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Book 7 Speculations

Hog’s Head PubCast #27

by Travis Prinzi 06.16.2007

Social Justice a peripheral theme; Dumbledore’s mistakes; the Dursleys and 12 Grimmauld Place; E-Owl: Will Voldemort be redeemed?
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Pub Menu

Eroej Kab on Dumbledore and house-elves
Hog’s Head PubCast #25: House-elves
Mrs. Lovegood on 12 Grimmauld place part 1 and 2
Garuda: Hindu Phoenix
J.S. Batchler: What Will Harry Do?

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Hog’s Head PubCast #26: Deathly Hallows Deluxe Edition Cover Art

by Travis Prinzi 06.09.2007

Deathly Hallows Deluxe Edition Cover Art; Harry as Uniter; Be Nice
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Pub Menu

HPANA: Deluxe Edition Cover Art
HP Progs: Draco’s the Dragon?
Rules for Commenting
Loving Lupin

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Deathly Hallows Deluxe Edition Cover Art

by Travis Prinzi 06.08.2007

Wow.  Cover art for the Deluxe Edition of Deathly Hallows has been released.  What do you think?  Norbert?  Did anyone predict the trio would be riding a dragon at some point in Book 7?  (HT to commenter Michael).
I’ll chat a bit about this on this weekend’s PubCast.

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Hog’s Head PubCast #24: Snape (again)

by Travis Prinzi 05.28.2007

Orson Scott Card’s Essay, “Who is Snape…?”; Snape and Lily; Snape vs. Slughorn – better teacher?; Snape’s “loyalty” to Dumbledore; revisiting racism (briefly)
I’ll post the pub menu tomorrow. If anyone would like to do me the favor of counting how many times I used the word “fascinating” or any of its derivatives in this [...]

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Book Review: The Great Snape Debate (part 2)

by Travis Prinzi 05.22.2007

Be sure to read Part 1 for my overall introduction to the book.
“The Case for Snape’s Innocence” is the far better half of the book, in my opinion. Made up of 5 essays that parallel the five from “The Case for Snape’s Guilt,” it presents a fairly thorough examination of the evidence for Good [...]

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The Current Poll: Will Harry Die?

by Travis Prinzi 05.17.2007

The current poll, “Will Harry die (literally) in Book 7?” currently stands at 62% no, 38% yes.  That’s actually closer than I thought it would be (I expected “no” to be a landslide).  Use the comments section below to explain why you voted the way you did.

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Book Review: The Great Snape Debate (part 1)

by Travis Prinzi 05.14.2007

Revision: This book review has been revised.
This is the first of a two-part review of the Borders special release, The Great Snape Debate (available in Borders and Waldenbooks stores), by Amy Berner, Orson Scott Card, and Joyce Millman. The book is divided into two sections, each arguing the opposite point of view about Snape.

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Shades of Evil

by Travis Prinzi 05.05.2007

“You have no subtlety, Potter.” Said Snape, his dark eyes glittering. “You do not understand fine distinctions. It is one of the shortcomings that makes you such a lamentable potion-maker.” (OP, p. 521)
Commenter shadowquill linked an interesting essay from The Leaky Cauldron by “caltheous” on Snape. While I think it’s fair to say that [...]

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