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01-15-2008, 10:59 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling on Greatest British post-war writers list
The Times has put together a list of the top fifty best postwar British writers and J.K. Rowling came in at No. 42!
The paper, after noting that "she has created a world that children want to enter and never leave," continues to discuss Rowling and the Harry Potter novels. Quote:
"Like all the classic British children’s fantasy writers, Rowling sets the epic firmly in the domestic, everyday world. Yes, she uses some familiar elements (show me the “literary” author who hasn’t borrowed themes from previous literary authors), such as wizards, witches, boarding schools and orphans destined for greatness, but she builds a new and very detailed world out of them. With its satires on politics, education and the media, though, her world is far from simplistic. These are well-told stories that will enthrall, amuse, scare and delight children for generations to come. One to read: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) — because you should always start a good story at the beginning."
Congratulations, Jo!
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01-15-2008, 11:42 PM
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| | Thestral
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a fairytale
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Quote: "Like all the classic British children’s fantasy writers, Rowling sets the epic firmly in the domestic, everyday world. Yes, she uses some familiar elements (show me the “literary” author who hasn’t borrowed themes from previous literary authors), such as wizards, witches, boarding schools and orphans destined for greatness, but she builds a new and very detailed world out of them. With its satires on politics, education and the media, though, her world is far from simplistic. These are well-told stories that will enthrall, amuse, scare and delight children for generations to come. One to read: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) — because you should always start a good story at the beginning." I completely agree! I'm so thrilled! Congrats Jo!
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01-16-2008, 12:04 AM
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Only 42?? That's a shame, but kudos to her!
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01-16-2008, 12:26 AM
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| | Leprechaun
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Check out the link! There are some excellent writers on the list. Also, there's a link on Jo's page to a youtube video of her reading the first chapter of DH!
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01-16-2008, 03:38 AM
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| | Ghoul
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Pshhh I think JK Rowling shouldve been atleast #5!xD
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01-16-2008, 04:08 AM
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Yay! Definitely deserving!
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01-16-2008, 04:40 AM
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| | Clabbert
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she should be number 1 her books are wanderful.
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01-16-2008, 06:17 AM
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| | Hippocampus
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She is always awesome.Making into greatest british writer list is what she deserves.
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01-16-2008, 07:37 AM
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| | Poltergeist
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01-16-2008, 08:40 AM
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| | Flobberworm
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i think they should put her name on top because she is just a wonderful writer!!!!!!!!!!! dont u think so guys...????????
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01-16-2008, 09:30 AM
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she's so not to be no 42!she shld be no 1-3?if i wanted it,she'd be no1!why she's no 42?tht's like way so low 4 someone like jkr!c'mon...  | |
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01-16-2008, 12:14 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Hah, sounds great. Go Jo. | |
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01-16-2008, 01:10 PM
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She should be higher on the list but that's still wonderful Congrats Jo!
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
That's the thing about Hogwarts.
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01-16-2008, 01:43 PM
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You know who I’m surprised about? Ian McEwan. I can't believe he only came in at 35. The man is a genius. His writing is poetic. His themes – universal in an extremely personal way. His plots- complex. And don’t even get me started on his character development!
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01-16-2008, 02:08 PM
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Well done Jo!!  I do think she should be higher on the list but oh well.
And Tolkien is number 6. Woooooooooo.
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01-16-2008, 03:57 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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Oh, that's wonderful! Well done Jo, you are the best author in the world (to me anyway). Cheers!
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01-16-2008, 07:18 PM
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Congrats, Jo!! | |
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01-16-2008, 08:07 PM
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| | Erumpent
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That's fantastic, congratulations to Jo! I'm also very happy to see J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman on the list! | |
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01-16-2008, 09:32 PM
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CoNgRaTs Jo!!
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01-17-2008, 02:13 AM
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|  !!!!Awesome!!!!Faerie
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wonderful!!!
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