tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12810229.post112154795903151388..comments2023-08-26T06:00:25.846-07:00Comments on Rogue Writing: HP VI Is Here!Kyle Stichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472594376238413543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12810229.post-1121638062292943152005-07-17T15:07:00.000-07:002005-07-17T15:07:00.000-07:00What you say about HP series is probably true (I h...What you say about HP series is probably true (I have only read the first book, and frankly was underwhelmed) but I can't get past how the whole premise of HP is so blatantly derivative of Le Guin's much better Earthsea series.<BR/> <BR/>To whit, from an interview with Le Guin in Guardian:<BR/><BR/>Q: Nicholas Lezard has written 'Rowling can type, but Le Guin can write.' What do you make of this comment in the light of the phenomenal success of the Potter books? I'd like to hear your opinion of JK Rowling's writing style.<BR/><BR/>UKL: I have no great opinion of it. When so many adult critics were carrying on about the "incredible originality" of the first Harry Potter book, I read it to find out what the fuss was about, and remained somewhat puzzled; it seemed a lively kid's fantasy crossed with a "school novel", good fare for its age group, but stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited.Southern Oregon Animal Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216277573617739946noreply@blogger.com