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What do we make of the fact that the NY Times book critic Michiko Kakutani purchased a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at a NYC bookstore yesterday and was able to sift through its 1.8 pounds to write a review in today's paper? There are no true spoilers, just confirmation that there is a fitting ending (but if you are worried about spoilers of any kind, don't read the blockquote):
J. K. Rowling’s monumental, spellbinding epic, 10 years in the making, is deeply rooted in traditional literature and Hollywood sagas — from the Greek myths to Dickens and Tolkien to “Star Wars.” And true to its roots, it ends not with modernist, “Soprano”-esque equivocation, but with good old-fashioned closure: a big-screen, heart-racing, bone-chilling confrontation and an epilogue that clearly lays out people’s fates.Thank God - no Journey soundtrack! Though don't let that keep you enterprising kids from using "Don't Stop Believing" to make a Harry Potter video... oh, wait, Olbermann already did it.
The early sale of the final Harry Potter book has prompted American publisher Scholastic to pursue legal action against DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment, as those retailers had shipped the book early. But we doubt that this will spoil the fun for all the Muggles looking to celebrate the book's release tomorrow night.
Tomorrow, starting at 5PM, Scholastic will open up Harry Potter Place (Mercer Street, between Prince and Spring Streets in Soho) where people can visit between 5PM and 11PM, see a Muggle Board and Whomping Willow, and mingle with wand-makers, magicians, jugglers and more. And there will even be a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Knight Bus where visitors can create videos about the Harry Potter books; the bus will be parked outside 557 Broadway between 10AM and 6PM tomorrow.
There are tons of midnight Hary Potter parties: Here's the Barnes & Noble locator for them (the big one is at Union Square, with Jim Dale, who narrates the audio books), and info from Border's. Children's book shop Books of Wonder has a big event, too.
Are you heading to Harry Potter book parties tomorrow night? Or are you hitting the streets to find a coveted early copy?
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I haven't read any of the books, and until last week, hadn't seen any of the movies. But my girlfriend dragged me to the most recent one last week, and I must say, I enjoyed it. Her and a few friends are going to the Union Square B&N to check out the narrator. I'm not a fanatic, so I won't be going.
Tom Swift would kick Harry Potters ass any day.
RISE ALL YE LOGICIANS!!!
I haven't read all the books - just the first, but I have watched all the movies (haven't had a chance to see the latest). When it comes out I'll probably goto the store if there is any copies left and pick it up for the Mrs. I'll read the ending and then hand it off to her.
Instead of the HP jump, I will be at home weeping for our generation.
I'll be at the Scholastic party, Union Square B&N, and a Borders party, proudly wearing my DA shirt.
I really can hardly wait.
So that explains Kakutani's Pynchon review from last year.
That's right #4, weep for people excited about reading.
Since my workplace overlooks the 'Harry Potter Fest' on Mercer Street I imagine I'll be thinking of ways to prevent myself from dumping boiling oil onto the muggles under my window.
I've read the first four books, and parts of the others. I like the fantasy elements, but the soul-possessing stuff gets a bit too dark for my taste. I hate Baldingwart - urh, I mean, Voldimort! Hope he gets his sorry butt kicked to the curb six ways from Sunday!
# 8 "Emily" - are you saying you aren't a muggle?
#10:
I'm employed by the Ministry of Magic.
There was someone pouring water out of their window onto the screaming crowds on Mercer right before the book release at midnight. Was that you emilydickinson?