[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Harry Potter cannot be set in 1991-?

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 79247

At 21:55 29-08-03 +0000, erinellii wrote:
>I once heard someone say that, although the playstation was not
>around in England or the US in 1991, they did have it in Japan.

According to <http://www.vidgames.com/ps/misc/oldnews.html>
The playstation was officially released in Japan in Decembr
1994.

>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.

Hear! Hear!

Bravo!

<the sounds of enthusiastic cheering>

I know it's not the conclusion I appear to reach in the present
on-line incarnation of my timeline essay, but it will soon be.
The old version (with the conclusion which I now believe to be
erroneous) is available at:
<http://www.hogwarts-library.net/reference/Harry_Potter_timeline.html>

I do go though just about all the available evidence ;-)

/Troels