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[demeter918]

Good god people.

Criticizing JK Rowling is not an act of unforgivable evil.

In reference to this.

Edit: And for the record, I hadn't even heard of Yolen before now. Being an obsessive fan is fine and all (I'm one myself), but if it gets to the point where you cannot tolerate even the idea of someone saying something unflattering about your particular obsession, then it's something to be worried about.

Edit2: As long as, you know, it doesn't apply to me. Hypocrisy and all that jazz.

Edit3: Oh, why do I bother?

Comments

[simmysim.livejournal.com]

I think making an accusation of plagiarism is a bit more than just criticism. o.0;

[autophanous.livejournal.com]

GodDAMN, HP fen. JKR is not the be-all and end-all of children's literature.

Get over yourselves.

[traykor.livejournal.com]

Yolen and I have met on many occasions (she never misses a librarian conference), and this is typical of her rather dry sense of humor. Also, as the author of several hundred books with more literary awards than most folks have written books, she's entitled to be a bit snarky about the fact that Rowling gets so much glory for so short a career. Not every one of her books is great (I didn't care for Wizard's Hall), some are wonderful.
I'll note that Ursula LeGuin has also given a snarky answer to that question. It seems every interview with a children's book author these days has to include a reference to Harry Potter, especially if you have a wizard school (Ged goes to a Wizard school in Wizard of Earthsea, written in 1968). LeGuin is usually so much more reserved than that too, which is why it was surprising. So is Yolen for that matter

[blunder-buss.livejournal.com]

What about the other way around? If you're a militant Harmonian, praising JKR means you're a mindless sheep and you can't appreciate the TRUE LOVE of Hr/H.

HP = craziest fandom. Ever. Period.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is frustrating. And Jane Yolen was writing children's fantasy LONG before 1991, since I first saw one of her stories on Reading Rainbow in like 5th grade. :p

[thatgirljamie.livejournal.com]

The HP fandom is scary. Someone committed suicide because he found out a spoiler for the Harry Potter books.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Bleh, another tempest in a teapot.

Yolen's pretty good. A little hit and miss, but I've liked most of what I've read of her work. And yes, by all means, read Briar Rose. It's excellent. Very haunting.

[lokechild.livejournal.com]

It's due to the publicity. If the media didn't make such a big deal out of the last two HP books, I don't think this crazy shit would happen, really.

I hate the fandom, and you can thank both the media and all the crappy BNF's out there.