Weltall

Dunno about Harry Potter because I haven't read them (stick to LotR I say!) but when I used to play D&D I recall people getting really peeved when I zapped them with lightningy goodness.

The Naked Mage

Say, what about the absurdity of Parseltongue? Snakes don't have ears, Rowling!

Also, I can't get over the fact that the magic-users in Rowling's single-perspective reality could feed, clothe, shelter, and cure the lethal diseases of every single Muggle in the world, but they don't want to put forth the effort, and would be "better off left to themselves". The fact that the Muggle Prime Minister has not yet put forth an ultimatum - "Share your advances or we will bombard your institutions until no stone lays atop another" - is, in my humble opinion, grounds for his removal and possible incarceration in Azkaban.

Indeed. Albus Dumbledore or Tom Riddle vs. Revolver Ocelot would be the shortest fight in the world, and I keep hoping to see a scene like it in the new books.

The Naked Mage

"And the Lord saideth, 'As soon as The Naked Mage createth a post, the thread shall stoppeth deader than a box of Krispy Kreme donuts in Rosie O'Donnell's dressing room.'" Certified Public Accountants 14:5

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This make you feel better?

I'm still waiting for Infiel to answer my points

4th Generation Atheist

Battle of the apologetics? LotR vs. Harry Potter as an explanation for the origin and nature of reality?

Let's see it!!

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I'm sorry but neither of them can beat The Discworld.

:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Weltall

Personally I prefer reading Tolkien for serious fantasy, but when I want really GOOD humor, I admit that I too must bow down to Master Pratchett.

keyser_soze

The discworld has something no other series has. True adventure, while at the same time, true comedy. And to keep it up for, what...say 23 books now? The man's imagination must be running on super-octane. Parody of the universe.

NumberTenOx

Learn about them here.

"So how can a snake hear, lacking external ears? By having equivalent structures on each side of its head. The skin and muscle tissue on each side of the head cover a loosely suspended bone, called the quadrate, which undergoes small displacements in response to airborne sound. The quadrate motion is transferred by intermediate structures to the cochlea, which produces electrical signals on its hair cells that correlate with the airborne sounds (within a range of intensity and frequency determined by the ear system) and are transferred to the brain. Cochlear signals are present in functioning ears of all classes of vertebrates from fish to mammals, while animals that are congenitally deaf produce no such signals, so their presence in response to sound is taken as an indication of the hearing sense."

Balrog of Morgoth

Amazon says 29. Since I haven't read any of them yet: Is there a certain order (and if so, what is it) or are they all seperate stories? That page has them numbered but the publishing dates are out of order.