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This is another transition chapter between the important events surrounding the Silver Doe and Xenophilius Lovegood’s explanation of the Deathly Hallows in the next two chapters. Hermione is still not speaking to Ron, and Ron is reciprocating this by watching his conduct around her because of his remorse over his actions. Ron however is excited to come back and has an interesting conversation with Harry. [click to continue…]

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The Next Harry Potter?

by revgeorge on March 10, 2010

I saw a comment over at Hogwarts Professor which reminded me of another article I had seen on the proclivities of people to compare the next big thing with Harry Potter.  The quote at HogPro was in regard to the Percy Jackson series.  The quote  of which it reminded me was from a young girl’s letter to the New York Times thanking them for not comparing any of the children’s fantasies on their children’s book issue of November 8, 2009 to Harry Potter.  I provide links to both quotes here for your perusal and thoughts.  I personally think they make a lot of sense and a very nice corrective to a lot of the hype that gets thrown around in the publishing world.

The first one is from The Torch Online, quoting the girl’s letter to the Times.  The original post may be found here.

The second is from the commenter over at HogPro named Lynn, specifically the third paragraph of her comment.

Enjoy!

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Just a reminder that the Potter Pundits will be appearing live tonight, March 6, 2010, at Pace University in the NYC area.  For those who can’t make it in person (and I suspect that’s many of us), the good news is that Pottercast will be offering a livestream of the event.  You can find the livestream here.  The event starts at 7PM Eastern Standard Time.  Tune in to hear the Potter Pundits–Travis Prinzi, John Granger, and James Thomas–discuss Harry Potter as great literature!

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This is stuff to warm the heart of every Harry Potter fan: story after vignette after anecdote of fans’ experience connecting with other fans, often strangers (can we say shared text, Professor Granger?)

It might be worth clicking the Best Of buttons to find some of the greatest. Here’s a favorite of mine:

“Today, I was walking home from school. I then saw three kids dressed as Harry, Hermione, and Ron running down the street being chased my a man who looked about 50 dressed up as Snape, who was screaming “GET BACK HERE, POTTER!”. I’m not sure what just happened, but I want in.”

Also, I actually cried laughing when I read this one. Technically, it’s a joke and not a story, but who’s complaining?

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A Few Images from the Harry Potter Themepark

by Dave the Longwinded 01.18.2010

A few days ago, someone from the Orlando Sentinel provided some photos they took at the Universal Themepark showing the construction of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you picked up the Blu Ray of Half-Blood Prince, then you saw the special in the extras section that was mostly a CGI tour of the [...]

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A Friday Folly & A Friday Forum Reminder

by revgeorge 01.15.2010

First, let’s start off with a folly.  A rumor has it that Robert Pattinson may take over the role of Marvel super-hero Spider-Man, which Tobey Maguire is vacating.  My gut response to that is “NO, NO, NO!!  Please God don’t let it be so!!!!” But that could just be an overreaction on my part; it [...]

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Friday Forum Reminder

by revgeorge 01.08.2010

Just a reminder that The Hogshead now has a forum.  It may be found here.  There are currently 36 registered members & 58 topics.  Remember that at the forum you get to control the topic discussion, whether it’s on Harry Potter or other topics.  Please feel free to register & start participating.
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Harry Potter and the Decade That Was

by revgeorge 12.31.2009

According to some calculations, when the clock ticks over midnight tonight, a new decade will begin and the old one close.  Not for me, though, I don’t think the new decade starts until 2011. 
But since most of the world figures 2010 will start the new decade, I’ve noticed a fair number of stories [...]

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