Harry Potter 6 - WHO'S PUMPED? - Page 2

wolf · 07-12-2005, 12:59 PM

I really suspect that one won't be answered until book 7.

BigV · 07-12-2005, 04:21 PM

Apparently, a lot of lawyers and bookmakers and politicians are pumped too.

This is a terrifying example of activist courts. In this situation, I could have legally purchased this book, and then been in contempt of court and at peril of all it's associated punishments, if I don't surrender the book, or if I talk about it, or if I do anything but give it up.

Quote:

Lawyers have conjured up a court order to stop details from the next Harry Potter book being revealed ahead of its official release, after several copies were sold by accident in Canada ahead of this Saturday's official publication date. Raincoast Books, which is distributing Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in Canada, was granted a Draconian "John Doe injunction" by the British Columbia Supreme Court, preventing the buyers from revealing aspects of the novel’s plot.

Such information could prove valuable ahead of the book's release. Online bookmakers have been taking bets on just which leading character will perish in the sixth installment of JK Rowling's hugely successful series.

Police were reportedly involved in investigating suspicious betting patterns, which publishers feared suggested complex security measures had been breached.

They're saying it's money but it smells like bullshit.

wolf · 07-13-2005, 01:37 AM

Except for the bookmaking part, of which I was unaware (damn, people really WILL bet on anything), the same thing has happened with other HP books.

I am too lazy to go to a bookstore on Friday night. Fedex will be bringing me my copy on Saturday Morning.

Iggy · 07-13-2005, 11:23 PM

On the subject of Sirius... JK Rowling herself said that when she first was thinking up the series she decided what magic could and could not do. She decided that the dead could not come back to life... Sirius is not coming back. His death is too important to the develpoment of Harry to just come back later. His parents are also not coming back, and for all we know Harry might die at the end of the series or at least be irrevocably scarred, we don't know. That is for the author to decide.

Can you tell I am a Harry Potter fan? I am so pumped!!! I just have to keep myself from thinking about it so that I don't get too excited!

elSicomoro · 07-14-2005, 12:00 AM

My girlfriend's sister and and mom are going to some midnight book sale tomorrow night, decked out in costume. I knew the sister was a big Harry Potter fan, but I saw tonight just how big a fan she is...it's ridiculous.

Iggy · 07-14-2005, 12:00 AM

"...when I started writing the books, the first thing I had to decide was not what magic can do, but what it can’t do. I had to set limits on it immediately and decide what the perimeters are. One of the most important things I decided was that magic cannot bring dead people back to life. That’s one of the most profound things. The natural laws of death applies to wizards as it applies to Muggles and there is no returning once you’re properly dead..."

Okay here is the quote.

I just had to find it to show you where I got it from. Here is the link:
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/art...iontransc.html
It is the 14th paragraph from the bottom.

SteveDallas · 07-14-2005, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by sycamore

My girlfriend's sister and and mom are going to some midnight book sale tomorrow night, decked out in costume. I knew the sister was a big Harry Potter fan, but I saw tonight just how big a fan she is...it's ridiculous.

You realize this just cries out for a picture, don't you?

We got a copy of the British version of book 1 so we could have the "philosopher's stone" rather than the "sorceror's stone." Since then we've just continued the tradition, so I'm pre-ordered from Amazon UK.

elSicomoro · 07-14-2005, 09:55 AM

Yeah...I'll have to see if they'll allow me to post one. Otherwise, I'll send you one via e-mail.

wolf · 07-14-2005, 10:46 AM

My friend's son went to some event dressed as Harry ... looks like it was the movie opening.

melidasaur · 07-14-2005, 02:17 PM

awww, he looks so cute - and so much like Harry Potter

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dar512 · 07-14-2005, 03:26 PM

It's been mentioned in other threads, but I will say it again since I am such a big fan. Jim Dale does a wonderful job reading the Harry Potter tales for the audiobooks. He doesn't just read the books, he acts them.

The dar family has been known to sit around the stereo listening to the stories like some '30s "Good Housekeeping" family sitting around the floor model radio.

melidasaur · 07-15-2005, 01:28 AM

I am sad to say that I gave up my right to be the first in the house to read the book...

I've had all summer to get this paper done... I've known about it since the end of may and it's due 7/22... I just really got started on it this week. So I figured, since HP6 will be a huge distraction for me, I'm going to let Micahel read it first. He reads slow... so he'll probably have it done by next Friday.

In the meantime, back to discussing why cultural property displaced by war should remain in other countries until its home country is stable enough to take it... now that's a thread topic.

dar512 · 07-16-2005, 03:15 PM

The kids and I stayed up last night for the HP feeding frenzy at the local Border's. They did a good job of it. Everything was well ordered and they had enough for the kids to do.

Just finished chapter four. An excellent start. It bodes well for the rest of the book.

wolf · 07-16-2005, 05:37 PM

I'm at Chapter 10. I would have been further, but I decided that I should take a break and go to the supermarket to get some Jelly Bellies to put in my Bertie Botts All-Flavored Beans sack.

I am going to have to pursue the monumental task of wading through the big pile o' books to find the other 4 to reread them ... I can see OOTP, it's kind of near the front. POA, COS and SS are in there somewhere. They have to be. But I'm fearful that they are on the bottom, near the back. I might have to put the fire company on standby for an extrication, in case the piles collapse on me.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2005, 06:11 PM

Are you sure you're the one with the keys?

Why pay $18 for a 632 page book just to see how fast you can finish it?
That's like Nathan's substituting NY strip steaks for hot dogs in their pig out contest.
If it's worth reading it's worth savoring.....they won't recall it will they?

07-12-2005, 12:59 PM	#16
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I really suspect that one won't be answered until book 7. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-13-2005, 01:37 AM	#18
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Except for the bookmaking part, of which I was unaware (damn, people really WILL bet on anything), the same thing has happened with other HP books. I am too lazy to go to a bookstore on Friday night. Fedex will be bringing me my copy on Saturday Morning. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-14-2005, 10:46 AM	#24
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My friend's son went to some event dressed as Harry ... looks like it was the movie opening. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-14-2005, 02:17 PM	#25
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	awww, he looks so cute - and so much like Harry Potter . __________________ I love England, what can I say?

07-14-2005, 03:26 PM	#26
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	It's been mentioned in other threads, but I will say it again since I am such a big fan. Jim Dale does a wonderful job reading the Harry Potter tales for the audiobooks. He doesn't just read the books, he acts them. The dar family has been known to sit around the stereo listening to the stories like some '30s "Good Housekeeping" family sitting around the floor model radio. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-13-2005, 11:23 PM	#19
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	On the subject of Sirius... JK Rowling herself said that when she first was thinking up the series she decided what magic could and could not do. She decided that the dead could not come back to life... Sirius is not coming back. His death is too important to the develpoment of Harry to just come back later. His parents are also not coming back, and for all we know Harry might die at the end of the series or at least be irrevocably scarred, we don't know. That is for the author to decide. Can you tell I am a Harry Potter fan? I am so pumped!!! I just have to keep myself from thinking about it so that I don't get too excited!

07-14-2005, 12:00 AM	#20
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	My girlfriend's sister and and mom are going to some midnight book sale tomorrow night, decked out in costume. I knew the sister was a big Harry Potter fan, but I saw tonight just how big a fan she is...it's ridiculous.

07-14-2005, 09:55 AM	#23
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Yeah...I'll have to see if they'll allow me to post one. Otherwise, I'll send you one via e-mail.

07-15-2005, 01:28 AM	#27
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I am sad to say that I gave up my right to be the first in the house to read the book... I've had all summer to get this paper done... I've known about it since the end of may and it's due 7/22... I just really got started on it this week. So I figured, since HP6 will be a huge distraction for me, I'm going to let Micahel read it first. He reads slow... so he'll probably have it done by next Friday. In the meantime, back to discussing why cultural property displaced by war should remain in other countries until its home country is stable enough to take it... now that's a thread topic. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

07-16-2005, 03:15 PM	#28
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The kids and I stayed up last night for the HP feeding frenzy at the local Border's. They did a good job of it. Everything was well ordered and they had enough for the kids to do. Just finished chapter four. An excellent start. It bodes well for the rest of the book. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-16-2005, 05:37 PM	#29
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm at Chapter 10. I would have been further, but I decided that I should take a break and go to the supermarket to get some Jelly Bellies to put in my Bertie Botts All-Flavored Beans sack. I am going to have to pursue the monumental task of wading through the big pile o' books to find the other 4 to reread them ... I can see OOTP, it's kind of near the front. POA, COS and SS are in there somewhere. They have to be. But I'm fearful that they are on the bottom, near the back. I might have to put the fire company on standby for an extrication, in case the piles collapse on me. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-16-2005, 06:11 PM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Are you sure you're the one with the keys? Why pay $18 for a 632 page book just to see how fast you can finish it? That's like Nathan's substituting NY strip steaks for hot dogs in their pig out contest. If it's worth reading it's worth savoring.....they won't recall it will they? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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