OoPs! - the accountant (was: Lily related to the Weasleys??)

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 62484

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brooks" <GinWeasRox at a...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "medeacallous" 
> <medeacallous at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > I wonder if Lily is related to Molly's Muggle cousin (the one 
that 
> > got away???)
> > 
> > Sorry for the one-line post - two now, I guess.
> > 
> > MC
> 
> 
> In the July 1954 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction there was a 
> story by Robert Sheckley titled "The Accountant". It is about a boy 
> from a long family tradition of professional witchcraft who decides 
> he wants to take up a different career. The story is included in 
the 
> 1966 anthology "Tomorrow's Children" edited by Isaac Asimov, which 
is 
> where I first heard of it since my grandfather sent me a copy fresh 
> off the press. The moment I read that the Weasley's had a cousin 
who 
> became an accountant I thought JKR was referring to Sheckley's 
story. 
> However the likelyhood of that is rapidly diminishing. No-one else 
on 
> any HP forum ever mentions it. What is the statistical probability 
> that JKR and I just happened to have read the same story, while 
> thousands of fans all managed to miss it, even though it has been 
> around for many years? (If she did in fact use that boy as 
> inspiration he is not a Muggle, but gave up his magic heritage by 
> choice.)
> 
> Brooks

Actually, I have read the story, but still didn't think about it. I 
might be because the boards and forums seem to focus on the Epic and 
the Original, not on nods to previous greats. Also, it was the 
sixties, aka way before my time. Star Wars and LotR, the most popular 
comparisons have gotten alot of publicity lately, but nobody reads 
the old masters anymore.

~Calimora (Who's still in denial.)