attention! Harry Potter fans! attention!
Someone has posted photos of the entire last chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows online. That person should be put under the Cruciatus Curse or Jelly-Legs Jinx while covered in a giant Ginny Weasley Bat-Bogey Hex and made to read the entire written “works” of Ted Rall. As such, I will not be reading comments (on any blog, including my own), blogs, or my own email unless it comes from trusted sources (and dear trusted sources, if you ruin this book for me like Mancow ruined Half-Blood Prince for me, you’re out), and I will not be watching TV, listening to the radio, or answering the phone unless you are a trusted friend who does not wish to die a most painful death. I will be blogging, and please do leave me comments, because after I’ve finished the book (which does not arrive until Saturday), I would love to read them all rather than think you’ve left me simply because I’ve left you. If you’ve sent me an email and I owe you a response, it means I’ve already read it and will be getting back to you during my hiatus from reading new email and comments.
Thanks very much for your understanding. And if you find that guy, give him a nice big angry Hermione-like glare from me.
Thanks very much to John Podhoretz in The Corner for the heads-up.
Yeah, I saw that. Turns out that Vader is Luke’s father! Crazy, man.
July 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amThose spoilering, uhm, namby-pambies! Darn them all to heck!
Still, who’d have thunk it - Crookshanks and shape-shifted McGonagall running away together? Ron being actually Voldemort’s son? And Tom Riddle not being Voldemort but personality-swapped Hagrid, while Hagrid himself was Voldemort’s brother?
Most stunning of all, Harry ending up as the last surviving wizard after Ron’s dad accidently mugglifies everyone. That I didn’t expect. Could have done without the gory descriptions of all those people dying horribly at Hermione’s frustrated hands, though.
/totally fake
July 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pmTRUSTED SOURCE - no spoilers!
I am curious if the “leaked” ending is real or not. There were a LOT of fakes, some very convincing, with the previous books. I wouldn’t be surprised if the author and publishers leaked some bogus materials just to throw people off the scent or to help track and prosecute pirates (see “canary trap” in your local encyclopedia of counterintelligence).
Anything you see online before reading the book should be ignored — at least until AFTER the book is actually out.
July 17th, 2007 at 2:08 pmyou ought to post when you’ve finished it, just so we know when it’s safe to discuss it with you
July 17th, 2007 at 9:09 pmIt was Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick.
Don’t tell anybody.
July 18th, 2007 at 7:14 amapparently the new york times printed illegally got their hands on a copy of the book and wrote an article about it THAT INCLUDED SPOILERS.
fortunately, i’m not a filthy hippy, so i don’t read the times - but still. garbage.
July 20th, 2007 at 10:29 amTry reading something worth while… not this silly crap that’s more predictable than a Saturday afternoon C movie … It to stupid.. but I don’t believe any of the hype… the starbuck’s hippies must have money invested in this gay book for some reason
July 21st, 2007 at 5:20 pmuh-oh, wowzahater@yahoo.com.au! your comment must have gotten eaten by my Anti-Cussing Jinx! better luck next time.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:25 pmOh, and if “God-fearing” is meant as an insult, you failed that one. I’m so not insulted by that!
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:26 pm