Genius

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rochesteruponmedway said:
> I'd hesitate to say that about JKR, much as I admire her.
> I'd agree with an earlier poster who described her as a phenomenon 
> though.

Let's see...about 20,000 adults on this list write some 100 posts per 
day about her books (speculating theories, compairing with other 
literary greats, puzzling out clues and debating all manner of 
tangential material). Let's not for get the hundreds of thousands of 
kids and adults who also read these books. I think it is more than a 
phenomenon...there is a strong cult following...it is borderline 
literary genius. 

I'll reserve final judgement until Harry Potter and the Temple of Doom 
(or whatever it will be called) comes out in a few years. If Jo can end 
this series better than George Lucas ended the Star Wars series, I'll 
call her a genius! (and seeing how it would be hard to do a worse job 
than Lucas did...I might as well start calling her a genius now).

Jason