Why Harry Potter cannot be set in 1991-?

[nineve_laguna]

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I don't believe JKR 
> actually was meaning to date the books when she wrote them, I think 
> she meant them to be more of a timeless story for the ages type 
thing.
> The pinning down of the exact dates of everything is something that 
> came about because of the fans.  If anything, she erred by writing 
> down the date of Nick's death, allowing us fans to get a foothold 
to speculate.
>   
> Erin
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A very mature and sensible answer. The HP phenomenon is turning 
people's heads away from the beautiful literature work that JKR 
created. If she wanted to time it, she would have done. HP is a 
contemporary work, and will still be a very modern book for as long 
as (muggle)cars run on the ground and the Underground, er, 
underground. Had she started with a date, it would imediately had 
pigeonholed Harry as a book already of last century. 
Nineve