{"id":479,"date":"2005-08-03T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2005-08-03T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-03T21:35:00","slug":"479","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The Potter menace<\/strong><\/p>\n

To my mind, the best thing about the Harry Potter books is that kids like to read them, and I generally think that Reading is Good. But I never made the important connection noted by Christian blogger Dan Edelen: Wicca is the first world religion produced in the United Kingdom. J.K. Rowling lives in the UK also. It’s no coincidence<\/a>!<\/p>\n

As ever, don’t skip the comments.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: In a different sort of bitchfest, blogger Lindsay Beyerstein has all the links<\/a> on Terry Prachett’s denunciation of Rowling for not being a proper fantasy-genre writer.<\/p>\n

It really pisses [Pratchett and Neil Gaiman] off that such a huge commercial success isn’t counted squarely as a coup for the fantasy genre.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, they really don’t like the fact that a card carrying non-fanboy is kicking asses all over the best seller lists.<\/em> <\/p>\n

There is a sign on the border of every ghetto: “Sal si puedes<\/em>. Get out if you can.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Potter menace To my mind, the best thing about the Harry Potter books is that kids like to read them, and I generally think that Reading is Good. But I never made the important connection noted by Christian blogger Dan Edelen: Wicca is the first world religion produced in the United Kingdom. J.K. 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It was \"not a book-burning, but a holy bonfire,\" according to the church's founding pastor, Jack Brock.....On one side [of the street] were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"libraries\"","block_context":{"text":"libraries","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=libraries"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2036,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2036","url_meta":{"origin":479,"position":5},"title":"Still “Chasing Margaret”","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"November 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Years ago, during my research leading up to the writing of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America, I went through a period of fascination with science-fiction\/fantasy writer Margaret St. Clair (1911-1995), seeking her books on the SF shelves of used bookstores in various cities. 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