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Does anyone like Harry Potter?

Yes!  Can't wait for the new book.

.......Laurie

Quote from: Kisa on November 18, 2006, 06:18:19 PM
Does anyone like Harry Potter?

Hi Kisa,

How are you doing sweetheart?  I haven't heard from you for a few days.  I hope everything is well with you hon.  Yes, I do like Harry Potter, but of course I like the book better. :)


tinkerbell :icon_chick:

Yup.  ;D

I like the books better too, but I enjoy the movies for their visual effects.

Joseph

Yes, I will be in line at the bookstore as soon as the last one comes out. :)

Melissa

Yep.. Those are just great  8) 8)

cool, I will order the new book online soon as I am able to! I look forward to the 5th movie.

I remember hearing about Harry Potter because the book offended the usual pain in the butts.  Then I was flying to Orlando and one of the flight attendants was rabbiting on and on about the first two books.  Finally my mother bought the first one and I borrowed it on a whim.  Been hooked ever since.  :)

I absolutely LOVE Harry Potter, the books and the movies, I can't wait to read the seventh book.

Quote from: Kiera on December 12, 2006, 04:25:40 AM
The 'bible belt' hates HP and I hear quite often how this / that school wants to BAN HIM due to 'witchcraft' concerns . . .

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Oh my god, are they serious?  Harry Potter is an amazing and fascinating journey into a world of magic.  It's a story, not some devious plot to convert young children and teenagers to paganism.  While they're at it, why don't they ban every book that has ever featured a magic-user, including the Chronicles of Narnia series? ...oi... some people...

Apparently there are some people that need to be given a few personal problems because apparently they just have too much time on their hands.

Melissa

QuoteI remember hearing about Harry Potter because the book offended the usual pain in the butts.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

I think I know exactly the people of which you speak!  It's funny that no matter what the complaint is, I just think that the complainers are the exact same group of people, down to the very last individual. Especially when you think about it logically and decided that it's more likely that it's not a group of all the same individuals.  But it sure seems that way, doesn't it?  Of course, being prejudiced against the prejudiced, I make the same mistake in thinking : They're all the same.  What a hypocrite I am, but I must admit that I get a certain satisfaction out of serving these kinds of people a dose of their own medicine from time to time!  >:D

Anyways, I love all things Potter and I'm only taking college courses to bide the time until the seventh book streets.  Just kidding. I'm taking college courses so that I afford to buy all the geek stuff that I can't live happy without!  ;D  And to do cool stuff. That too.

Well.. based on some news the last HP book is ready...

It should be published on 21.7 :) :) :) :)

I preordered it for my sister. Half tempted to read it first just because I went through the trouble. Good books. *nods sagely*

Preorder? Feh!  Where's the fun in that?

I want to camp outside at Borders for three days and then maul anybody that comes between me and that book! :o

Just kidding...kind of... >:D

I want to preorder mine at a store and that way I can still have the fun of waiting in line, but the guarantee they'll have enough copies. ;D  With the last book, I was one of those who waited at the store until midnight.  It was no problem then, but I'm a bit worried with this new book being so much more popular.

Melissa

Since I am in the South all I have to do is wait for it to be released and then walk down to the Super Wally World around 10am.  There will be plenty still there and at a nice discount too.  The independent book sellers get a good quantity but they are usually gone after the first big rush.

Wallyworld, Midnight, the morning of the release.... noone will be there and no problems grabbing a coppy... heck they still had coppies out a day later at 8pm for the last one heh...

<Havnt read any of them myself, but I do buy them for my ex cuz I know she loves them  :)  >

I hear that one of the booksellers here in the UK is setting up a phone helpline for HP fans when the new book is released - because 2 of the main characters don't make it to the end of the book - see
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/02/npotter02.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/02/npotter02.xml)
for a little bit more.

Of course, given that Voldemort could be seen as a main character it might not be all bad news.

And yes, I do like HP

A helpline?? Oh that's just scary...people are that obsessed??

Well, I got the book when it came out.  I was waiting in line at the store, but it wasn't particularly bad.  I just finished reading the final book tonight.  It's a very good series. :)  I won't be mean and give away anything though.

i thought the ending a bit flat...


i used to work in a british run toyshop, in a chain based on the whims of a born-again Christian. it doesn't stock potter products or halloween costumes. however toy orks and wizards from lord of the rings is fine, he likes lotr.

My spouse hates Harry Potter, she thinks his character (actually all the characters) is pure evil.  I have seen the movies on television and really enjoyed the first couple, but they are getting a little darker as the series progresses.

Sarah L.

Quote from: Sarah Louise on July 26, 2007, 08:33:33 AM
I have seen the movies on television and really enjoyed the first couple, but they are getting a little darker as the series progresses.

Yes they are.  J.K. Rowling has explained that she did this on purpose as the story developed.  I highly recommend the books over the movies.  The movies leave out so much detail, tha you actually only get about half of the story.  I personally think they leave out some very important parts in the movie, but that's just me.  I'm sure the parts they left out won't end up playing a role in the movie version, but I thought they added a lot of depth to the story.  I highly recommend *reading* the entire series (even if you saw the movie). to anybody who has not read it yet.

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Quote from: Pica Pica on July 26, 2007, 07:10:23 AM
i thought the ending a bit flat...

It's not bad for an ending.  For large tales filled with so much, it bcomes extremely difficult to write a good ending that will leave readers feeling content.  I think she did a marvelous job given the challenge of it.

Earlier in this thread someone mentioned the hostility that the christian fundamentalists have towards this series because it contains witchcraft. I hear that around here; that witchcraft is a religion and the books promote it. The only problem with that view is that there is no such religion mentioned in any way in the books. In fact the only mention of religion of any kind is Christmas.

I don't have a problem with people arguing abut the content of a book but I do have a problem with them arguing over the content that isn't even there. For example, when people argue about Huckleberry Finn. Some people say "They use the 'N' word too much and I don't want my children exposed to it." Other people can say "It is art and that is how people talked in those days." I come down on the art side of this question but the argument is about what is actually in the book. The Harry Potter hysteria isn't even about what is actually there.

I also noticed that these same people who want Harry Potter off the school shelves didn't say a word about Grimm's Fairy Tales, LOTR, etc. I'm thinking it is the popularity of the books and fear rather than the actual content.