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<font size=3>At 11:09 AM 8/5/2011, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:05 AM,
James B. Jordan <jbjordan4@cox.net> wrote:<br><br>
> It is IMO clearly
Harry Potter Book 8. The kids are one year older.<br>
> The setting is different, of course, yet similar, with math for
magick; and<br>
> the characters are very similar. Think of it in those terms and you
might<br>
> like it better.<br><br>
H'mmm. I would never have thought of that but it sort of
works.</font></blockquote><br>
I'm about as certain as I can be that it was deliberate. The Potter books
advance year by year, and these kids are one year older. And there are
other pointers. If he were not intending that, it is certainly a
coincidence.<br><br>
Jim Jordan, who was once a Nutria<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>I really enjoyed
Anathem for what it was -- an alternate-world novel<br>
with a reasonably interesting premise. When the (spoily)s show up it<br>
weakens the story a bit.<br><br>
-- <br>
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<br>
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