Harry Potter

[Gongsun Zan]

Boo. Everyone knows real men sit around and discuss Finnegan's Wake.

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of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to

Howth Castle and Environs.

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core rearrived from North Armorica on this side the scraggy

isthmus of Europe Minor to wielderfight his penisolate war: nor

had topsawyer's rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselse

to Laurens County's gorgios while they went doublin their mumper

all the time: nor avoice from afire bellowsed mishe mishe to

tauftauf thuartpeatrick: not yet, though venissoon after, had a

kidscad buttended a bland old isaac: not yet, though all's fair in

vanessy, were sosie sesthers wroth with twone nathandjoe. Rot a

peck of pa's malt had Jhem or Shen brewed by arclight and rory

end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.

    The fall (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner- 

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nuk!) of a once wallstrait oldparr is retaled early in bed and later

on life down through all christian minstrelsy. The great fall of the

offwall entailed at such short notice the pftjschute of Finnegan,

erse solid man, that the humptyhillhead of humself prumptly sends

an unquiring one well to the west in quest of his tumptytumtoes:

and their upturnpikepointandplace is at the knock out in the park

where oranges have been laid to rust upon the green since dev-

linsfirst loved livvy.

Edited July 15, 2005 by Gongsun Zan

[Jonny D]

I read all the other books when I was younger, so I think I'm going to read the rest of the series, been as there are only two more books to come out.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Rowling uses bad grammar and poor language. I know of two of my friends who have ordered it (one is 27 and one is 34 - full grown men reading Potter is tragic in my opinion)

She's also too spacy and weird for my liking. I don't like her, I couldn't care less about magic, and I enjoy the writing style of Murakami and Palahniuk...Therefore I won't be reading this one either.

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

Its weird hearing people say they read these books when they were younger, it sounds like some 80 year old man speaking about the bible or something, this is harry potter, you couldn't of been that much younger when they first came out.

Don't you think its wrong that they're releasing a childrens book at 12am? maybe they should release it at 4pm, after school has finished, rather than children waiting in the streets at midnight.

I read the first one, it was easy to read, but that didn't mean it was good, infact I thought it was pretty shit, I made it my duty not to read the rest.

[Dan]

Kids don't go to school on saturdays.

[lanky316]

I'd almost forgotten about the Harry Potter fad. *Sighs* it' back again. Still I admire the author a lot, she's managed to make a lot of money through these books - which is surprising with the more technology driven society.

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[Styk]

I'd almost forgotten about the Harry Potter fad. *Sighs* it' back again. Still I admire the author a lot, she's managed to make a lot of money through these books - which is surprising with the more technology driven society.

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To be fair it's not got long left, apparently preorders for this one are the lowest the series has seen. JK kept it running too long me thinks...

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[alldaws1]

Rowling uses bad grammar

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Bad grammar? Books go through editing to make sure most, if not all grammar and stuff is correct. So unless you've seen her personal notes on her books, I don't see how you can say that :blink:

[Scott McFly]

Just got back from work (Woolworths, incidentally) after setting all the displays and stuff for this up. I've never read any Harry Potter as it's clearly a kids book, and I really don't get adults who read it. We have got so many copies in, it's unreal - about 8 boxes worth. Very little of that is with the adult cover (same with Order of the Phoenix), so you'll have to be quick anywhere if you want one of them. Not to sound like I'm schilling my employers, but it'll be £8.99 until we close on Sunday.

I had a sneeky read of the start... the Prime Minister is reading a memo. What does it say? NOBODY KNOWS

[Guest Hollywood™]

No offence mate, you don't get adults who read it?

Maybe they enjoy it? Maybe they read it to their children at night?

It's up to the person whether or not they enjoy they book. Not somebody else to tell them they shouldn't because they are an 'adult'!

[Scott McFly]

If they enjoy it, then that's fine, I have no problem with them reading it - it's just I personally don't understand why they would want to read a children's book. It's more a "I don't understand why you'd want to do this" rather than a "you're an adult reading Harry Potter, you can burn in hell" type thing. But heck, anything that encourages anyone to read must be doing something right!

[Thatz]

There is no such thing as a "children's book." Books can be read by people of all ages. You read the book, and tell me if you think some little 6-year-old is going to understand all of it.

[Guest Hollywood™]

And there are adult versions of the books

[Thatz]

And there are adult versions of the books

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[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

That's it? I thought that she had just changed some sentence structure in some places to make it more complex.

Damn Lazy Rowling...I'll probably just get it off my cousin and give it a read. Seeing as she relys on the promise of people dying to sell books to children is kinda pathetic.

[Guest Hollywood™]

And once again you forget it's in relation to the story?

[Guest Hollywood™]

Sorry for posting twice. I know you guys hate it. It's finally out then!!

[Jonny D]

Tesco will be selling it now, which is about a ten minute walk from where I live. Quite simply though, I'm not sad enough to go and buy it right now.

[Darloboy]

I don't understand people who will queue for hours outside Tesco or wherever just to buy a bloody book. I bet if I went to the high street tomorrow afternoon I could easily find a copy.

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Fuck, that London queue outside Waterstones was huge, saw it on BBC Breakfast, I'll grab a copy on Thursday as I'm thoroughly broke until then.