STEPHEN FRY

The American trash readers (to whom it would have been marketed) are a bunch of unimaginative gutter snipes when it comes to abstract concepts, so the tittle would have thrown them off the scent completeley. I remember seeing the title on a book shelf (where else) and thinking, "I wonder what it means?"

After a little thought, 5 seconds, I got the jist of it and bought the book.

The dosile US reader on the other hand would have found it all a bit too much and passed by in the direction of Harold Robins or some other such tit!

But, to look at it another way, we dumb down the cover to open the reader up to some great writing thus educating the American public. (or at least little bits of it)

Now where do you stand?

Steady on, Flossie. Frankly, your tone lacks imagination. We Americans are so much bashed that you will have to do better if you expect to raise a glimmer of respect. From this American at least.

It might have been the bottle of wine I was sitting with too! It has been known to stir the emotions!

It's good to keep each other right!

Thanks!

Sitting next to a bottle of wine is never a bad idea. Apology accepted.

Yeah why was The Stars Tennis Balls called Revenge in America?

It's the same book? Whoa.

Seems like someone came down with Sorcerer's Stone Syndrome during the journey across the pond.

The American trash readers (to whom it would have been marketed) are a bunch of unimaginative gutter snipes when it comes to abstract concepts, so the tittle would have thrown them off the scent completeley. I remember seeing the title on a book shelf (where else) and thinking, "I wonder what it means?"

After a little thought, 5 seconds, I got the jist of it and bought the book.

The dosile US reader on the other hand would have found it all a bit too much and passed by in the direction of Harold Robins or some other such tit!

But, to look at it another way, we dumb down the cover to open the reader up to some great writing thus educating the American public. (or at least little bits of it)

Now where do you stand?

Steady on, Flossie. Frankly, your tone lacks imagination. We Americans are so much bashed that you will have to do better if you expect to raise a glimmer of respect. From this American at least.

This American is going to toss her two cents in about the changeing of the book title. Speaking for myself I HATE it when a publishing house desides to change a book so the adverage american can understand it. Flossie you do have a point even if wine or some other spirit was in you. I want any book that I buy to be the book that the author wrote cover and all. Then again I'm concitered a strange person because I don't read "normal" books. You should see the looks I get when I ask for Moab is My Washpot which is when I got comment. I hope that one day a meeting can be set up for people of this site can meet up so that us Americans that are on this board can show that we're not all dumb hopless twits. So Flossie you do have my respect because one you pointed out a truth but you appoligised for the delivery. That shows class.

They changed the title of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in America. It seemed daft to me, especially when they made it into a film they had to shoot any scene that mentioned the stone's name in full twice to cater to the two different titles.

It made me mad to hear the reason that the publisher put out to justfy the change.

because Americans were suposably not able to understand the word Philosopher or something..... well thats the rumour anyway.

in absolutely (spl?) every country other then America it was released as Philosopher's Stone... (all of this is from IMDB btw) it really is mad that they would just change it for Americans.... I dont know why they would.