On 1 August 2007, I was still reeling from having read Deathly Hallows in a marathon reading session a little over a week before, and was recovering from my shock and disappointment. As I was reading, I kept waiting for the book to get better, kept waiting for it to feel like the Harry Potter series I had come to know and love. Continue reading
I was excited to see that PlaidPooka is back after a bit of a hiatus (four years, actually), and she is updating her fabulous fic, The Price of Madness again. If you’ve not read The Price of Madness and you enjoy HP fanfiction, please give it a read. She has wonderful dialogue and an inventive mind that produced an intriguing “Book 7″ alternative path. The publication of that “other Book 7″ played havoc with Pooka’s Muse, apparently, but she’s back. The Price of Madness is very nearly finished, so you’ll have a really good read ahead of you! Enjoy! Continue reading
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Yeah, I’d been drooling over Kindles. Now I have even more reason to want one: Google Books and Kindle to get ‘Harry Potter’ series | Signal Strength – CNET News. How cool would it be to have all the books … Continue reading
“Oi! Ernie! Look at all them Muggles queuein’ up! Must be something big!” BBC News – Fans queue to see the final Harry Potter film. Did you queue? Choose not to queue? If you saw the movie, what did you … Continue reading
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Harry Potter and the Linguistic Innovator | OxfordWords blog
and character naming in canon and in fanfiction
I want to share this interesting article from the OxfordWords blog about JKR’s use of language in Harry Potter. The author, Adam Pulford, discusses everything from Rowling’s use of “real” mythological beasts and creating her own, to her use of Latin for spells, to the creation of new terms using familiar English words (e.g., “Mudblood”), to the way she evokes a medieval and obscure world through use of words that are — or sound as if they should be — from an older variety of English.
One thing that I found particularly amusing and very true was a remark the author made regarding the different kinds of names Rowling chose for her characters. Pulford says: Continue reading →
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