James Potter and the Hall of the Elders' Crossing

[bboyminn]

--- "Geoff" <gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "bboyminn" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> 
> bboyminn:
> > To me this is one of the most amazing things about the Harry
> > Potter phenominon; the massive creativity it has spawned. 
> >..., 
> > I believe #2 might have been Lord of the Rings with 50,000,
> > But Harry Potter, at the time, has close to 250,000 stories
> > on file.
> 
> Geoff:
> I've just taken the time to check out www.fanfiction.net, ...
> 
> ... the top seven on the leaderboard ...:
> 
> Harry Potter 426040
> Twilight 111085
> Lord of the Rings 42553
> Phantom of the Opera 9145
> Song of the Lioness 8235
> Maximum Ride 7528
> Chronicles of Narnia 5793
> 
> Being thick, I don't recognise the fifth and sixth groups. Anybody
> fill me on on them?
> 
> ...
>

bboyminn:

Both #5 and #6 have Wikipedia Entries -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_the_Lioness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Ride

Both are fantasy books and involve young people. 

I believe Maximum Ride has been or is being made into a movie.

Again, I'm stunned by the level of creativity that the HP books
have created. People who were only marginally interested in 
art, suddenly found a world so vivid that they couldn't restrain
themselves. People who rarely to never read or wrote anything
were so enthralled by this world, again, they couldn't restrain
themselves; they were compelled to write. 

It is really very impressive, that JKR could wring so much life
and creativity out of people who never experienced it before. 

It's almost like magic. 

Steve/bluewizard