Time Magazine is once again considering who they will name as their Person of the Year, and have now launched a new online poll for readers to vote. Among those eligible for consideration this year is Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. The magazine writes:
Pro: Finished a seven-book epic that will be read by children (and lots of adults) for generations to come. Slowly creeping up on Agatha Christie as the most read author not named Shakespeare. Con: Seventh book wasn’t her best, and hard to argue she was the most important person of 2007.”
At the time of this post, former US Vice-President and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore is leading the voting, with US Senator Barack Obama and Apple’s Steve Job next in line.
Yeah, the 7th was by far the best! how can they make that a “con” :( But somehow, I really sont think JK will win but she should be honoured to be nominated in the first place.
Posted by Professor Potter on November 08, 2007, 05:40 PM
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I agree!! I thought the 7th was the best of them all. I wish it just kept going. I have read it 7 times and I am 37 years old. I think I need therapy though. There are many new good books I should consider since I love to read, however, I pick it up and start all over again everytime I am finished, perhaps hoping to catch something I may have missed before. Congratulations Jo!
After Time did that dumb “everyone is the person of the year!” thing last year, Jo deserves to win it this year. Why can’t an author be important? And, in my opinion, the 7th is the best by far.
Deathly Hallows has transcended every literary experience I ever had, especially my emotional literary experiences.
I doubt that people at Time will ever really understand HP.
And didn’t Leaky report earlier this year that the seventh book is now the general favorite of HP fans? It wouldn’t be the favorite, if it wasn’t the best. PFF.
Half Blood Prince and Prisoner of Azkaban were by far the highlights of the series so I agree with the “not her best comment”. Deathly Hallow was soooo heavy in the middle (yawn!). But there would never be another time to give her that award than now so I would vote for her
The seventh book is by far the best one of the series, in fact I think it rather overshadows the rest of the books its so good. It replaced The Chosen as my favorite book of all time it was so good.
I agree with Niker. Half-Blood Prince and Prisoner of Azkaban are the best written books of the series. Deathly Hallows is of course good too, but it could’ve been much better.
She so deserves to be nominated, for not just her writing but her compassion and work for charities. Good for you Jo