Word: potter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harry's appeal goes beyond the children's audience. When asked whether she or her parents enjoy the books more, Alice responds with a devilish smirk and a giggle: "My parents like it more!...My mom always says, 'Don't you want to read Harry Potter?'" Indeed, in the Henry household, Rowling's books have created so much excitment that Alice's mother reports one family argument caused when Dad read ahead and finished the book before everyone else...
...Michaela's father Daniel says that he, too, has enjoyed the first two books in the series, "but I'm a little skeptical that I'll still be interested by books five, six and seven." Bosch notes that Harry Potter brings with him a host of commercial opportunites. "Halloween will be Harry Potter, Christmas will be Harry Potter and then the movie in the summer...
...seems that J.K. Rowling has tapped into the '90s world of hype. Posters in bookstore windows around the world proudly proclaim "Harry Potter sold here," and proprieters are more than willing to take advance orders for new books in the series...
...question remains: why is Harry Potter such a hit with adults? The series is so popular that two of the books now occupy top slots on the New York Times Bestseller list. Nissara Horayangura, a senior in Eliot House, agrees that the hype caused her to buy the first book in the series. But as soon as she started reading, she was hooked. "It's a fantasy book, but it's suspenseful--it's a compulsive read. And it's not obvious, even to adults...
...Shel Silverstein. Like these authors, Rowling imbues humorous situations with a sinister edge--but Rowling's tragedies are vividly and frighteningly real. Her stories provoke serious thought about the dangers of hatred, prejudice and injustice. In turn, the reality and unpredictability of the violent moments in the Harry Potter series help these novels to maintain their powerful suspense...