Having witnessed – several times – the raucous explosion of theory and speculation that followed each reveal of the new Harry Potter cover art, I truly enjoyed McSweeney’s Things you can learn about the plot of the next Harry Potter book just by looking at the cover art. Sadly, it’s closer to the serious speculation than you’d think. Which proves my theory that rabid HP fans are totally crazy.
Of course, all hardcore fans are crazy. Even I’m not going to deny that one.
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