Official Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince discussion topic (Spoilers)

[Chris Watarimono]

OMG!!! OMG!!! I don't believe it at all! Only six more days before the launch! ONLY SIX DAYS!!! Right afterwards, we'd be then counting down the launch by HOURS!!~ I am SO psyched for this! =D

If anyone didn't see the thread back in the temp board, here's the first post:

WAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming IN TEN DAYS! Get it? IN TEN DAYS!!! XD

WAHAHAHAHAHAH...whoo. Much more calm now. Some places may say that it comes out on July 16, but the main release date is the 15th, or at least that where I last heard.

There's so much to know in this new book! Such as the new DADA professor, whom they seem to go through in the series! =P Lily's Potter's big secret revealed! Harry's and Dumbledore's greater link between each other! More of Professor Snape! The history of the birth of *shrieks* Voldemort! OWL Results! Raging hormones of those horny young men and women of Hogwarts, which everyone seems to love so much! XD And of course...

...THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE!!! XD

I am soooooooo excitied for this up and coming release of this book! So much I preordered via Amazon.com, and that they'll promise delievery on the release date! XD I am so psyched for this! What's even more this is only the second to the last! Right after HBP is teh grand finale! Ayah! Harry Potter grown up so very quickly already! XD

BTW, I'm defintely thinking of going to a release party in my area, but so far, it's been a tough struggle. My parents don't want me to go to New York City at midnight, when most of the release parties occur, and the bookstore parties will only invite you in if you pre-order from those stores. =\ Ah well...I'll find a way somehow...

Still...I don't believe it! HALF-BLOOD PRINCE IN TEN DAYS!!! XD

So, in continuation from that thread, as well as in the interest of discussion, why do you like to read the Harry Potter series. If you don't like the books, then why not?

-Chris R.

Kris Edit- This topic will now probably contain spoilers, so if you dont want to see them dont look in this topic!

[Master of Paradox]

I used to like the books... but J.K. Rowling's writing style is too paced to be exciting, and her philosophies are downright sanctimonious. And her attempts to "darken" her work has robbed it of the magic it used to have.

I'm still getting Book Six, though. I'll also get Book Seven. And then I can sell all seven first editions for a squidload of cash in a few years.

[Dark Scizor]

I'm still getting Book Six, though. I'll also get Book Seven. And then I can sell all seven first editions for a squidload of cash in a few years.

One of the best ideas I've heard in a while.

[Chris 2.1]

Looking forward to it. Got it preordered. I wonder which is the big character kill-off this time around?

[Chris Watarimono]

Only 4 more days until HBP...

...C'mon people! I know you're all out there! There has to be more support for Harry Potter than this! Come on all out! :p

-Chris R.

[The Decapitated Mole]

I've got the book on preorder from Amazon, it's supposed to arrive on Friday. I can hardly wait, I've been reading OoTP since friday to get myself refreshed, and now I'm just anticipating the next one more and more with every page.

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jimm

[Lady Vulpix]

Well, I like reading fantasy stories in general and they qualify as such. Though I'm going to wait until it comes to Argentina, probably next year.

[Kris]

They take you to a whole new world, a new place. Its great! They have also encouraged children to read more which is always a good thing.

I started reading the philosophers stone last night, gonna finish the order of the phoenix on friday hopefully. Ready for my new book on saturday!

[midnightangel]

I ordered mine from Amazon.com in February

Should be getting it later on during the week...Amazon said around the 18th or 19th, then again the other book I ordered came early
*waits patiently*

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

I hope I remember to get the book this time. The last one I always forgot to order and finally got it half a year after it was released ... and never got around to read for another few months. Oh well, still some time before the german version is issued.

[Chris 2.1]

I ordered mine in January and got my parents to pay for it. It was a "birthday present". Hehe. I'm such a crafty businessman.

[Magmar]

Looking forward to it. Got it preordered. I wonder which is the big character kill-off this time around?

I heard it was a Weasley.... >_<

[shazza]

WAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming IN TEN DAYS! Get it? IN TEN DAYS!!! XD

WAHAHAHAHAHHA... i don't get it man

[Chris 2.1]

If it is Weezy it's ok.
A) Harry and Hermy can finally make beautiful music
B) Mr and Mrs Weezy have been churning out kids since dickity-six. One dead won't hurt.

Oh yea apparently some peeps in the US found out who the character was who died and spread it everywhere. Mint.

[Kris]

I didnt think there were any leaks on this one?

Have any leaks been posted on the internet, if so where!!

[Zak]

I preordered in November. I win

And Chris, where did you hear that?

[Heald]

Plot driven drivel.

Also, JK Rowling is a skank whose spent more time on plastic surgery than writing this book.

And the sad part is I'm still going to buy it, but only out of spite.

[Chris 2.1]

Zak: It was in my local (lower class) newspaper. Apparently people in the US who were boxing the books ready to deliver elsewhere took some photos of the blurb and inside pages where it revealled which character died. Iirc it WAS posted on the internet and a lot of people were thrilled because they were now inquisitive as to "how they died."

I can see where they come from. For example, if someone said "oh yea Ginny dies" you'd go "wow I wonder how?" etc and it still fuels your keenness.

BTW I dunno if Ginny dies that was a random example.

NOVEMBER? Whoa.

[Drusilla]

I need to get out and mug some old ladies for their pills, so I have something to sell for money to buy the book... >_<

Maybe I'll just go camp out at Hastings and read it there without buying it yet!

[abunaidesu]

I already preordered my copy, going to pick it up at midnight on Friday.

[Chris Watarimono]

Oh Lawwwd! HBP only in

ONE DAY!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! I don't believe it! I don't believe it at all! I can't wait for the book to arrive already! Soon we'll be down to the count by HOURS! And then, the book is HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! XD

Oh, BTW, are you going to do something prior to the release, like go to a release party? I was planning on originally, but all my friends are booked with other things and nonsense, and I can't go out alone. ;_; Poor, poor, me.

-Chris R.

[The Decapitated Mole]

Well, my friend Chelsea is obsessed with HP, and she said I had to go to the party with her and Steve, so I might as well. Not like I got a whole lot else goin' on, after all. I'm getting excited though, H-pizzle and the Hizzle Blizzle Prizzle comin' atcha.

[abunaidesu]

a release party for a book? what the fuck?

[The Decapitated Mole]

The bookstores have been having release parties for harry potter since GoF came out, I'm surprised you didn't know this.

I went to the one for GoF, but Barnes and Noble was ridiculously underprepared for food and drink and I started crying when I found out that I couldn't get the book there[keep in mind I was like 9 or 10]. It was still pretty fun though.

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jimm

[homeofmew]

November GOF Movie.

Who cares about Harry Pot Head anyway?

[Dark Scizor]

Quite a lot of people.

[Sceptile_Master]

I thought it was coming out on the 16th. I might get it in a while. Thing is J.K.Rowling is such a talented writer but needs to get a better grip on the fact that when characters are 16 years old don't act like bloody 7 year olds. 'But, But, professor, this speel doesn't seem to work. It's so not fair.' Guess what, I'm fed up of that already. They all think getting a detention is like soooo bad ass, all the people in the school, even the slitherins who are just chavs in wizard form, are like 'oh my god, a, detention, let's spread it around the whole school.' And reading through the 5th one became a chore sometimes. I mean when I'd just read 150 pages in a row, without stopping of harry's repetitive increasingly paranoid thoughts I felt like I just wanted to clear my head and flush out the shit as it was clouding me from doing what I wanted to do as it drained me. It was a pretty good book but didn't touch on goblet of fire, which was definetely the best book and despite the still pretty cruddy but not as bad in the other book, except for the usual cho chang crap. 'Oh my god it's a like the look of and don't even know, I have butterflies in my stomach.' (he actually said he had butterflies in his stomach on the 5th one). OMF<insert other letters that go with this>G your almost 17, bloody hell. Apart from that though, the goblet of fire was a book I thoughoully (how do you speel that?) enjoyed although now the writing had darkened too much and is getting to heavily focused on voldemort and his followers. Yeah it's an OK thing but it was definetely not what got me liking the series in the beginning.

Let's compare J.K.Rowling to microsoft. In the beginning it was all brilliant and the idea grabbed everyones attention. It then increasingly started to get better. But now she may start to become uncaring of what the series really needs. Just like Internet Explorer now her books are garunteed of selling she'll think she can write any crap down. She started to slip from the orginal greatness with her last book, let's hope it doesn't continue with this one.

I will probably end up getting the book but she should lay a little off on the voldemort's-a-rising thing as it is now what drives the story and in the beginning that's not what we read for. If she does lay off it a bit it may make me want it to just end right now so I can get back to what got me into the series. If the points just given gets worse I probably wont buy the 7th book.

Also on a side note, how long is the book this time?

[Chris 2.1]

Longer than 4 and shorter than 5 I believe.

I wonder, though - I ordered mine off Amazon. Will it arrive tommorrow or not? If they recieve it tomorrow then they might not deliver it tomorrow. Just wondering.

[The Decapitated Mole]

I ordered from Amazon and recieved this email a month or so ago:

"Greetings from Amazon.com.

As someone who has pre-ordered Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
you are probably itching to get your hands on the first copy off the
press. Great news--we are going to make sure you receive your copy(s)
on the day of release, July 16, 2005, guaranteed, at no additional
charge to you!*

You don't have to do a thing--just sit back and wait for the book to
arrive on your doorstep on July 16.

Please be sure that the shipping address selected for this order is a
location where you will be on that Saturday, as this guarantee does
not apply if no one is available to accept delivery."

Huzzah, although I has to wait a bit longer than some people [midnight release and all that], still a great deal.

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jimm

[Heald]

Just a warning. This is a flagrant spoiler so don't read the sentence below. You have been warned.

I heard a major character dies. Don't have a clue who it might be but lets hope no one dares to reveal it by bolding the letters in a sentence.

[Chris Watarimono]

As I sneakily avoid the spoiler, I come back in the thread and say:

HBP IN TEN HOURS!!!

Aieeeeeeeeee!!! It's so far, yet so close! It's like I want the book already! Oh my lawwwwwwd! And I might be going to a release party too! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

-Chris R.!!!!

[Drusilla]

Just a warning. This is a flagrant spoiler so don't read the sentence below. You have been warned.

I heard a major character dies. Don't have a clue who it might be but lets hope no one dares to reveal it by bolding the letters in a sentence.

*gaspx0rz* :O!!!!! HOLY SHIT YOU'RE JOKING!!!

EDIT: sorry o___o;;;

[The Decapitated Mole]

Yeah, and thanks for quoting it, too, that makes it so much easier to avoid.

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jimm

[Tokyo Magnum]

*gaspx0rz* :O!!!!! HOLY **** YOU'RE JOKING!!!

EDIT: sorry o___o;;;

Supposedly there's a picture of a part of the book on the net that says this, too.

'Course, if it DOES happen, I hope it actually serves, y'know, a purpose as opposed to the last book's character death.

[Chris 2.1]

*Looks away* ARRRGH!!! AVERT THINE EYES!

Ok cool so I'll get it delivered tomorrow? I hope my post comes before 8AM cos I'm away for the day....family day trips are annoying (especially when they happen on the one day you get HP6)

[RedStarWarrior]

Heh...apparently some books were sold early and, in return for not talking about the books, the people who have them will recieve a autographed plaque or something.

[Kris]

O.k the book is now here!

Where on earth is my postman, its already 8:30! I want the postman here now!!!!!

This topic now contains spoilers so please if you dont want to see them then dont look in here.

[Heald]

Luna, that spoiler has been posted already (by me no less).

[Luna Artemis]

I know.

[Dark Scizor]

And an awesome spoiler it was.