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Old 02-24-2012, 12:02 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
Potter may have been mediocre, but it did breathe new life into fantasy the way Star Wars helped sci-fi. I doubt we'd have had the wide spectrum of fantasy available today if she hadn't published it.

Sometimes a mediocre work at the right time is better than a masterpiece at the wrong one.
I never thought much of Star Wars as sci-fi, although as fantasy and allegory it had a certain appeal.
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