[HPforGrownups] From the Person who posted: J.K.Rowling & The Legend of Rah and the Muggles

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 14519

"my_email_1" (and your name is?) said:

> I would like to make it crystal clear that I am not related to
> Stouffer in any way whatsoever and simple heard of this group from a
> friend and thought I should post my opinion.

It's interesting that someone who claims to be a "huge Harry Potter fan" can
make a daft statement like: "HARRY POTTER IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!"  JK
Rowling has already written four Harry Potter books in a series of seven -
it isn't a solitary book.  Apart from that, which suggests that you are far
from being a fan of JK Rowling's work, you are entitled to your opinion.
However, I suggest you look again at the claims being made by Nancy
Stouffer.

Could you explain what you mean by the 'main' idea?  I can't see any
parallel that would fit with JK Rowling having lifted a 'main' idea from
Stouffer's book, as detailed by Stouffer herself (we can't locate a copy of
Stouffer's rare masterpiece - if you have one, perhaps you'd let us have a
look at it?).  The word Muggle, for example, has appeared in other works,
with different meanings, and IIRC, it was a word in English usage in the
past.  JK Rowling is noted for collecting old and disused words and using
them in her writing.  It seems to me that Nancy Stouffer happened to
'create' that word, and has concluded that no one else could possibly have
come across it anywhere but in her discontinued, limited circulation book.
There are a handful of other mild coincidences, but, IMO, Stouffer's case is
paper thin at best.

BTW, I'm rather glad JK Rowling didn't use N "K" Stouffer's BRAINS to write
her books.  I think she used a pen.

Neil

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