Harry Potter

   Harry Potter is a [1]franchise and universe by an English [2]female writer
   J. K. Rowling about wizards and magic { like ACTUAL [3]wizards and
   [4]magic. ~drummyfish } that started in 1997 as an immensely successful
   series of seven children and young adult [5]books, was followed by movies
   and later on by many other spinoff media such as video [6]games. It made
   J. K. Rowling a billionaire and has become the most famous and successful
   book series of modern age. At first the books sparked controversies and
   opposition in religious communities for "promoting witchcraft", in recent
   years the universe and stories have become a subject of wider political
   analysis and [7]fights, as most other things. Commerce and politics
   destroyed it completely, anything new in the franchise is absolute
   garbage, but the original books are quite good.

   { I actually enjoyed the books -- they're not the best in the world, I've
   read many better ones that would better deserve this kind of attention,
   but still the work is admirable and of very high quality. There is of
   course tons of money in the franchise so it's getting raped and milked
   like any other IP capital, do not follow the new stuff. ~drummyfish }

   Plot summary: sorry, we're not writing a plot summary here, thank
   [8]copyright laws -- yes, [9]fair use allows us to do it but it would make
   us [10]non free :) Let's just say the story revolves around a boy named
   Harry Potter who goes to a wizard school with two friends and they're
   together saving the world from Lord Voldemort, the wizard equivalent of
   [11]Hitler. Overall the books start on a very light note and get
   progressively darker and more adult, turning into a story about "World War
   II but with magic wands instead of guns". It's pretty readable, with
   great, unique atmosphere, pleasant coziness and elements of many literary
   genres, there's nice humor and good ideas. Also the lore is very deep, but
   sometimes doesn't quite make sense (well, it was made by a woman).

See Also

     * [12]Lord Of The Rings

Links:
1. franchise.md
2. woman.md
3. wizard.md
4. magic.md
5. book.md
6. game.md
7. fight_culture.md
8. copyright.md
9. fair_use.md
10. free_culture.md
11. hitler.md
12. lotr.md