[Petronski]

An early dust jacket design
by Tolkien himself.

[corkoman]

well...wait just a sec...first, thei could be a win-win situation as I have seen Harry twice now (I have several children) and it is an enjoyable flic. I will no doubt see LOTR several times. So...both winners in my book.

Yes, Rowling borrowed heavily from Tolkien as did Lucas in his Star Wars themes. But she wrote very engaging stories. While LOTR has depth and is rich, almost dense, with descriptive narration, the Harry Potter stories sacrifice depth for ease of reading. My 13 yo gave up Fellowship OTR after 10 pages.

I can't wait for LOTR to open!!