Potter Mania: Are you still not in?

Harry Potter: the boy with the mark. There must be very few of our generation who are not hit by Potter mania. If you are one of those unlucky ones, I would say you are missing something in life. Some of my friends say that it is for kids and they are too proud being grown up. I do not mind that as I have always enjoyed being a kid and I will always have a kid alive in my heart. And whenever I read HP, I feel something special. It is a fiction so well written that no wonder we have so many HP fans. It has become a religion.

Here are some of the websites from HP fans which would give you a good idea on how much people can research about their favorite subject:

http://www.mugglenet.com/
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/
http://dumbledoreisnotdead.com/introduction.html

Are these people crazy? Many would say that. But I really love these websites. This shows how much of imagination one can come up with by a good piece of fiction. The best part of the books is that they are very well planned and you can hardly find any fault with the whole story. Of course, some fans are too good with finding some minor glitches. And what I love most is the kind of speculations that go on about what is going to happen next. It might not last long as there is only one more book left as JKR has always maintained that there are only seven and she will have nothing to write after that. But as long as it is still a mystery, I would never stop enjoying the theories HP fans come up with.

There are a lot of arguments on which book is the best. My personal best is POA because that was the first I read, but I enjoy the connections between books much more. So, I would never rate any particular book in the series. And as the wait grows for each book, we tend to expect more and more. And it is not fair for new books to be judged against the initial ones which I had just picked up because I had nothing else to read at that time.

If you are still waiting to read HP, do not think that it is for kids. Just grab your copy and enjoy this timeless classic. I would say only one thing to conclude: If the world comes to an end and in the new era if we find these books and are able to decode them, there is nothing which can stop up from thinking that there existed a magical world of witches and wizards. I find it no different from Mahabharata and Ramayana in terms of quality of fiction. That calls for another debate which I would avoid as I know that it is not going to be accepted by everyone out there and I like to stay out of trouble.