During class I couldn’t help but look up the fake Harry Potter book: “Harry Potter and the Leopard Walk- Up- To Dragon”. This book actually contains the text from “The Hobbit” with all of the characters switched to character names from Harry Potter. To my surprise I found an article titled “11 Amazing Fake ‘Harr Potter’ Books Written In China”. If you thought the one mentioned by Striphas was hilarious- I mean awful- wait until you see the other ten. Do you think that any of them could fall under the heading ‘fan fiction’ or are they all illegal?
This article was hilarious. My favorite of the knockoffs was the last one, featuring the triceratops and Flick from A Bug’s Life. It makes you wonder if there are people who actually buy such products. Of course, in our country almost no one would be fooled into paying for these books, but in places where Harry Potter isn’t as mainstream, perhaps there is a market for such pieces. Also, Harry Potter fans who are sad that the series is over could theoretically read these and have more Potter adventures.