XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien, alt.fan.harry-potter   
   From: dthierbach@usenet.arcornews.de   
      
   Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
   > What attracted my attention, however, was the statement that   
   >      But Rowling, like Sayers, is frequently described as an   
   >    ?honorary Inkling?, or said to be following in the   
   >    tradition of the Inklings. The latter is certainly true.   
   >   
   > Is Rowling really 'following in the tradition of the Inklings'?   
      
   I guess to answer this question one would first have to agree what   
   this "tradition" is in the first place.   
      
   In a very loose sense, the appeal of Harry Potter is the same as   
   LotR or Narnia -- a subcreated world, where this subcreation is used   
   to say something fundamental about human nature. But that does apply   
   to lots of SF and F.   
      
   In a more strict sense, there are less similarities.   
      
   > In this particular blog entry, Jason is invoking Charles Williams,   
   > [1] Jason Fisher, _Lingwë - Musings of a Fish_, "J.K. Rowling among   
   >    the Inklings", Friday, October 8, 2010   
   >     
      
   What he gets hung up on (an "unplottable" house) looks like a common   
   "gimmick": I can think of several SF/F works with "invisible" houses;   
   the Wandering Magic Shop is proabably an instance, of this, too; and I   
   wouldn't be surprised if there are fairy tales with a similar idea.   
      
   - Dirk   
      
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