Timeline for Which Harry Potter works are considered canon?
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| Dec 12, 2016 at 15:31 | history | edited | Blackwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Address minor works by the author.
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| Dec 12, 2016 at 15:26 | comment | added | Blackwood | @Valorum Fair enough. I'll do that. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 15:19 | comment | added | Valorum | @Blackwood - OK, so as a minimum you need to put that down. The problem with reductionism is what happens when you come across something that fits into neither box a or box b? | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 12:22 | comment | added | Blackwood | @Valorum It is simplistic because I don't see the benefit of going into more detail. I would count "side" books and short stories the same way as "commentary by the author" - canon if it can believably be said to represent what the author meant when writing the main books. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 7:18 | comment | added | Valorum | This seems simplistic. You need a more nuanced approach when dealing with a canon as complicated as this. What makes the books more 'canon' than the side books or the one-page short story about young Sirius Black? | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 5:06 | comment | added | ibid | How about the three side books, the writings published online, or the long texts written by the author for inclusion in video games? | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 4:50 | history | answered | Blackwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |