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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.

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Sue - Aug 01, 2007 8:20:05 am PDT #2152 of 3301
hip deep in pie

That's funny, I totally prefer the British/Canadian covers. Yeah, the illustrations aren't great, but I really like the bands of colour and the font. And I think the Order of the Phoenix cover is quite beautiful:

[link]

Miracleman - Aug 01, 2007 8:21:23 am PDT #2153 of 3301
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Gah, those French covers!

"Harry Potter and the Plymouth Rock"

"Harry Potter and the Secret of Jamestown"

Horrific, dude.

Trudy Booth - Aug 01, 2007 8:21:24 am PDT #2154 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 imagine cover preference is largely what you're used to.

megan walker - Aug 01, 2007 8:23:10 am PDT #2155 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

And I think the Order of the Phoenix cover is quite beautiful

That is gorgeous.

Trudy Booth - Aug 01, 2007 8:23:57 am PDT #2156 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

The British edition is smaller and easier to carry around.

Susan W. - Aug 01, 2007 8:24:46 am PDT #2157 of 3301
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I like the early British/Canadian covers, but for HP7 I think the American one looks MUCH better--less busy, more suited to the tone of the story. My theory is that since in the UK they release a separate cover for the adult market, the regular cover is more a "kid's book" look than in the US where the 40-something nurse manager on my bus route and her 10-year-old daughter are reading the same edition.

Sue - Aug 01, 2007 8:25:17 am PDT #2158 of 3301
hip deep in pie

Okay, this will brand me as crazy, but I kind of love those primitive illustrations on the French covers.

Then there are the "Adult Editions", which are okay, but boring:

Phoenix: [link]

Half-Blood Prince: [link]

Azkaban: [link]

Susan W. - Aug 01, 2007 8:28:19 am PDT #2159 of 3301
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I like the adult Half-Blood Prince. The others, NSM.

Connie Neil - Aug 01, 2007 8:30:54 am PDT #2160 of 3301
brillig

I like the Azkaban one, it's ominous and elegant.

Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2007 8:35:26 am PDT #2161 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yeah, at first, the very existence of the "adult" covers amused me, but they are rather pretty in their own way.

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