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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling - http://bookreviews.nabou.com/reviews/harry_potter_book_1.html
Review by Kristyn Starr at nabou.com. |
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Harry Potter Fans Detect Devilish Discrepancy - http://archive.salon.com/books/log/2000/07/24/potter/
Garth Johnston's Salon Magazine article on possible discrepancies in the Harry Potter series. |
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Besotted With Potter - http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/safire/012700safi.html
William Safire New York Times essay on why he thinks J. K. Rowling not winning a top literary prize was the right thing. Registration required. |
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'Potter' Web fans organize boycott - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-02-22-potter.htm
USA Today article about the reaction to lawyers trying to shut down Harry Potter fan sites. |
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Harry Potter, the Closet Wizard - http://slate.com/id/37736/
Recycled in Slate: In South Carolina, the state board of education is considering whether the popular Harry Potter children's books should be banned from school libraries because of their upbeat depiction of witchcraft, wizardry, and other dark arts. |
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Harry Potter Hanky-Panky - http://archives.cnn.com/2001/books/news/01/12/salon.potter/
Book publishers' furtive change of a key detail in "The Goblet of Fire" has fans buzzing. |
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Harry Potter Banned from Paper's Bestseller List - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3884000,00.html
Guardian Unlimited article on why Harry Potter books are not included in the Sunday Times bestseller list. |
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The Sorcerers' Apprentice - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4035464,00.html
Where did Harry learn his trade? Giles Foden gives a short history of wizards in literature. From The Guardian. |
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Second time's still a charm - http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2001-07-17-sorcerers-stone.htm
USA Today review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Cathy Hainer. |
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And Alice Played a Video Game - http://www.english-literature.org/essays/alice_video.html
A study of the relationship between children's fantasy adventure stories and interactive computer games of American McGee's Alice and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. |