[Seriously. This is the bit where we talk explicitly about the ending. I’m going to talk about it right now. Stop reading if you haven’t already finished Deathly Hallows.]
I had a really great, trenchant, coherent post about the end of Deathly Hallows, which I then left in my apartment, along with my copy of Deathly Hallows itself. So …
NOTE: This entry contains no plot details from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but may still be slightly spoiler-ish.
Well, I’m finished with Deathly Hallows. I turned the last page at 8:45 Saturday night (I took two four-hour breaks for sleep), and I’m still thinking about it and trying to absorb everything. I loved it. I …
My review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is here. (For the record I did turn it in at 5:30 today, but didn’t get around to the blog till now.) It’s about as spoiler-negative as a coherent review can be, but if you haven’t read the book, and want to go in pristine, I’d steer clear. Otherwise, steer on in. I will be posting — and …
It’s here. I’ve got it. I picked up my copy at 00:30, and haven’t set it down since. But I haven’t started reading. Right now I’m just clutching it, putting off the moment that I will read the first sentence of a Harry Potter book for the last time. I have read the dedication and the list of chapter titles. The former almost …
Well, we’re almost there. Less than two hours to go for those in the UK and beyond, and less than seven for the rest of us. In Australia, where the release time is 9 am on Saturday, friends of mine are queuing outside Borders (having woken up at 4 am). In London, fans who were lucky enough to win a contest are eagerly waiting the first …
Potter fatigue yet? Yes? Wimps.
Go read this, my paper-edition take on Internet anonymity and the John Mackey scandal. It will make you pine for Hogwarts. (Also this week we have 10 Questions for Shigeru Miyamoto.)
I’ve got a bit of a dilemma on my hands, because I’m committed to delivering a review of Deathly Hallows by tomorrow …
I just returned from a Wizard Rock concert, and it was truly a magical experience. For those of you who don’t know, Wizard Rock is the name of an extremely broad genre of music. It can be country, metal, typical rock or anything else. The only thing all bands have in common is that they sing about the Harry Potter books—often from the …
My copies of Harry Potter wouldn’t be so tattered if I didn’t love reading and rereading the books, even when I know the endings by heart. So I understand what some people were saying in the comments on my last post–spoilers don’t matter to everyone. But all the same, it is a completely different experience to read a book knowing the …
Bit annoying. Honestly, who is being served by this?
Don’t get me wrong. From a journalistic point of view, I am impressed that they got the book early. I’m sticking to official channels and will get the book Friday night, but if I wanted it early, I doubt I could have found a copy.
But really, are there readers out there who are …
The main event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is over. Jerry Yang won. Not the Jerry Yang who co-founded Yahoo — this Jerry Yang is a one-time Laotian refugee, now a social worker and psychologist. He walked away with $8.25 million.
The final hand? Yang scored pocket 8’s, while his opponent, a professional online player …
Spoilers are the greatest fear for many Harry Potter fans. They’ve waited so long to get the final book, and they can’t bear to hear a word about it unless it’s from Jo Rowling herself. But the book has, of course, started to leak. Pictures abound of a mysterious man holding what he claims to be a copy of the book; rumors fly of the UK …
The New York Times has a piece on Jim Dale, who reads the Harry Potter audiobooks. Man, Dale must have positively reeked of Felix Felicis the day he got that gig. He’s a stage actor who had never before done a published audiobook (though he’d done one that hadn’t been released). Now look at my man! Look at his apartment, in that picture! …
