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Harry Potter Wins Hugo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-little-strange dept.

H.I. McDonnough writes "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling has won the Hugo for best novel. I'll refrain from commenting." I read the 2nd and 3rd Harry Potter books last week and they are just wonderful stories. I'm looking forward to reading this one. But a Hugo for SciFi Achievement? I have a hard time calling Potter stories Sci-Fi. But then again, since SF and Fantasy are often so blurred together, it probably is worth it. And anything that can get kids to read (or for that matter, get me to read a dead-tree version of anything) is good by me. And if you haven't read any Harry Potter books, then you aren't qualified to complain ;)

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  1. Okily Dokily! by DEATH+AND+HATRED · · Score: 1, Funny

    From The Simpsons...

    Ned Flanders reading Harry Potter to his children:

    "And Harry Potter and all his friends went to hell for practicing witchcraft!"

    Flanders children: Hurray!

  2. Hugo just inverted Clarke's assumption by Pac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any suficient advanced magic is indistinguishable
    from technology

  3. Nevertheless, by uriyan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Three books went into /dev/null
    Seven were lost due to a fire
    Nine were left inside a hole
    One remains to rule them all

    One book that bests them all
    One book to grind them,
    One book will stay when most are sold,
    And in oblivion bind them.

  4. Re:A Better Choice by graxrmelg · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but Pullman gives the impression that he's really trying to discuss the "fundamental truths" (though it's not surprising if his books are more pedagogical seeing as he used to be a teacher).

    My my, the assumptions we make. It's not him, it's her.

    Philip Pullman is a her? Well, she certainly sounded male when I heard her on the radio a while back, and the interview seemed to think Pullman was male too. Perhaps her parents should have given her a more feminine name. But I guess we'd all better watch our assumptions.

  5. Harry Potter is Devil Worship by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 2, Funny
    While I disagree with that statement, you can get the "facts" over at WorldNetDaily:


    "Potter books: Wicked witchcraft? New documentary claims tales lead kids to the occult"


    And the "documentary" video, of course.


    It is to giggle.


    Bob-

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