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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Pratchett takes swipe at Rowling
Terry Pratchet slamming the medias sole interest in the HP series to the detriment of the rest of the fantasy novel business
he also questions whether JKR actually got her genres correct in her head :
and is this perhaps delusions of grandeur???
oh dear! as time rolls on and historians are left to delve into the snippets of information to collate a larger picture of the phenomena, does anyone feel the whole thing slipping insubstantially between their fingers yet?
Terry Pratchet slamming the medias sole interest in the HP series to the detriment of the rest of the fantasy novel business
he also questions whether JKR actually got her genres correct in her head :
He also expressed surprise at Rowling's comments that she only realised Harry Potter was fantasy after the first book was published.
"I'm not the world's greatest expert," he wrote.
"But I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, hidden worlds, jumping chocolate frogs, owl mail, magic food, ghosts, broomsticks and spells would have given her a clue?"
and is this perhaps delusions of grandeur???
Meanwhile, Rowling celebrated reaching 40 on Sunday, the same day she has given as her young creation's birthday.
oh dear! as time rolls on and historians are left to delve into the snippets of information to collate a larger picture of the phenomena, does anyone feel the whole thing slipping insubstantially between their fingers yet?