The British covers for the next Harry Potter book.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2005 7:57:41 am PST #7174 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Atropa - Mar 08, 2005 9:25:03 am PST #7175 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Heh. I like this line: "Afficiandos of over school-leaving age can preserve a facade of literary respectability by investing in the adult version"
Though I must admit, having a copy with a photo of a battered copy of Advanced Potion Making on the cover would amuse me.
erikaj - Mar 08, 2005 9:29:11 am PST #7176 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
If your biggest problem is looking like a geek reading on the train(?) how much do I want that life?
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2005 9:32:51 am PST #7177 of 10002
brillig
So . . . troubles with Snape and some battle involving Dumbledore . . . Maybe Snape's the Prince. We're still not clear on if Half-Blood=part Muggle.
Betsy HP - Mar 08, 2005 9:48:49 am PST #7178 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Snape is a Slytherin, and Slytherin is for purebloods. (Except for Tom wossname.)
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2005 9:52:11 am PST #7179 of 10002
brillig
I find it interesting that, with Harry's mom being Muggle-born, nobody ever quibbles about Harry's lineage. And why have we never heard more about the Potters? Was his father an orphan only child from a long line of only children?
Calli - Mar 08, 2005 10:35:23 am PST #7180 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Perhaps Harry's father was disowned for marrying a mudblood.
Lyra Jane - Mar 08, 2005 11:10:28 am PST #7181 of 10002
Up with the sun
If your biggest problem is looking like a geek reading on the train(?) how much do I want that life?
So you never pick books based on their covers? I totally do -- if I have a choice between a movie tie-in version, and a plainer trade paperback, I'll get the trade version so it doesn't look like I pick books based on what's at the theater. And if there's more than one edition of a book, I always go for the prettiest one. If I had a choice, I'd get the adult HP, too.
I admit this may make me shallow. But I like pretty books.
erikaj - Mar 08, 2005 11:15:37 am PST #7182 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, not really. I get stared at a lot. You stop trying to figure out which thing after a while. But it's true that I tend not to buy the actor covers.
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2005 11:24:05 am PST #7183 of 10002
brillig
The only time I get remarks about the books I read in public is when I'm snickering over "The Odyssey" or concentrating on popular works on science. "Is that for a class?" someone will ask. "Oh, no, I just wanted to read it." Nothing like daring to be smart in public to get you a bigger personal bubble.