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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Discussion in 'TV & Movie Discussion' started by HPCatFan, Jan 15, 2003.

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  1. May 6, 2003 at 6:48 AM #21
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    :rolleyes:

    Our news team received a call yesterday offering us the first three chapters of the book for £25,000.

    A shifty-sounding man told us: “I want the money in a suitcase and I will give you the first three chapters.”
     
  2. May 25, 2003 at 3:07 PM #22
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  3. May 27, 2003 at 4:17 PM #23
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    From Amazon.com

    Book Description

    I say to you all, once again—in the light of
    Lord Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong
    as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
    Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and
    enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing
    an equally strong bond of friendship and trust.

    So spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts. But as Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems those bonds have never been more sorely tested. Lord Voldemort’s rise has opened a rift in the wizarding world between those who believe the truth about his return, and those who prefer to believe it’s all madness and lies—just more trouble from Harry Potter.

    Add to this a host of other worries for Harry…
    • A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey
    • A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
    • Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
    • And of course, what every student dreads: end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams

    …and you’d know what Harry faces during the day. But at night it’s even worse, because then he dreams of a single door in a silent corridor. And this door is somehow more terrifying than every other nightmare combined.

    In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling’s seven-part story, Harry Potter confronts the unreliability of the very government of the magical world, and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts.

    Despite this (or perhaps because of it) Harry finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty and unbearable sacrifice.

    Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages, and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.
     
  4. May 28, 2003 at 12:31 AM #24
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    We pre-ordered as well. I wonder if she will let me wait until the following day to pick it up? She read the last book (750+ pages) in like a day and a half
     
  5. May 28, 2003 at 9:01 AM #25
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    That's about my pace, unless it's Tom Clancy.
     
  6. Jun 5, 2003 at 2:47 PM #26
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  7. Jun 5, 2003 at 2:49 PM #27
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    What's the deal on this presale? Couldn't I get it for the same price when I walk in that morning?
     
  8. Jun 5, 2003 at 3:39 PM #28
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    yes

    may be able to buy it even cheaper.
     
  9. Jun 5, 2003 at 4:17 PM #29
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    Probably so. The presale sounds like mostly a money-gimmick and you don't have to fight the lunatics like Wossa's daughter to get your copy.:D

    Woss, y'all still planning on waiting a few days before getting the book, or has Potter Fever taken over? No one's thinking about it at my house except me.
     
  10. Jun 5, 2003 at 4:20 PM #30
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    we'll probably just go to Borders sometime that day and pick one up.

    All the nut jobs will be camped out for the doors to open. After a couple of hours it'll all die down and be just another day at the bookstore.
     
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