Harry Potter wordcounts

[Brian G Turner]

Looked this up today, and as I thought it was interesting, thought I'd repost it here for reference.

So that it's easier to find, next time.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 76,944 words
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 85,141 words
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 107,253 words
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 190,637 words
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 257,045 words
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 168,923
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 198,227

 

[psikeyhackr]

I suppose this is the perfect thread for these statistics. The 7 HP books are more than SIX MEGABYTES.

The input file is: JKR-HP-All.txt with 6259921 characters.

alien 1
mammal 1
genes 1
magnetism 1
experimental 1
germ 1
theoretical 1
science 1
eclipse 1
eclipsed 1
mutant 1
galaxy 1
parasite 1
robot 1
Mercury 1
Neptune 1
electricity 2
experiment 2
relay 2
momentum 2
microwave 2
circuit 2
solar 2
Pluto 2
logic 3
oxygen 3
planet 3
Venus 3
vacuum 4
acceleration 4
Jupiter 4
particle 5
Elf 5
Uranus 5
symptoms 6
Saturn 6
computer 8
electronic 8
radio 9
program 9
research 9
planets 12
Mars 12
electric 14
atmosphere 18
telescope 19
nerves 21
pressure 23
theory 30
nerve 31
brain 94

The input file is: JKR-HP-All.txt with 6259921 characters.

It uses 51 SF words 400 times for an SF density of 0.064

prince 2 demon 2 zombie 3 king 4
knights 4 vampires 5 queen 6 warlock 7
dwarf 7 rune 8 warlocks 9 conjure 11
swords 12 vampire 13 spirit 19 knight 19
magically 21 elves 23 werewolves 23 hex 26
unicorn 38 charm 42 werewolf 69 witches 95
curse 105 goblin 123 spell 149 dragon 154
elf 158 sword 177 magical 191 witch 207
magic 275 castle 399 wand 1546

It uses 35 Fantasy words 3952 times for an Fantasy density of 0.632

psik

 

[AGraceMartin]

WOW! The Order of the Phoenix is longer than the Deathly Hallows, but the latter certainly took me longer to read.