The Harry Potter Experience

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "jkoney65" <jkoney65 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom@> wrote:
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> > There are 7 HP books and 3 companian books written by JKR; there are short pieces done for charity; there is the JKR web site. We will have 8 Horcruxes, erm, I mean movies. Many books have been published about HP. There are discusion boards, news boards, fan-fic sites, RPGs and video games. There are conventions, bookstore events, library events and Bible studies. Fans have written papers, writen fiction, created art, organized events, and managed web sites. Is there more?
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> > With all this HP stuff out there, what is your Harry Potter experience? Is your base canon or movies? What have you participated in or looked at? What defines the HP experience for you? Do your friends and family have the same experience? Do they tolerate your interest, or do you hide it? And how are you managing now that the books are done?
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> > Potioncat

Alla:

I started reading books right before GoF came out. LOVED it, also looked for fanfiction while waiting for OOP, joined this group somewhere in 2002, am here ever since :-)

Family and people around me does not quite get it, or should I say not gets it at all. Oh they are avid readers, they just do not get the level of you know erm... passion devoted to one series, in short they do not get what fandom is.

I do have couple friends at works who are fans, but still they do not discuss on Internet, heh.

I like movies as illustrations to the books, but I certainly prefer books.

Managing just fine when books are done LOL, am very happy that we went through waiting periods, discussions, waitings, guessings, it was FUN.

I am still here, so you can guess I will happily talk about Harry, but there are so so many books in the world that I still have not read, I cannot be fixated on one series forever, I found several new ones to enjoy as much as I enjoyed Harry.