Harry Potter

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:26 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4683503.stm

It seems I missed this. Damn.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 5:40 pm

I'm on chapter nine at the moment.

Post by jb » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:04 pm

Amazon pulled some magic in distribution by shipping the books early and asking the post office not to deliver them until the 16th. So they got their cheap postal rates PLUS I didn't have to wait more than a day to get my copy, which was waiting at my door this morning.

Kudos to Amazon.

JB

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:19 pm

f that s, b.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:26 pm

My wife got our copy first - I'm gonna have to wait till she finishes it - bugger

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:31 pm

me too, mr. ray.
but it's ok 'cause i'm just finishing re-"reading" the last book (on tape).
also reading jeff shaara "gods and generals" which is kicking ass.
i visited antietam, fredericksburg, etc. recently and the stories are really coming alive for me. awesome stuff.
oh wait this is harry potter's thread. looking forward to it. amazon's delivery thang was awesome. i got an email that said "harry potter shipped" and i thought, oh darn it just went out today - but when i clicked on the link to see tracking info it said "delivered" and there it was! on the doorstep!
also, they're giving me a dollar back

-bill

Post by jb » Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:00 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote: also, they're giving me a dollar back
-bill

yes me too! amazing!

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:43 pm

jb wrote:
HeuristicsInc wrote: also, they're giving me a dollar back
-bill
yes me too! amazing!

I cant work out the times - did you guys get your book on the morning it was released? That's pretty good.

It was released on Saturday morning here. Every bookshop, newsagent, petrol station etc had huge walls of the things ready to go. Pre-ordering really wasn't necessary - though I do like the idea of having it delivered to my doorstep.

If they could get trained owls to deliver them - that would be really cool.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:45 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote: i'm just finishing re-"reading" the last book (on tape).

-bill

Is that read by Stepen Fry? - He reads them wonderfully

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:03 pm

Caravan Ray wrote: I cant work out the times - did you guys get your book on the morning it was released? That's pretty good.

yeah, it was at my house when i got up on saturday. this release rocked. went so well.
anyway, um, can't recall who reads it... i can check later but it's out in the car and it's after midnight so i'm not going outside.
i'll let you know. he's good especially for umbrage, but i don't like the way he speaks hermione... doesn't sound right to me.
-bill

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:36 pm

Bought yesterday morning (yay Costco!), finished at work yesterday night (yay night shift!). And goddamn, that was an enjoyable read.

Yes, I do read like a starving man at a Vegas buffet.

One thing bugs me, though... (link to JB's new thread mentioned below) http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... 1908#31908

All that aside, I can't wait for book 7

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:46 pm

Finished it the other night. The white doesn't work as well for the grey background, but, y'know, if you haven't finished it yet don't come looking.

Edit: My spoilers have gone on holiday to the spoiler thread.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:48 pm

Yes, yes, it is just you

I'm speaking only for myself, of course.

Post by jb » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:53 pm

I've made a separate thread for discussing the book after you've read it. Should make it easier on everyone, so please move on over there to talk about the events in the book.

JB

Bell Green · Post by **Bell Green** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:02 pm

Caravan Ray wrote:My wife got our copy first - I'm gonna have to wait till she finishes it - bugger

Likewise

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:16 pm

jb wrote:I've made a separate thread for discussing the book after you've read it.

Good on you, (starting Chapter 11) though I'm very tempted to peek.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4696655.stm
an interesting snippet... Read the last paragraph and marvel.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:31 am

Next weeks titles:

G: Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon
S: He Who Must Not Be Named
H: Cedric Diggory's 12-Inch Wand
R: Dung-Bomb

tonetripper · Post by **tonetripper** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:16 pm

I was the most reluctant Harry Potter reader in the world when I was told about the books and how great they were. I was like, "I don't want to read a kid's book." Read the first one and was sucked in after the first 50 pages. Read the first four in a week.

I've read them all now including the newest one. Harry Potter fans won't be disappointed. The conclusion is gripping. Great set-up book for the last to come. Still for kids, but I think they are fantastic. She has a wonderful imagination.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:12 pm

Yeah, I was a skeptic too. I read about fifteen pages of OotP and couldn't stop reading it. Stayed up all night to finish it. And that was with only the first film as a background for understanding. Needless to say, I went through the series pretty quickly from there.

She's really not the best writer, even among kids' lit, but I have to give her full marks as a storyteller.

Bell Green wrote:
Caravan Ray wrote:My wife got our copy first - I'm gonna have to wait till she finishes it - bugger
Likewise

I had to deal with the same issue. Fortunately, sparkette was done within twenty-four hours.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:05 pm

sparks wrote:
She's really not the best writer, even among kids' lit, but I have to give her full marks as a storyteller.
.

Unless you have JK Rowling actually coming to your house to personally relate the adventures of Harry and Co. to you - then don't the 2 parts of that sentance contradict each other somewhat? (unless you are what we in Australia like to call a "total wanker", and associate "good literature" with fat books that nobody reads)

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:35 am

Hey, you're talking to the writefightmaster, there. He knows what he's talking about, up to 17% guaranteed.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:54 am

Caravan Ray wrote:
sparks wrote:
She's really not the best writer, even among kids' lit, but I have to give her full marks as a storyteller.
.
...don't the 2 parts of that sentance contradict each other somewhat?

No they don't. The story is fantasic, as well as fantastical, but the way she tells it could be better.
Have you read the trilogy 'His dark Materials' written by Phillip Pullman? If you haven't, go and get it now. As amazing as Potter, but written beautifully too.

In the UK the book has been released with two covers, one for children and one for adults. The same book exactly, just different dust jackets to cater for those 'adults' who are just too embarrassed to be seen reading kids books! We are all kids... Just kids of different ages.