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Harry Potter: the hype continues

Back cover of the Bloomsbury children’s edition of Half-Blood Prince released, includes cover copy; new information revealed. Could be considered spoilery. There’s a ton of other stuff, including the entire cover of the Scholastic deluxe edition, so I’m just going to refer Potterheads to The Leaky Cauldron and The Daily Snitch. There are (what is assumed to be) actual, concrete spoilers out on the internet, so tread carefully.

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EU tidbits in our pocketses

Next issue of Star Wars Insider will feature their Top 20 EU Moments. I expect there will be quite a bit of debate once this is released, but it’s always nice to see the books get some Insider page space.

Comic-Con 2005 is currently in progress in California, and there have been some hints that Jonathan Rinzler has an unfinished copy of The Swarm War cover. No guarantees, but attendees might get a peak. In the meantime, there’s plenty of other SW goodness going on in San Deigo.

Lucasfilm’s Sue Rostoni has started a starwars.com blog, where she has posted that Elizabeth Hand’s 2007 Old Republic novel has been canceled. No word on what will replace it, but fear not, there’s still one OR book in the queue – Drew Karpyshyn’s Darth Bane novel. Which I suspect is the one we’re all more interested in anyway. ;)

(More EU VIP blogs can be found in starwars.com’s listing of all the latest VIP posts.)

Another interesting post found in the starwars.com blogs is Ithorian Guy on The Mystery of the Whills. He obviously knows his stuff, and the entry came to my attention via a message board post by LFL’s Leland Chee, so you know he’s gotta be onto something.

And finally, starwars.com posted the October 2005 comics yesterday – previews of Empire #38, X-wing — Rogue Leader #2, Republic #83, and Clone Wars Volume 7, which collects the Obsession arc.

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Slow weekend

Not much going on – fandom as a whole is too busy speculating on next week’s new Harry Potter, we expect.

San Diego Comic-Con starts on Wednesday – starwars.com has an Insider’s Guide and a list of kid-approved stuff. Vader: The Ultimate Guide will debut there, but can also be ordered online.

There’s also an announcement of the latest Hyperspace feature – an ‘audiocast’ – interviews, event coverage, and archival audio. No dates, but it’s “coming soon.”

And finally, Douglas Brown of the Denver Post explores our need for modern heros.

Only six weeks ’till JadeCon!

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A look at the War of the Worlds web

Personally, I’m informally refusing to go see Spielberg’s War of the Worlds in the theatre because Tom Cruise is insane. (Although mostly it’s because I’m cheap and lazy and already spent too much time in the theatre watching ROTS.) You can’t hold an actor’s Scientology-induced dementia against H.G. Wells, but you can read the entire text of the original War of the Worlds online for free, since it’s out of copyright. Dark Horse, the folks who bring us SW comics, are also getting in on the public domain action with an eComic adaption. This book cover collection of the various editions of the sci-fi classic is also worth a peak. For a more classically flavored take on the definitive alien-invasion tale, I’d also recommend Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2.

For those inclined towards a more modern era of WOTW, War of the Worlds Invasion: The Historical Perspective is a great resource for info on Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio broadcast, as well as many other adaptions and historical information. They even have a blog.