Harry Potter has reached cult phenomenon status. Next time: People seem to like this whole Star Wars thing, aye? (via fandom lounge)
Potter, Potter, Potter!
As we approach the Potterdämmerung, the event which will result in all of fandom erupting into a mighty flame war that will bring about the end of the internets, it’s important to remember a few key things:
1. Your first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone could be worth up to $18,000.
2. Spoilers and speculation are everywhere. If you wish to avoid them, stop going outside, unplug your TV, computer, and any other magical or mundane devices that facilitate communication.
3. Acquire the book as soon as possible. Although it does mean venturing out into the uncontrolled, spoiler-filled world, attending a midnight book release party is your best bet.
4. For Snape’s sake, Don’t panic.
Harry Potter spoiler hacking – for Jesus!
Forget the C4 cake – now this is insane. Hackers claim to have gained access to the manuscript for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Their reason:
We did it by following the precious words of the great Pope Benedict XVI when he still was Cardinal Josepth Ratzinger. He explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs of our earth to Neo Paganism faith.
So we make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring.
Yeah, that’ll work. Because no one throughly spoiled would ever want to read the actual book. Judge for yourself: The ‘spoilerific’ Potter link is here, with the maybe spoilers and such. In brief: Possible spoilers in the last link. And no, I will not be making a HP spoiler graphic. Well, maybe after the fact, if someone asks really nicely.
Scholastic: “Consider this one more theory.”
J.K. Rowling to tour U.S., sorta
The Harry Potter author will visit Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York this October, in the aftermath of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
One million Potters!
Amazon has received a whopping one million pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. They’ve lowered the book’s price to celebrate, or something. In any case, it’s cheap. (Though I personally recommend stopping by your local 24-hour megamart at 3am on the day of release… No waiting for the mailman!)
Deathly Hallows gets covered
The covers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have been released today, and damn if that first one isn’t hideous. Luckily that’s only the British children’s edition, and the rest are quite bearable. Also released was the British jacket copy.
The cover was revealed by Editor Arthur A. Levine on the Today show.
This week in Harry Potter…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will go green. Scholastic will be printing the book using tightened environmental standards, most notably recycled paper.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world finds Snape fandom. Thankfully it seems they haven’t run across his astral wives.
Harry Potter book 7 title revealed
I’d spoilcut it, but I think the whole world knows about J.K. Rowling’s solstice gift to the world: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Leaky has some theories…
Fans are excited! No! Really?
Today’s breaking Harry Potter news
Good news, bad news for readers
Bad: J.K. Rowling has not written 750 pages of book 7, as reported earlier.
Good: Peter Jackson has optioned Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. This doesn’t actually mean he’ll actually adapt them, but it’s certainly hopeful. Of course, there’s plenty of reaction on Novik’s livejournal.