analysis. I've read snippets of 
Sandman, Stardust and a few of his other works, but I've also read a 
great many artists' works...

Truth is...is doesn't matter if plots are similar...as long as 
characters of unique and memorable...and in the HP series characters 
are unique and memorable(they are both)....I'll not delve into 
comparisons into the LOTR series and the legend of Morte D'Arthur, 
or Morte D'Arthur and the Illiad...

All great works, worthy of their own analysis...

I just love that so many cultures(not all western)...don't 
understand snape either..LMAO

These are cultures who get/understand, Harry, Hermione, Ron, 
Neville, Dumbledore, Lupin, Ginny, Luna, Fred &George, and yes, they 
even get Percy...but none of them get Snape.. so perhaps harry 
naming his son may have had more to deal with international 
audiences than it did with snape?

I'm waiting for translations to appear..

DD