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Not sure if Eliezer has mentioned or considered this... but these stories should totally be the lead in parables to his book of rationality, G.E.B. style. Just read the whole thing yesterday, really enjoyed / enjoying it. Favorite concepts: intent to laugh, Draco's "most people are stupid, and you have to look good in front of them anyway", and transfiguration of parts.
If Robin Hanson were here he would undoubtedly call this "hero porn."
That would be fun, but Rowling's lawyers probably wouldn't like it...
(Plus it would require him to order the nonfiction chapters in line with the lessons being conveyed in the HP chapters, and he may prefer to structure it differently.)
I don't know; he makes enough fun of her that he might be able to slide in under parody...and the inevitable court case would be great publicity for the book!
I'm not sure it's inevitable. She might not even sue, or Eliezer could work out some sort of license agreement with her. Alternatively, he could change all the names and so forth.
But yes, I would think he would be likely to win such a case, both because it's a parody and because he's made transformative use of the work, turning it from fantasy into lessons about rationality.
Nitpick: It's still fantasy. It's a very different fantasy, though.
How long do you want the book to be?