clive james on jo rowling

[ewein2412]

"my teeth are so tightly gritted in a smile of good sportsmanship that tiny fragments of enamel are given off into the atmosphere"

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[marguerlucy.livejournal.com]

Ms. Wein.

I feel the same way about many of my successful collegues. And Patti Lupone.

Incidently, even though I could tell from how many pages I had left that I WASN'T going to find out Telemakos' fate before I finished, it was still shocking to see the last page and have to put it down with no answers.

So tell me who I need to pinch to get the last book out soon! (you? *pinch!*)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many people read that and have no clue who 'Biggles' is?
(or Algy and Ginger, for that matter.)

Someone quoted Wilde a few moths ago....this is a paraphrase...
"Every time one of my friend's succeeds, I die a little."

I think it's just human nature, more than anything else. ;o)

[sovay]

You are back!

Personally I miss Biggles.

Hee.

[marith.livejournal.com]

Even though I'm not into the HP books myself, my first reaction reading that article was pity for Clive James. To have had the elfin whimsy drummed out of you! How sad and limiting.

[firiel44.livejournal.com]

How sad that he can't enjoy a little fantasy now and then. He almost lost my sympathy altogether with anti-Tolkien ranting, but it's just sad that he can't even enjoy a bit of Narnia without thinking it's endlessly silly.

I will studiously avoid all reviews to not be spoiled. I know it's worth it without reading any silly reviews. Being the newbie librarian, I get review journals well past their original usefulness anyway.