The following year saw the release of the fourth book, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", which triggered such an unprecedented level of demand that even the postal services in the United States and Canada made Saturday deliveries to get the book into the hands of Potter fans. It was that year that Pottermania reached an all-time high, when interest from older readers helped the books cross over into the adult best-seller lists and landed Harry Potter on the cover of Time Magazine. This children's lit sensation has gathered considerable momentum with each successive installment, and finally became a force to be reckoned with in 1999. Rowling's " Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" ("Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States), Harry Potter has become a full-blown cultural phenomenon. In the four years since the publication of J.K. In an age where today's youth are bombarded with Pokemon, video games, movies, and Britney Spears, it is quite amazing that one of the most recognizable and well-loved media properties of the younger set is a book. This article appeared in Issue 24 of Frontier, the Australian science fiction media magazine Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Movie Review Movie Review by Anthony Leong © Copyright 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Movie Review by Anthony Leong from
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