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Harry Potter novels available in ebook format
J.K. Rowling's best-selling "Harry Potter" novels are available for the first time in ebook format on the new website dedicated to the boy wizard adventures. The seven stories, which have sold an estimated 450 million copies worldwide and spawned a successful eight-film movie franchise, went on sale on Tuesday at the Pottermore site set up by Rowling.. -
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A Muggle At Hogwarts
I don’t understand HARRY POTTER. I haven’t read a single book and I’ve only seen one movie (out of context). Any conversation about the subject ends with me making an ass of myself. I’m up-to-date and informed on nearly every topic in pop culture but J.K. Rowling’s massive wizard universe remains elusive to me. Join me as I watch every HP film in order and report my results. Will this HARRY POTTER virgin fall in love with the films or will I get even more confused by a series created for children? Grab your wands (very funny, sickos) and let’s get started!More » -
Boycott the Oscars Over the Harry Potter Diss?
Headline the Daily Prophet: Harry Potter robbed by Muggles. The nominations for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture are: The Artist, The Descendants, Hugo, The Help, Midnight in Paris, War Horse, Moneyball, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and The Tree of Life. It is the year of the non-movie award. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is conspicuously absent. It has been supremely dissed by mortals. Who has perpetrated this crime? Answer: every 'prestigious' (whatever that means) award-giving group.More » -
Hedwig, Is That You? Snowy Owls Apparate Into the U.S.
The Harry Potter series may have met its fateful end in 2011 with the release of the epic story’s final film, but one of the chronicle’s most beautiful characters is in the spotlight once more after being recently spotted throughout the U.S. No, we’re not talking about any of the witches or wizards in J.K. Rowling’s extraordinary series. We’re talking about owls — in particular, majestic snowy owls like Hedwig, the courier bird that accompanied Harry to Hogwarts and beyond for several fictional years. According to the Associated Press, snowy owls are swooping into the States for a massive migration this winter. Researchers believe that the owls, which can have a wingspan of nearly 5 feet and reach 2 feet in height, had a strong breeding season this summer due to an increase in their main food source: Arctic lemmings. More » -
Daniel Radcliffe ‘SNL’ promo: Sex wizards and American accents
Daniel Radcliffe has marked his upcoming guest hosting stint on Saturday Night Live by appearing alongside cast member Jason Sudeikis in a new promo for the show. . -
Harry Potter and the imagination thief
For someone so famous for inspiring the imaginations of her readers, J.K. Rowling now seems determined to cut them off at the pass. In the introductory video for her new interactive website, Pottermore, she makes the announcement that the site will contain "additional information that I've been hoarding for years about the world of Harry Potter."
One of the major draws of the site, still in testing stage, is the opportunity for Rowling fans to learn character histories and trivia about the boy wizard's magical world. But the idea of Pottermore is chilling for scholars who parse literary works for their deeper meaning — preferably on their own.More » -
The Generations of Harry Potter
I got really annoyed reading this article about James Tate and his connection to Harry Potter. I thought it was a lazy attempt to get pageviews by simply mentioning "Harry Potter" that didn't actually even talk about the many real ways that the Harry Potter series does question authority, which would actually make an interesting article.
In the series, typical authority figures like parents or the government (the Ministry of Magic) are either absent or so ineffectual as to not deserve respect. The heroes constantly break the rules and rebels like the Weasley twins are completely glorified. I didn't even have to look at her Wikipedia page to know that J.K. Rowling was a member of Generation X - that viewpoint is just so obvious throughout the series.
Once I thought about Harry Potter in terms of generations, it was so fun & easy to analyze. I'm fascinated by the Generations series by Neil Howe and William Strauss. The gist of their books is that: "American generations follow a cycle that produces four generational archetypes: artists, prophets, nomads and heroes. The "Silent Generation" of my parents (born between 1925-1942) as well as today's toddlers (2001-present) are the artist archetype. The Baby Boomers (1943-1960) are prophets. Generation X (1961-1981) are nomads and the G.I. "greatest generation" (1901-1924) and Millennials (1982-2000) are heroes. According to Strauss & Howe, each archetype has a persona and endowments":
-Artists are about pluralism, expertise and due process -Prophets bring vision, values and religion -Nomads most value liberty, survival and honor -Heroes are all about community, affluence and technology
According to Howe & Strauss, times of great crisis tend to happen when Prophets are the rulers and Heroes are the foot soldiers. Knowing that, isn't it easy to break down the Harry Potter characters into their respective generations?
Dumbledore & Voldemort are clearly Prophets, representing opposite ends of good and evil.
There aren't too many artists in the series, but I think Molly & Arthur Weasley fit the bill. They're not rash like the Nomads. They're going to get things done, but would, frankly, prefer to work through the system to do so.
Harry's parents and their friends like Sirius Black and Remus Lupin are our Nomads. Rule breakers as kids, now as adults they're quick to join up to defeat Voldemort.
And obviously, Harry, Hermione, Ron and friends are the Heroes. What's interesting is that since the book was written by a Nomad we have this conflict between Harry wanting to just get things done on his own like a Nomad would and his need to involve others in his quest like a Hero should.
It's funny how many "hero journey" tales like this follow this same generational pattern. In Star Wars, for example, it's easy to see that Luke is the Hero, Han Solo is a Nomad, Obi Wan is the Artist and the Emperor is the Prophet. It must be literary satisfying because it literally makes sense, huh? More »
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