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2003-10-31 �People who maybe once felt obligated to pay attention to new books have donned the adult diapers of Harry Potter-worship. (Just recently a twenty-one-year-old Madrid woman burned her house down trying to concoct a potion in emulation of her hero.) For the more discerning, those who prefer existential complexity borne without the crutch of magic broomsticks, any number of self-reflexive cable dramas usually suffice."�- Sam Lipsyte, �The Mooing of The Ruminant� a review of Michel Houellebecq�s latest book in the September 2003 issue of �the Believer.� Ok, so people who read and enjoy Harry Potter are just big adult diapered infants shitting themselves who do not read anything else? And that Madrid woman must be a good example of the average adult who reads Harry Potter? And the rest of course would rather watch something as low as a �cable drama� instead of reading a �real� book. I thought the Believer was anti-snark? What a bunch of asses. previous next |