Maybe now that the book is out there can be a little less bemoaning? Or not. In any case, I got a wrap to do so I’ll just point y’all towards Andrew Wheeler’s HP round-up.
Harry Potter Week: Fan Art
The book is out overseas and so far the internet is fine. Or is it?
Leaky Widget pics by Makani. Plenty more at the link!
Potterdämmerung Midnight Bulletin
J.K. Rowling is ‘staggered’ by pre-release reviews, but they won’t stop fans from buying.
So far tonight…
- AP interviews Rowling
- Authorities could find leakee by tracing camera
- Crossover! John Ostrander speculates on Hallows.
- The story so far…
- It’s hard saying goodbye to Harry. Buck up kids! Write fanfic!
- What lurks beyond HP for the the literary world?
- You might be a Potter addict if…
- Now I’ve seen everything: Harry Potter grief counseling. (via Boing Boing)
Harry Potter Week: Fan Art
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Since the list is currently speculating on Snape’s role in the new book, here’s a take on his vital moment from Half-Blood Prince: The Lightning-Struck Tower by Margaux Kindhauser.
Potterdämmerung Morning Bulletin
So we learned yesterday a possible source for those leaked Hallows – a distributor shipped books early. (Although it should be noted that the first of the ‘carpet book’ pictures – the full leak – showed up over the weekend.) Unsurprisingly, Scholastic says they’ll be taking legal action. Meanwhile, leak coverage continues.
And also…
- Top ten possible endings. Guest starring… Ewoks!
- Six questions the last Harry Potter book had better f#@king answer. No Ewoks in this one.
- Sydney Morning Herald: Let Harry Potter’s last word be his last, whatever it is.
- The Church of England sees Potter as opportunity.
- Fans already lining up at California Borders.
- Reuters paws at the surface of fandom.
- HP proves folks still read for fun. Danielle Steel’s 300+ weeks on the NYT bestsellers list agree.
- Nicholas Lezard for the opposition: “It is time to make a stand against Harry Potter.”
HERE THERE BE SPOILERS! YAAR!
- I say spoilers but there’s really nothing shockingly revealing here: The New York Times finds the book at a local ‘retail outlet’, reviews it.
- The Baltimore Sun also nabbed an early copy.
- Now this has spoilers. (At least for now.)
And here’s one for Yav: Hogwarts Professor, Thoughts for the Serious Reader of Harry Potter.
Harry Potter Week: Fan Art
Hogwarts batik by Johnathan Roberts.
Media notices that cat is out of bag
The news that somebody uploaded photos of (probably) every page of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” several days before its official release date did not stay as buried as Scholastic and Bloomsbury might have liked: It was on the front page of the New York Times site, for one thing, and the AP picked it up as well. Spoilerphobes had better head to the back of the cave. Where is Sir Dan with his blindfolds when you need him?
Potterdämmerung Morning Bulletin
Why is Harry so big? Been asking this for years, but I’m not sure Gannett here has all the answers… Online fandom, certainly, has a lot to do with reader base and the growth of the internet, but is Jo Rowling really the best author of the age?
The series is also adding to the chaos of the Middle East. Harry.
- Dissecting the Deathly Hallows leak.
- UK issues Potter stamps. And here we waited thirty years.
- Advice for parents: Helping kids deal with character deaths.
- For the clueless: a character cheat sheet and the loose ends.
- Adults like HP, too. Shocking!
- It must be everyone loves Natalie Portman month.
- And of course no phenomenon is complete without recipes.
The more you tighten your grip…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, or at least a version of it, is indeed online… And the torrent is linked on Boing Boing. (No spoilers, just link.) Wonder how long that’ll last? I’m just not obsessed enough to squint my way through 400+ JPGs, but to each their own.
Harry Potter Week: Fan Art
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Lord Voldemort by the illustration team of Tania Juárez and Carlos Vélez. They also have several other Potter characters in their gallery, including Sirius Black and Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore.