Re:Any opinions of Harry Potter?

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Re: Re:Any opinions of Harry Potter?

Sam: just because Peeves has wooly toes, doesn't mean he's a hobbit. Admitedly, I'm not that familiar with HP, but I'm pretty certain Rowling never mentions the word 'hobbit'. And if he had wooly toes, he could just be a nice, innocent woolly mammoth. <img src=wink.gif ALT="">

As for comparing the Dementors to the Black Riders - you could, but then, you could also say that they're pretty Star Wars-ish too.

Anything can be linked back to Tolkien if you try hard enough, and similarities don't mean plaigarism (spelling?). Isaac Asimov once wrote an essay about that - it's in Gold I think - where he deals pretty well with the topic.

(Oh, not to sound like a major HP freak, but is Tolkien's writing so much 'superior', as different in style and content?)

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