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FROM: LaVista <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 5/2/01, 12:11 PM

Calling all Fiction_L'ers,
A patron is asking about a new book he heard about (or saw?) recently
while in England. He said it is likened to the Harry Potter books, but the
hero/main character was not a school boy. He said it was maybe a little
more Sci-Fi, and would appeal to adults. He also said the authors last
name was "...something like Thatcher or Fletcher." I found one called
"Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer that sounds pretty close, except the
character is a 12 year old boy. Any other ideas?
Susan Lavista
Westhampton Free Library

FROM: "Lynn K. Silence" <[removed]@imail.slcl.lib.mo.us>
REC'D: 5/2/01, 12:21 PM

Could he be thinking about Terry Pratchett? I got clobbered by a Pratchett
devotee the last time I mentioned that I thought there was a similarity in
Harry Potter and the Discworld, but I still think so!

lks


At 01:06 PM 5/2/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Calling all Fiction_L'ers,
>A patron is asking about a new book he heard about (or saw?) recently
>while in England. He said it is likened to the Harry Potter books, but the
>hero/main character was not a school boy. He said it was maybe a little
>more Sci-Fi, and would appeal to adults. He also said the authors last
>name was "...something like Thatcher or Fletcher." I found one called
>"Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer that sounds pretty close, except the
>character is a 12 year old boy. Any other ideas?
>Susan Lavista
>Westhampton Free Library
>
>
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Lynn K. Silence Manager, Collection Development
St. Louis County Library
300 Clarkson Road Ellisville, Missouri 63011
Voice: 636-227-1138 Fax: 636-227-9632
"In the beginning there was the book, and the book inspired
and angered others to write books, and when the people could
no longer cope...they begat libraries, and the Lord said, 'I don't
know what else we can do.' " Anonymous

FROM: "Scott, Patricia (LIB)" <[removed]@omaha.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 5/2/01, 1:04 PM

Probably thinking of "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer. See review in USA Today
5/1/01 p. 1D

-----Original Message-----
From: LaVista [[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:07 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Harry Potter read-alike


Calling all Fiction_L'ers,
A patron is asking about a new book he heard about (or saw?) recently
while in England. He said it is likened to the Harry Potter books, but the
hero/main character was not a school boy. He said it was maybe a little
more Sci-Fi, and would appeal to adults. He also said the authors last
name was "...something like Thatcher or Fletcher." I found one called
"Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer that sounds pretty close, except the
character is a 12 year old boy. Any other ideas?
Susan Lavista
Westhampton Free Library

FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@olatheks.org>
REC'D: 5/2/01, 4:32 PM

Thank you, Lynn
I, too, thought there was more than passing resemblance between the
Discworld
and Harry. (And I've read and loved them both.)

Donna Jo Atwood
Reference Librarian
Olathe (KS) Public Library


-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Lynn K. Silence
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:14 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Harry Potter read-alike


Could he be thinking about Terry Pratchett? I got clobbered by a Pratchett
devotee the last time I mentioned that I thought there was a similarity in
Harry Potter and the Discworld, but I still think so!

lks


At 01:06 PM 5/2/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Calling all Fiction_L'ers,
>A patron is asking about a new book he heard about (or saw?) recently
>while in England. He said it is likened to the Harry Potter books, but the
>hero/main character was not a school boy. He said it was maybe a little
>more Sci-Fi, and would appeal to adults. He also said the authors last
>name was "...something like Thatcher or Fletcher." I found one called
>"Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer that sounds pretty close, except the
>character is a 12 year old boy. Any other ideas?
>Susan Lavista
>Westhampton Free Library
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
>
Lynn K. Silence Manager, Collection Development
St. Louis County Library
300 Clarkson Road Ellisville, Missouri 63011
Voice: 636-227-1138 Fax: 636-227-9632
"In the beginning there was the book, and the book inspired
and angered others to write books, and when the people could
no longer cope...they begat libraries, and the Lord said, 'I don't
know what else we can do.' " Anonymous

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