So, children series or not?

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 120610


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> I went to preorder the book to bn.com and on the advertisement 
page 
> it still says age range 9-12.
> 
> Do you think it somehow supports the idea that JKR orients the 
books 
> towards the younger audience? Do you think it is only publishers 
> opinion?
> 
> Alla

Doddiemoe here:

I think she wrote the story because she had it in her and she felt 
it "needed" to be told...to all who wanted to read it..

One thing I don't think many will be able to argue against 
effectively is that both the audience as readers and JK as a writer 
grow with each book...it is an intriguing process to watch, also, a 
one to participate in.

I feel JK may have put the "age" aspect on the books after being 
told by those who rejected said story that there was simply no 
market for it.(Why change the U.K. title of "Philosophers Stone" to 
U.S. title of "Sorcerers' Stone" for book one....Why  do the changes 
between the  U.S. and U.K. versions become fewer and fewer with each 
book??)  My guess would be because the audience is there and 
publishers as well as authors know readers will look up a word they 
do not know...and yes...this is more than a vocabulary thing, but I 
have yet to see the word sychophantic on any 9 to 12 y.o.'s spelling 
list...not to mention high school vocab. list..(just one word in the 
list of many that struck me as definitely not in the average 9 to 12 
age group).


I think after the first two books were published to major 
success....editors didn't do so much editing to target an 
age/cultural group, and jk continued writing the story as she first 
started.

A universal story has appeal all around..just like a simple "Grimm 
Fairy Tale"...Adults keep telling their childhood 
favorites...children are entertained...adults tell the story so much 
they ponder it more and more....

True Literature, whether for adults or children can become a part of 
our culture.. and I believe the HP series thus far has done this..

It makes no difference who the writings were/are directed to..all 
that matters are those who are compelled to read it and garner 
something more than the "story" from it.

Doddiemoe,

(Who would argue that once we read something and then are compelled 
to share with others to such a great extent that it becomes a series 
of books/movies/e-groups/webpages etc..that influence our global 
society to such a economic/literary success it is a cultural 
phenomenon that must be at least looked at if not pondered deeply by 
all!)