JKR's Poetic License

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 2907

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Bonnie Kretschmer" <bkretsch at z...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brooks R" <brooksar at i...> wrote:
> <snip>
> > I think it is clear that JKR just wrote this whole bit for
> > dramatic effect, and didn't bother to actually correlate the
> > astronomy with the calendar of the year it would seemingly be
> > set in; or she is not giving a 'true' timing of the years of
> > occurence; 
> <snip>
> > -Brooks

There's a page on the Harry Potter Lexicon which talks about some of 
the day vs. date questions as well as the problems with years 
(PlayStations were invented when?) in the series. Check it out--click 
on TimeLine and go to Time Questions. 

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon