I love Fantasy.. and Sci Fi, and Fantasy…. LOL. I really love Harry Potter. I think the Harry Potter books and movies did for Fantasy what Star Wars did for Science Fiction. Or maybe it’s just my perception.. when I was a kid (and even now) I loved Science Fiction and Fantasy. I have always loved Fantasy more so, thinking that maybe I was magical once, in a formal life or in a parallel universe, and now my magic is gone and I wish I had it again. Though when I was a kid I was picked on relentlessly for liking both Sci Fi and Fantasy. So when Star Wars came out and everyone loved it, I felt… vindicated somehow, if that makes sense. Sci Fi is good stuff!

Harry Potter is Quality

Now I feel vindicated about Fantasy as well. See, Fantasy is good! As has been proven with Harry Potter. The Harry Potter phenomenon has crossed all sorts of cultures and societies. From kids to adults, many millions of people have jumped on the Harry Potter train (errr.. that would be the Hogwarts express, would it not?) and the world has been swept away by magic, owls, broomsticks, butterbeer, and wands. When I was a kid I thought wands were kinda dorky, not as ‘cool’ as staffs, but now I think wands are just as fun (and yes I do own one thankyouverymuch!).

Harry Potter Swept the World

Harry Potter is not only in English anymore, it has been translated into 67 languages! I wonder if that’s a record (that is according to Wikipedia, of course). Wow that’s amazing. So Harry is all over the world enriching people’s lives and giving them new worlds to explore and learn about, and enjoy.

JK Rowlings has done an amazing job as an author. With each book that comes out, I wonder if it will be as quality as the last. And it is. I’m impressed. Much too often do we find sequels get worse and worse as their numbers increase. But not so with Harry Potter. I have loved each one. Though Book Five, Order of the Phoenix, is my favorite book, while so far Movie Three, Prisoner of Azkaban, is my favorite movie. (You know if you misspell a name from Harry Potter in Google, it’ll give you the correct spelling of the name. How popular is that?)

Harry Potter Characters

The Characters in Harry Potter are people which you cannot help but to love. From old (how old is he anyway?) Dumbledore (his name is an old Devonshire word for “bumblebee” per Wikipedia), to Colin Creevey, the annoying kid with the camera who followed Harry Potter around in his second year… all the characters are full of life, spunk, and wonder. It makes me look around my own world and try to see the extraordinary in ordinary people.

Book Seven is Coming

July 2007 marks the coming of book seven, the last book in the Harry Potter Series. It’s going to hit the market like a nuclear warhead… well, though not with destruction, hopefully, but lots of fun and love instead. I am thinking of going to the book release, but I’m also thinking of buying the book online. http://harrypotterthedeathlyhallows.net/ will be donating $1 of every purchase of their sales to two charities, Save The Children and The Global Literacy Project. So that is an awesome place to support. And time is running out, so really I need to buy soon! So that I can get the book on release day, close myself in my house, and read it straight through until the end.

I am dying to know what happens! What do you think about book Seven?

On this day..

• Deja Vu - 2008
• Lucid Dreaming - 2007
• Relaxed - 2007