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...writing fiction for older kids and teens [Books, Sept. 23] quoted author Michael Chabon as saying that "you have to sell adult readers on fantasy. Kids just accept it." If Chabon is right, then explain to me why I, a middle-aged adult, have read the Harry Potter books five times each! MARIANNE L. ADAMS Diamond Bar, Calif...
...LINES "They are treating Switzerland like an alpine Iraq." Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's Prime Minister, on E.U. states threatening to sanction Switzerland for refusing to share information about E.U. citizens' bank accounts "We worship at the feet of J.K. Rowling." Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO, on how the Harry Potter books helped the company make its first profit in a year of dot.com disaster "I feel very peculiar asking customers to give me love." Takashi Uchida, shop owner in Yamato, Japan, on problems with his town's new local currency, the love
...purposes of our seasonal fashion shoot, now featured an intriguing splatter-style motif. The rabbit had been whisked in at the last minute, after the stylist informed me in a stroke of artistic inspiration that the look she had envisaged for the story—“Harry Potter meets English private school meets upper-crust garden party”—necessitated the presence of something white and frolicky. It hadn’t been easy finding a photogenic albino rabbit with owners crazy enough to lend their beloved pet to a group of flaky fashion types...
Some would prefer that author J.K. Rowling have no social life, no TV, no clothes with buttons--in short, nothing that would further delay the fifth book in the HARRY POTTER series. The book is long past its July publication date, and fans have been vibrating with dark suspicions about what is holding her up. Last week Rowling said a lawsuit accusing her of plagiarism had interrupted her focus. Now that a judge has dismissed the suit, she claims she can get back to Harry. She also revealed that she is pregnant, giving fans something new to worry about: morning...
Don’t forget about the sex-filled Pippin, either. Like Harry Potter, magic will be in the air during this production, a raucous, flashy musical directed by Jeremy Blocker ’04 and performing in the Ex. The magic runs Dec. 12-15, a wonderfully scandalous gift to students before they take a two-week dive into the Yuletide familial...