[bksvol-discuss] New Version of Harry Parody Available

  • From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:53:47 -0700

Dear Listers,

I'm just writing to mention that Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody has been added to the collection. This version replaces one rated only "good". I scanned and read through it completely, as did the validator; so it is of extremely high quality.

Short and Long synopses follow. I need add little about the book here, for they do a great job of describing it. Unfortunately, the badly written synopsis of the original has not been replaced by the new ones. That's one bug I hope they will fix soon! The validator put substantial work into these - especially the long one - but apparently that is mostly wasted. Also, regretfully, after reading it, we both agreed that the original designation of adult content was justified. That's too bad, since it's only a word or a line or two here and there. Still, parents would probably not want their young Potter fans reading this one.

Dedicated to J. K. Rowling "with impudent admiration". Very irreverent, with plenty of cynical remarks about the marketing juggernaut the Harry Potter phenomenon has become. Dementors are Marketors. For those who can take a joke, even about something they hold dear.

Next up, Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel.

Short Synopsis
Barry, Lon and Ermine must save Hogwash by quashing the first Barry Trotter
film. Hilarious, offensive, annoying, clever and always irreverent, adult
rated for those with ready humor and open minds.

Long Synopsis
Barry Trotter is 22 and the only student in Hogwash history ever to be held back 5 times. From a Quiddit accident, pleasant, playful, loyal, Lon has a
hole through his head, an IQ of 62 and exhibits many doggie behaviors.
Ermine teaches at St. Hilary's Academy for the Marginally-Magical and is more than a flirt. Together they go on a quest to New York and Hollywood to stop the filming of the first Barry Trotter blockbuster film the very publicity for which has caused Hogwash School to be overrun buy rude, unkempt, insane fans. Ferd and Jorge Measly join them and bad goes to worse. There are new magic potions, Boarsbollocks' Brew, and abilities, pretzeltongues who can lick their own eyeballs. The friends must make their way through putrid smells, foul fluids, and bathroom humor. Nothing is safe from Star Wars to Buddhism. And of course, Lord Valumart lurks where he is least suspected to corrupt Harry who is wrestling with the new information that he is to be killed off in the next novel because who wants to read, Barry Trotter and the Difficult Tax Return? Readers who enjoy humor that ranges from clever to crude and aren't Harry Potter purists, will find this parody to be packed with laughs. Don't miss the humor from the copyright page at the beginning of the book, to the I Hate You letter at the end where readers are given a series of check lists to register their objections.

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