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View Poll Results: So? "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"?
Harry who?	3	12.00%
It's juvenile simplistic claptrap, why should I pay attention?	8	32.00%
Yeah I read it but I figured all the high-powered intellects at The Cellar would look down on it	6	24.00%
I've read the books, didn't like them	0	0%
I bought my copy at midnight Friday night & devoured it immediately	8	32.00%
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07-15-2003, 05:21 PM

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Happy Monkey

I think this line's mostly filler.

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Critique

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Originally posted by Whit
     I believe I said it was a kids book. Not that it wasn't literature. I believe it qualifies. The point stands that it's not meant to stand up to the same level of critique.

Has anyone ever read The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner? Children's books are perfectly legitimate targets of critique. One may forgive a children's book for an uncomplicated plot, but if there are plot problems, they deserve critical attention.

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