Pottermore leak

[karentheunicorn.livejournal.com]

Pottermore, if the yahoo info below is true apparently it's a online game...why am I not surprised - IF it is a game, who wants to take a wild guess they want us to pay to play it.

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/792-report-j-k-rowling-to-unveil-harry-potter-online-game

Comments

[mmmarcusz.livejournal.com]

Did Rowling ever get any 'real' criticism? From bona fide critics or other writers?

Harold Bloom, AS Byatt, UK LeGuin and Anthony Holden all criticised it.

[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

Really? I totally missed them in all the furore. I'll have to go look them up. Thanks!

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

So did Madeleine L'Engle - and L'Engle and LeGuin are two of my literary heroines. LeGuin famously said the books were mean-spirited; L'Engle said that there just was no depth to them - they lacked substance. I think both of them were right, in retrospect.

[condwiramurs.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, definitely. I always loved their work and had the feeling from how they dealt with issues in their own stories that they wouldn't buy into the hype, but my respect for them just continues to increase. LeGuin in particular is a huge heroine for me ('The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' will always be with me.)