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...Taylor reportedly said that Potter is “not the only gay in the village”—a phrase stolen from the popular comedy “Little Britain.” He later said that he was joking and that he did not mean to question Potter’s sexuality...
...Despite Taylor’s plodding prose, his publicists have billed his novel, “Shadowmancer,” as another Harry Potter. Indeed, once readers break through the choppy surface of Taylor’s writing, the resonance with Rowling is hard to miss...
...1700s, the novel depicts an evil cleric’s quest for world domination and the efforts of its three teen heroes to stop him. Taylor’s wicked paralysis-inducing beasts, called Varrigals, come at Taylor’s boy hero like the Death Eaters that attack Potter from Azkaban. And the underground caves, which set the scene for many of the battles, are reminiscent of the tunnels beneath Hogwarts, Potter’s boarding school. But though Taylor rolls out a host of fantastic and terrifying enemies, his inability to ground the reader with any sense...
...Unlike Rowling, who makes sure we understand the stakes of the Potter-Voldemort battle, methodically creating a new world that draws upon long literary traditions of horrible families and utopian British boarding schools, Taylor begins “Shadowmancer” as the nefarious Obadiah Demurral is on the verge of perfecting his power. Already in possession of one magical talisman—a Keruvim—Demurral only needs the other to complete his goal. But the lives of Kate and Thomas are so bad—destitute, with infirm or alcoholic parents—that it is hard...
...hands), “Boston Legal” was an enjoyable trifle. Then, mysteriously, it was kidnapped late last season by four aging, idiotic women whose show’s only redeemable quality is that its theme song is written by Danny Elfman. But the ever-appealing Monica Potter has been removed, and the even more appealing (and British) Rhona Mitra will soon follow her out the door. Candace Bergen’s tired act belongs in one of her old Sprint commercials. Even Captain Kirk and the guy from “Stargate” can?...