[Corin Stormhands]

This is an LA Times article so I didn't post the actual article.

When I saw the title "Fantasy, driven by reality" I thought the thread was about the LA Times...

I like the Potter series, but I really wish they would stop comparing them to LOTR.

[ksen]

I personally know nothing first hand about Potter, but all the comparisons between it and LoTR make me not like it.

I am a lifelong Red Sox fan. As a Red Sox fan I have a visceral dislike for the NY Yankees. I am starting to feel the same way about Potter.

We were watching FoTR at the dollar theatre one night and a dad came in a little late and sat down with his wife and kids. One of the little kids said to him, "Dad, they copied Harry Potter!" I wanted to scream at the kid.

It's actually kind of scarey. ;^)