Canon, fanfic and other interpretations

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 16433

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Michelle Apostolides" 
<michelleapostolides at l...> wrote:
> First of all, I like reading fanfic. Penny, Carole and Lori, I hope 
all
> know that. And Ebony - I always look forward to betaing for you.
> 
> I think that I and many others are perfectly able to distinguish 
fanfic
> from what JKR has set up.
> I read fanfic because I like the stories. But I won't give two hoots 
if
> JKR takes the characters in another direction.
> 
> Am I the only one who wants to be amazed by the sheer brilliance of 
her
> plotting and storytelling. My first thought after finishing GOF was 
Whoa
> !!! That was amazing. I've never been taken on a journey like that. 
And
> it's just the beginning.
> 
> As far as I'm concerned, JKR can take her world in whatever 
direction
> she wants, I'll stick with it. The thing that concerns me is that 
I'm
> getting attached the to the people in this world - The Weasleys,
> Dumbledore, McGonagall, Sirius. I have never ever cried over a book 
and
> Cedric's demise did not make me cry.  But it's what I dread most 
with
> the coming instalments.
> 
> I wonder if my attachment has anything to do with listening to the
> audiobooks ( just starting the Stephen Fry GOF ). Will this colour 
the
> way I read OotP ? I can't say. But I really don't know if I want to 
read
> book 5 alone if it will make me cry. Yet I will marvel at the way 
that
> JKR has written something to pull me in that emotional direction.
> 
> Michelle

I know that the Jim Dale readings influenced me strongly, and I had 
read the books prior to listening to them.  Can anybody compare Jim 
Dale and Steven Fry?  Would it be worth trying to obtain the Fry 
readings after having heard the Jim Dale recordings?

Haggridd