4That’s what the “judge” says of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of books. He’s is being asked to prevent the publication of “The Harry Potter Lexicon” by Steven Vander Ark. Here’s what the judge had to say about the first Harry Potter book…
District Judge Robert Patterson Jr said that he had read the first half of the first Harry Potter novel to his grandchildren, but found the “magical world hard to follow, filled with strange names and words that would be gibberish in any other context.
which implies he might find Vander Ark’s book useful…
I found it extremely complex,” he said, suggesting that a reference guide might be useful.
Now I have no idea if Vander Ark’s book is of any use, or a work of plagerism, etc. In fact, I don’t particularly care about the final outcome of the lawsuit. Still, I find myself wondering why a judge with such obvious bias didn’t recuse himself.
