tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1563324107172744550..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Logic of Magic - C.J. BusbyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70097824060815815342013-04-01T12:06:02.593+01:002013-04-01T12:06:02.593+01:00Thanks, all, for comments - I know what you mean, ...Thanks, all, for comments - I know what you mean, Emma, that JKR is similar to DWJ in that it gives children the possibility of being special/powerful - and I do really enjoy Harry Potter, for lots of reasons - extreme inventiveness with little details of the magical world, and humour, being just two. Still, the idea that spells can miss, so that wands are reduced to being a bit like guns, always went against my idea of how magic worked.C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65856230391512308632013-03-31T20:00:08.765+01:002013-03-31T20:00:08.765+01:00An interesting post! I love DWJ too, and it seems...An interesting post! I love DWJ too, and it seems to me that one of the appealing things about the magic in her books is that is can bestow power on the otherwise relatively powerful - ie children. This might be because they are an enchanter, but also might be because they are lucky (or unlucky) enough to be given a magic chemistry set.<br /><br />The magic in Harry Potter doesn't seem that different - in that it still means that an apparently powerless child like Harry can turn out to be far more powerful and "special" than the apparently stronger adults who are oppressing him...Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62510126584800388722013-03-31T16:11:21.009+01:002013-03-31T16:11:21.009+01:00That feeling that magic might just be there, seen ...That feeling that magic might just be there, seen out of the corner of your eye - and the observation that the real excitement is when there's a sense that the most powerful magic is innate - absolutely! the illustrations to your books look great, by the way... Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69649363189222484452013-03-31T13:17:42.907+01:002013-03-31T13:17:42.907+01:00A wonderful analysis of the many varieties of magi...A wonderful analysis of the many varieties of magic - including all thoughts and comments on the HP version. Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67399365695310726112013-03-31T09:19:17.982+01:002013-03-31T09:19:17.982+01:00A very interesting post.
I think you put your fi...A very interesting post. <br /><br />I think you put your finger on something with the Harry Potter series, there. There's a fundamental elitism (wizards/muggles), but vying with that is a sense that success is an index of hard work. I know I'm not the first to note that there's something very New Labour about HP - or the Blair Wizard project (publication of the first and last books coincide almost to the month with the beginning and end of Blair's premiership) - and that may be part of it.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.com