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jackHarry Potter is part of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle
* The philosopher's stone is a plot object in each, yet not presented as important as you'd think, by some sophistical hand-waving
* Both have plots fairly narritively satisfying to the extent you tend to not notice that logic is being torn assunder.
* Enoch Root adopted the guise of Nicholas Flamel, and later that of his "partner" Dumbledor. And once discovering alchemy/magic could be made to work practically and becoming headmaster and informal soul of it, continuing to meddle with everything both high and low, ignoring mundane conventions like laws in favour of assuring evil is defeated and knowledge is preserved.
* Harry is a Shaftoe, Hermione a Waterhouse. There's even a assonancey similarity.
* The philosopher's stone is a plot object in each, yet not presented as important as you'd think, by some sophistical hand-waving
* Both have plots fairly narritively satisfying to the extent you tend to not notice that logic is being torn assunder.
* Enoch Root adopted the guise of Nicholas Flamel, and later that of his "partner" Dumbledor. And once discovering alchemy/magic could be made to work practically and becoming headmaster and informal soul of it, continuing to meddle with everything both high and low, ignoring mundane conventions like laws in favour of assuring evil is defeated and knowledge is preserved.
* Harry is a Shaftoe, Hermione a Waterhouse. There's even a assonancey similarity.
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Date: 2005-11-09 01:58 pm (UTC)To some extent. But there are some wonderful pasages (eg. Dappa and Peer) which are worthy of Three Men in a Boat, and quite a lot of it seems to be said with a wink.
But yes, I don't suppose he would really like being compared to JKR.
He hates smileys too.
Though seems to be less sure now?
I added you... hope you don't mind.
Of course not. *reciprocates*