BTW, Amazon is selling a box set of all seven hardbound books. The set is in a suitcase with a lock and goes on sale in September.
Spike: Or maybe Captain Forehead was feeling a little less special. Didn't like me crashing his exclusive club, another vampire with a soul in the world. Angel: You're not in the world, Casper.
'Just Rewards (2)'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
le nubian - Jul 26, 2007 6:11:13 am PDT #1826 of 3301
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Aims - Jul 26, 2007 6:15:49 am PDT #1827 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I've seen it and I really really want it, but I'm going to be saving my pennies because what I REALLY want, is a set of UK books - all first edition.
Polgara - Jul 26, 2007 7:10:25 am PDT #1828 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
If My F-List Had Written DH--Omigod so hilarious!
I was under the impression that Harry survived because of the Deathly Hallows.
I was under the impression that the "master of death" aspect of the Dealthy Hallows was the fairytale part of the legend, and that the three Hallows were just really powerful magical objects that people were trying to collect for the sake of having the complete set.
a set of UK books - all first edition.
- gasp* Seriously? They're for sale?
-t - Jul 26, 2007 7:20:16 am PDT #1829 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I kind of wanted something spectacular to happen when the Hallows were all in one place, but am also pleased that nothing did.
Pix - Jul 26, 2007 7:21:01 am PDT #1830 of 3301
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
More evidence that Luna=Jilli:
Luna Lovegood, the eccentric Ravenclaw who was fascinated with Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Umgubular Slashkilters, continues to march to the beat of her own drum.
“I think that Luna is now traveling the world looking for various mad creatures,” Rowling said. “She’s a naturalist, whatever the wizarding equivalent of that is.”
Luna comes to see the truth about her father, eventually acknowledging there are some creatures that don’t exist.
“But I do think that she’s so open-minded and just an incredible person that she probably would be uncovering things that no one’s ever seen before,” Rowling said.
Trudy Booth - Jul 26, 2007 7:21:16 am PDT #1831 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think it was left a bit mysterious intentionally.
shrift - Jul 26, 2007 7:23:43 am PDT #1832 of 3301
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I kinda like the idea of her being the charms professor.
Have any of the Hogwarts professors been married or had children? I'm trying to come up one, but all the ones I can think of or find online have been single. I don't know if that's due to Harry's limited POV or what.
Aims - Jul 26, 2007 7:26:25 am PDT #1833 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
gasp* Seriously? They're for sale?
Not all together, per se. I'd have to probably buy one or two at a time.
I found a set of the first five on eBay today. Selling for the bargain price of $500+.
Like I said, saving the pennies.
Dana - Jul 26, 2007 7:29:59 am PDT #1834 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have Brit copies of 2, 3, and 4. I suppose I should check what editions they are.
I bought them all at once in 2000, when I was in England -- I think I was in Stratford, specifically. Then I lugged them all around England and Wales for another week.
Emily - Jul 26, 2007 8:11:59 am PDT #1835 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hagrid got married. Not that he's generally very typical in any way.