How do you know that JKR writes them for kids? Dr Seuss just claimed that he wrote good literature that kids as well as adults liked!
Further, the target is irrelevant - since the stories are good fantasy, which is a branch of SF, they are winners. (Yes, I've read Heinlein, Asimov, ANderson, etc. as well as Analog.)
P.S. Maybe the kids have too much sense to waste time on Stephen King.
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How do you know that JKR writes them for kids? Dr Seuss just claimed that he wrote good literature that kids as well as adults liked! Further, the target is irrelevant - since the stories are good fantasy, which is a branch of SF, they are winners. (Yes, I've read Heinlein, Asimov, ANderson, etc. as well as Analog.) P.S. Maybe the kids have too much sense to waste time on Stephen King.