Strange Stories on Muggle News

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 192236

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bboyminn" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sandra Lynn <cresorchid@> wrote:
 
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 6:55 PM, willsonteam <willsonkmom@> wrote:
> > > I heard a news report ...
> > > "Owls acting strangely--sounds like the type of thing that 
> > > would be on Muggle news if there was something afoot in the
> > > Wizarding World."

> > > ... I switched channels--landing in the middle of an interview 
> > > with JKR about her new book--coming out the same day. ...

Crescent:
> > I wish someone would. I don't know whether to buy it or not....
> >  who knows what her "writing geared to adults" will be
> > like.

 Steve: 
> This should be in the Off-Topic section. But I will say that while the book is adult in nature, it is still about kids (teenagers). But these are kids in the vein of SKINS or CherryBomb. Sex, drug, and rock'n'roll. But we have to accept and not expect this to be Harry Potter. That's done. 

Geoff:
I have to admit that I shall not read the book. I see the Harry Potter books 
as a landmark in fiction. I tend to read very little fiction, being more into 
non-fiction but on my bookshelf, you will find JKR rubbing shoulders with 
JRRT, Alan Garner and other fantasy fiction but you will not see "The Casual 
Vacancy".

Why not?

Because I do not want to have stories about everyday doings from our 
contemporary world -I have the BBC News channel, for that.... and when 
I heard that there is questionable language in it, that was the sticking 
point. One of the nice things about Hogwarts students is that they rarely 
use anything very strong. In my own dealings with young people, I find 
that many of them are in this category and I don't want a 1000 year old 
Anglo-Saxon word appearing in every third sentence!

So I shall remain faithful to Harry, Neville, Hermione at al when I want to 
retire into a world free of falling Footsie indexes, economic downturns
and housing problems. Call me an escapist if you like... You're probably
right but I am unrepentantly so.