Pratchett Unhappy with Rowling
Jul. 31st, 2005 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperxYou know, while I'm sure that it's partly founded in envy, I can understand some of Pratchett's pissiness at Rowling making comments such as:
Pratchett Speaks about Rowling
Wha-huh? It's not like she INVENTED wizards in the present or fantasy in the present. I read "Wizard of Seattle" years before Harry Potter. And I know that there are tons of other books that tread those grounds. I suppose Rowling is right, she really isn't a fan of the genre.
Pratchett Speaks about Rowling
In a recent interview with Time magazine, Rowling said she was "not a huge fan of fantasy" and was trying to "subvert" the genre.
The magazine also said Rowling reinvented fantasy fiction, which was previously stuck in "an idealised, romanticised, pseudofeudal world, where knights and ladies morris-dance to Greensleeves".
Wha-huh? It's not like she INVENTED wizards in the present or fantasy in the present. I read "Wizard of Seattle" years before Harry Potter. And I know that there are tons of other books that tread those grounds. I suppose Rowling is right, she really isn't a fan of the genre.
