Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

[WayAbvPar]

Hi all-
I know there are a lot of you who will be picking this up over the weekend. For those of us who won't be reading it right away (I am letting my wife read our copy first- she is all atingle with anticipation), let's keep discussion of it in one thread.

Any spoilers posted in any other threads will get deleted if I see them, and I do my level best to make your life miserable 

If you don't want to be spoiled, do not read this thread after midnight tonight.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[stray]

I'm sorry, but this is getting way out of hand.

It's just a BOOK people. 

 

[Strazos]

I never have, and never will, read or view anything relating to Harry Potter...

Except the one skit on SNL featuring Lindsey Lohan.

[Merusk]

I'm going to have to steal this from my wife. She reads MUCH slower than I do, so I'll have to wait a month or so to read it if I don't.   That said, It's a good year for books.  Feast of Crows is due out in November and a new Harry Potter. Whoopie and all.

Yeah it's just a book, but it's a fun series.  We're not advocating going out and dressing as wizards and such, are we? No, Way's just trying to keep further discussion contained in one thread. Makes sense to me.

P.s.: Strazos reads?

[stray]

Just to clarify, I'm just making a joke about this:

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050714/AE/107140031

"It's very, very important you abide by the guidelines," Magistro said. "They're under very tight security. We're not even allowed to open the boxes until midnight. You wouldn't believe what a secure operation this is. The UPS drivers, the truckers - everybody has to sign affidavits."

http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SEB20050701045044&eTitle=Books+%26+Literature&rLink=0

The cartons of books, once shipped to India, will arrive at distributors’ warehouses accompanied by gun-toting security guards, who have been instructed to not let the shipments out of their sight.

One worker, who spoke anonymously to The Age, said: “Two guards are positioned permanently in the space dividing the book-binding department from the printing presses. It has stopped short of body searches so far, but who knows, they check everything else. There is even a guard on the giant shredders that destroy pages that have errors.”

[Strazos]

P.s.: Strazos reads?

Heh, yeah...kind of the nature of my major.

The last book I had to read that I actually enjoyed.

A book that made me want to stab myself.
Oddly enough, out of the 6 books Amazon suggests you also buy if you get Sen's book, I've had to read 4 of them.

[schild]

Books assigned by school don't count as reading. No one cares how you spent your summer vacation.

[Signe]

I wouldn't discuss what happens in a Harry Potter book, anyway.  It's a personal experience.

PS  WAP, I'm gonna kick your ass.  You know why!

Dammit.

[schild]

Holy shit. Harry Potter turns into a foozle whatsit.

[WayAbvPar]

I wouldn't discuss what happens in a Harry Potter book, anyway.  It's a personal experience.

PS  WAP, I'm gonna kick your ass.  You know why!

Dammit.

I don't know why, but I am looking forward to it, nonetheless  :-D

[Paelos]

I bet the half-blood prince is Hagrid. Just a guess though. Anybody else have guesses?

[Triforcer]

I bet the half-blood prince is Hagrid. Just a guess though. Anybody else have guesses?

Dudley Dursley.  One parent from a magical family, one not.

[Shockeye]

I'd post spoilers but it would upset Way and Scholastic would get an injuction against people reading the site.

[Signe]

I'd post spoilers but it would upset Way and Scholastic would get an injuction against people reading the site.

And you would get such a pinch from me.

[Samwise]

I bet the half-blood prince is Hagrid. Just a guess though. Anybody else have guesses?

That's been my assumption ever since the title was announced.  Hagrid becoming the new ruler of the giants or somesuch and leading them against Voldemort.

Dudley becoming a wizard would be a hoot, though.

[Shockeye]

You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free.

[Shockeye]

Radio station's Harry Potter promotion thwarted by police

an ABC Action News report 07/15/05



TAMPA - The new Harry Potter book comes out tonight at midnight, but a bay area radio station ran into a little snag when they tried to give away copies of the book early.

The M.J. Morning Show over at 93.3 WFLZ planned to raffle 10 books off at their studios this morning, but a local distributor found out and sent law enforcement there to stop them.

The station went ahead and chose the lucky winners, but the books will have to be sent to them in the mail.

I'm glad the cops are out stopping important crimes like this.

[stray]

Complete insanity.

I've been meaning the read at least the first book, or watch the movies, but now I'm having second thoughts.

[Samwise]

Don't.  The books are so good that you'll want to read more.  Then you'll probably want to buy them so you can read them again.  And then they take up all the space on your shelf, so you have to buy another shelf.  IT NEVER ENDS!

[Shockeye]

And then they take up all the space on your shelf, so you have to buy another shelf.

I have no room on my shelf after Jordan.

[stray]

I have no room on my shelf for even one book by Jordan.

edit: Anyways, I'm out. I don't to clog up the thread. Sorry 

[schild]

Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in.

If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one.

[Shockeye]

Andy Borowitz: Man Commits Suicide after Learning Harry Potter Spoiler
'I No Longer Have a Reason to Live,' Says Despondent Potter Fan

By: Andy Borowitz
Published: Jul 8, 2005 at 07:41

A rabid Harry Potter fan took his life yesterday after inadvertently learning a plot spoiler from the soon-to-be-released J.K. Rowling opus, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Jude Ralston, 32, of Hudson, Ohio left a suicide note indicating that since overhearing the plot spoiler at a shopping mall earlier in the day, "I no longer have a reason to live."

Family and friends who gathered for a candlelight memorial outside Mr. Ralston's house remembered a man who seemed to live only for Harry Potter – and wondered if they could have done anything to prevent his tragic fate.

"When Jude got that vanity license plate that said ‘Hogwarts,' that seemed harmless enough," said Polly Clovis, who attended Model U.N. with Mr. Ralston while the two were in high school. "But when he started wearing that wizard hat around town, we really should have seen that as a cry for help."

According to friends of Mr. Ralston, the Potter fanatic had done everything in his power to protect himself from stumbling across Potter plot spoilers, even disconnecting his computer from the Internet and avoiding his favorite vintage comic book store.

Ms. Clovis said that she hoped Mr. Ralston's death would cause federal authorities to tighten the flow of Harry Potter plot information to prevent similar tragedies from taking place.

"In my heart I believe that could have saved Jude's life, even if he didn't have one," she said.

Elsewhere, President Bush called the jailing of a New York Times reporter "a positive step," but warned that many other reporters were still at large.

[schild]

 

[WayAbvPar]

He should definitely be up for an honorary Darwin.

Elsewhere, President Bush called the jailing of a New York Times reporter "a positive step," but warned that many other reporters were still at large.

ROFL!

[stray]

Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in.

If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one.

Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora

If by "popular" you mean TMNT 3 (huh?), then I guess I win.

[Fabricated]

I'm utterly puzzled by the popularity of Harry Potter myself. I remember trying to read the first book, finding it pretty trite and boring, and giving it back to my little cousin in about 30 minutes.

I almost had to bite my tongue to keep myself from posting the spoiler in gigantic red letters just now, since I've seen pictures of the book opened to that very spot.

[schild]

Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in.

If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one.

Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora

If by "popular" you mean TMNT 3 (huh?), then I guess I win.

Ah thanks, I couldn't remember which TMNT it's from. I guess you want to give WUA a custom title. Rofl.

[Fabricated]

SO LIKE HAY IM A SPOILER, DONT CLICK IF YOU LIKE THIS SHITTY BOOK SERIES

[schild]

Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher.

[stray]

Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in.

If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one.

Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora

If by "popular" you mean TMNT 3 (huh?), then I guess I win.

Ah thanks, I couldn't remember which TMNT it's from. I guess you want to give WUA a custom title. Rofl.

Oh, I'm just not witty enough for this one. Either give the rights to Samwise, or let me show my good will and give him.....Nothing.

Hope that doesn't make me a party pooper? 

EDIT: Catchy song though...

[Fabricated]

Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher.

Yeah, but my link is an actual spoiler.

[schild]

Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher.

Yeah, but my link is an actual spoiler.

It's the exact same page. Only this one has Baltimora playing.

Edit: Unfortunately, it's only page 606. That leaves what, 600 pages of teenage wizard drama and angst? I demand complete outcome.

[Fabricated]

Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher.

Yeah, but my link is an actual spoiler.

It's the exact same page. Only this one has Baltimora playing.

Edit: Unfortunately, it's only page 606. That leaves what, 600 pages of teenage wizard drama and angst? I demand complete outcome.

Doh, didn't scroll up enough.

Edit: I have a great idea for a ytmnd, but I'd have to actually watch to movies and hope for a good soundbyte. I was thinking MGS.

[Miasma]

You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free.

You don't want to hover over it and look at the url either.