Deathly Hallows cover art; essential reading prior to 7/21/07; E-Owls
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Deathly Hallows cover art
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 Hog's Head PubCast #21 [26:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1270)

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There’s an absolute flurry of activity in the Harry Potter world right now, following the release of the book cover art. Here’s a smattering of posts, news, blogs, and SoG updates that you might find interesting.

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Updates: John Granger and The Anchoress share thoughts on the covers.  Lots of good links within each post as well.  See full American cover artwork and the British cover artwork here. The jacket notes from the British version were also released:
Harry is waiting at Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort [...]

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MagicalEnchantment.com continues to be down for the time being, though perhaps not permanently, I’m told, by Johnny, the site’s creator. Johnny’s a guy who does his research when it comes to Rowling, the HP series, and the Christian connections. He’s written another excellent piece and given me permission to post it here at [...]

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Can Rowling pull off a surprise with Severus Snape?
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Janet Scott Batchler: What Will Harry Do? (seriously, if you don’t have this yet, what are you waiting for?)
Felicity has two stellar essays that relate to the question of Snape’s loyalty: The Avada Kedavra on the Astronomy Tower and Fantastic Potions and How They Helped [...]

 

 Hog's Head PubCast #20: The Snape Surprise [23:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1815)

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I’ve finished a Philosopher’s Stone re-read.  Some things about the book have bugged me at every re-read (I still love the book, of course).  Before I could post on it, the Eating Words blog hit the first thing that bugged me, and a good conversation as resulted.  Check out the conversation here.
I’m moving on to [...]

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HPANA is reporting that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be 784 pages long (US version)!  That sounds about right.  We all figured it wouldn’t be as long as Order, but it makes sense that it’s the second longest. 
They’ve also decided to print it on recycled paper (30% post-consumer waste fiber), which is a [...]

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The Fire and Knowledge blog has interviewed Joe Thorn, a great guy who was instrumental in helping me get this blog up and running a year and a half ago.  Joe mentioned his liking the Harry Potter series, and he was asked about the Christian opposition to the series and whether or not Christians can benefit [...]

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It’s amazing how quickly a false story can spread.  Just for the record, regardless of the flood of stories you may hear on your morning news or read online this morning, there is no truth whatsoever to the rumor that Emma Watson has refused to do the last two Potter movies. 
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Comparing and contrasting Dumbledore and Hermione; battling racism in ourselves and our society
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PubCast #17: Racism, Part 1
Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix, and the Fabian Society
The Fountain Told a Lie: Deconstructing the Wizarding World
Beverly Daniel Tatum: Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

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 Hog's Head PubCast #19: Racism in Harry Potter, part two [33:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1883)

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…there’s a livejournal that’s sponsoring a Harry Potter Read-a-Long, if you’re interested in reading at their pace and commenting along with them. (HT to Amy Sturgis) They’ve just started, so it wouldn’t be too difficult to catch up (Philosopher’s Stone chapters 7&8 are for tomorrow).
I’m certain I won’t have time to contribute over there, but it might [...]

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I left the power cord for my MacBook at my parents’ yesterday and won’t have it back till Tuesday.  As such, I’m unable to do the pubcast which I really hoped to finish this weekend!  Look for it by next weekend.  Sorry for the delay.

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I’m copying this article in its entirety with permission granted from the author, who explained to me that he may need to shut down magicalenchantment.com entirely in the near future.  I did not want to lose this gem of a post, so here it is.  Some of this material has appeared at SoG before, and [...]

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Less than 5 months to go till Deathly Hallows.  Everyone has started the process of re-reading those first 6 books, right?
Since I have very little time right now, I’ll be working my way at least once more through the books by listening to the Stephen Fry audiobooks.  I have to finish Order (7 chapters to [...]

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No pubcast this weekend.  I got about 5 minutes into it, but I have a paper to finish, and I don’t have time for both.  I’ll do my best to get it done next weekend.  Bummer, too…I’m really looking forward to finally doing a pubcast on Snape, which I’ll do after Part 2 of the [...]

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