The Harry Potter stories and movies have a big group of followers all over the world
June 5, 2009 by
I am deeply amazed by the heavy worldwide success of the Harry Potter stories. The Harry Potter novels were written by the UK author J.K. Rowling. She saw the light of day on 31 July 1965. Her complete name is Joanne Rowling. But she writes under the pseudonym J.K. Rowling because primarily her publishing company considered it was a beneficial idea to hide the matter that she is a woman. The publishing house feared it could have a negative effect on the sales figures if everybody immediately sees that the writer was female. Thus, instead of showing her first name she used two initials. As she has no middle name she picked Kathleen as basis for the K. in her pseudonym. Kathleen is the name of her paternal grandmother.
The very first Harry Potter novel – Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone – was released mid 1997 in the UK. Very mentionable is the point that only one thousand units of the first book were printed at the beginning. The original title of the book was not Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, but Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. But when the story was published to the United States market in the year 1998, it was published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
After that J.K. invented some more Harry Potter novels. Now the Harry Potter series is made of a total of seven novels. These are:
- Story 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
- Story 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Story 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Story 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Story 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Story 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Story 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter novels have been translated into over sixty-five languages and have been published all over the world. Besides the big success in the United States and the United Kingdom, Harry Potter is also noticeably renowned in Germany. The Harry Potter novels have been published to German readers under those titles:
- Book 1: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen
- Book 2: Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens
- Book 3: Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
- Book 4: Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch
- Book 5: Harry Potter und der Orden des Phoenix
- Book 6: Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz
- Book 7: Harry Potter und die Heiligtuemer des Todes
I must admit that I did not have the opportunity to read all those stories. But there are readers who know them all, which is quite fascinating and contributes to the tremendous success.
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Schaut euch 'Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz (Band 6)' von Joanne K. Rowling (Gebunden… mal an!
A long time ago I read the first 3, too much magic spellcasting bullshit for me.
Some people claim that George W Bush is responsible for planning and executing the terrorist attacks of 9-11.
Some people claim that George W Bush is a moron with an IQ less than zero.
Can they both be correct?
I think that neither is correct.
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Have you seen the Popular Mechanics magazine article "Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report", (March 2005 issue)?
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Also I would like you to look at an article written by an Air Force Officer at Eielson AFB about a meeting that took place when President Bush visited Eielson.
The Eielson base paper (pdf format) for the date Aug 22, 2008 is on page three titled "The Value of Service":
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After reading this do you think that anyone who reads this could still think that President Bush is a cold hearted SOB, and capable of attacking his own citizens?
NOT A CHANCE
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Dear Mr. Booth,
In your remedy to the United States Vs. America problem you yourself have committed the same crime. To refer to the United States as United Statesians as opposed to Americans would be to usurp the title United States from other countries who use it, such as the United States of Mexico. If we are to take Mexico as an example, it would make sense to follow their grammatical structure. United States of Mexico = Mexico therefore, the United States of America = America.
Regards,
Jake
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Dion expressed allegiance to Elizabeth the Second.
Elizabeth the Second is not Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, contrary to the requirement in this Fifth Schedule, which states:
“Oath of Allegiance
I A.B. do swear, That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
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[...] This excerpt about the author J.K. Rowling, of the popular Harry Potter series, from today's The Writers Almanac, by Garrison Keillor, is, I think, a very good example for folks that are down on their luck to ponder: It's the birthday of children's fantasy writer J.K. Rowling, (books by this author) born Joanne Rowling in Yate, England (1965). Rowling grew up in rural England. She tried writing a couple of novels, but never finished them. One day … Read More [...]
You don't know Britain very well… many of us in cities don't have cars as public transport is so good we don't need them. In London they are a positive disadvantage. Plenty of local shops act as Western Union offices and in London, whoever you want to send it to could probably walk to one. Otherwise, as I said in my answer to your previous question, use insured post.
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Sure. A religious allegory about the ignorance of materialism represents a lot of religious people. (WTF?)
That's like saying that Animal Farm represents a lot of capitalists.
Hola amo a Joanne Rowling y a Suzanne Collins(: