Occlumency and Spies (Re: Mental Discipline in the WW: A Comparison...)

[Wilson, Bruce]

No: HPFGUIDX 130643


Betsy Hp:
> Well, you brought up A.S. Byatt and she complained that JKR's 
> magic wasn't numinous enough, that it was too mundane.

[Wilson, Bruce]: 
I think that Byatt's objection to JKR is motivated by jealousy.  Byatt's novels are regarded as 'better literature' by the 
cognoscetti, but JKR us much more successful--and wealthy. (Richer 
than the Queen, last I heard.)