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Lexicon case links & info - Round 'em up
Just to get a jump on wikipedia or whatnot, and to help elfwreck in her awesomesauce plans to spreadsheet organize the case docs, I thought we might start a list of (a) media coverage. Also helpful, the (b) dramatis personae, as some folks have already gotten some of the names confused. The following are mainly sites and sources I've been reading, but hardly the only ones. In addition, many newspapers around the globe this week have run the AP stories with variations and, often, additions. Some particular versions have more interesting bits than others.
Please link other helpful sources, news and blogs and what have you - and oh yes, more on the people! -in the comments, and we'll get it run into this post. TIA!
Elfwreck's going to take a whack at the big task of compiling a list of what all those legal documents *are* ezzackly, what each covers, and where the sugarplums are tucked in. Some of the topics that this case revolves around that are of interest to fandom:
"It means setting aside my children and everything. These characters meant so much to me, and continue to mean so much to me, over such a long period of time. It’s very difficult for someone who is not a writer to understand. The closest I can come is to say to someone, ‘How do you feel about your child?'"Who says tabloids aren't perceptive? Fortunately, real-life courtrooms make decisions based on law, not mother love and fan ratings. But don't miss the photo, and 20 points to Hufflepuff for spotting the fallacy. But 10 points from the Huffs for thinking it works! Rita Skeeter and the judge have both seen this one before.
Perez Hilton asks: How's the other side going to top THAT testimony?!
They predict a struggle, because "Mommas fight for their children and J.K., who is worth a billion, has plenty to throw into the battle.
The librarian, Steven Jan Vander Ark, had the mild-mannered demeanor of Ron Weasley, and the intelligence, charm — and haircut — of Harry Potter. Even his name sounds like that of a character in one of the books, if preceded by 'Lord' or 'Master.'
At 50, Vander Ark looks far younger than his years. He wears boyish glasses and has a full head of hair parted down the middle. He speaks with a soft, librarian’s tone, as if reading to a group of children. A few Potter fans sitting behind the Law Blog mentioned that Vander Ark looks a little like Potter himself, and though we wouldn’t have made the comparison ourselves, we have to say we agree.Well, whichever journo it was (or those HP fans, who will probably regret ever saying that if JKR's Army catches up with them), perhaps the most indelible image from this trial is not the elegant, earnest creator of Harry Potter but that she's suing a "Harry Potter look-alike." So goes it in journalism. All of these reporters may have earned a Troll in Harry Potter knowledge, especially knowledge of its fandom politics, but they know the politics of catchy writing. What's compelling is when even FW agrees, with side-by-side comparison pictures.
Joyce, James. Dubliners. Oxford World's Classics. Ed. Jeri Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2000. Includes text of Dubliners edited by Robert Scholes, plus an extensive introduction, apparatus, and notes.