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Harry Potter Countdown Thread

Posted on 06/27/2007 1:30:44 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith

The countdown is on! We're all waiting. Let's talk about it while we're waiting.

This countdown ticks down the time to both the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film.

Countdown clocks can be found at http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:countdowns


TOPICS: Books/Literature; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: books; deathlyhallows; harrypotter; hogwarts; hugh; orderofthephoenix; rowling; series
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

Ah, yes. He starred in “Willow,” back when I was a teen.


581 posted on 07/18/2007 3:51:01 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: Tax-chick

He’s also one of the answers to my Harry Potter movie actor quiz questions: Which 2 HP actors are associated with a paranoid android? Davis was Marvin the Android while Alan Rickman served as Marvin’s voice.


582 posted on 07/18/2007 4:37:16 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: Tanniker Smith
It looks like the NYT wants to spoil it for everyone. Drudge says that they are reviewing early. I wish JKR would sue them out of existence.
583 posted on 07/18/2007 6:14:05 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: Aggie Mama; Tanniker Smith

All good FReepers avoid the NYT like the plague, anyway!


584 posted on 07/19/2007 4:02:41 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: Tanniker Smith

My kids are nagging to see the movie, but two are going to camp this weekend. Maybe I can take Bill to see it on Saturday, if things go well during the morning.


585 posted on 07/19/2007 4:03:56 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: Tax-chick; Tanniker Smith; EmilyGeiger; andyssister; All
Well guys, I'm signing off. I'm taking the kiddies to see the movie today and then I'll be avoiding the computer, t.v. and newspaper like the plague until I've finished the book.

So, here's to a long life for Fred and George, Neville finding his strength, Snape being a good guy, none of our favorite characters turning into Inferius, the Malfoy's getting theirs, a spectacular death for Voldemort, Ron and Hermione together at last and a happy ending for Harry Potter! It's been a blast to theorize and speculate with you all for the last few months and I hope the book is all you were hoping it to be.

If a new thread is started to discuss the book would someone ping me please? See you all in a few days. Oh, and I'm betting a box of Bertie Botts that Tanniker is the first one to finish the book!

586 posted on 07/19/2007 9:06:43 AM PDT by TightyRighty (July 21, 2007 - The End Is Near)
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To: TightyRighty

You have a wonderful weekend! It’s been fun hearing your ideas.


587 posted on 07/19/2007 9:08:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: TightyRighty
Have fun!

See you on the discussion thread. :)

588 posted on 07/19/2007 9:15:19 AM PDT by andyssister (Accio July 21!)
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To: TightyRighty

I hope all that you just posted comes true....well except that Tanniker finishes first, because I really want to be the first. :)


589 posted on 07/19/2007 10:13:01 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: All

Just finished OOP.

Less than 600 pages to go. I think I’ll actually finish. :)


590 posted on 07/19/2007 9:34:55 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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To: Explorer89; All

I loved The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant! Did you know there is a new series, The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant? The second book is coming out in October. I haven’t re-read those in many years, but I have re-read the Shannara books many times, as have all my boys. They are in the top five in our house. I don’t think your theory holds water, though. JKR has said she is not a fan of fantasy and hasn’t read anything beyond LOTR, if you can believe it. In fact (I can barely forgive her for this) she says she didn’t read The Hobbit until after SS came out!! So I don’t believe she would follow story lines that we would consider “typical” of high fantasy. Her underlying themes seem to come from Roman mythology. Kudos for an interesting idea though. (But JKR is a Jane Austen fan so I can’t be too hard on her :)


591 posted on 07/20/2007 2:32:16 AM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor and a Marine! Weasley is Our King!)
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To: athelass
But JKR is a Jane Austen fan so I can’t be too hard on her :) Did you hear Paul Harvey yesterday? He told about a guy who had sent 13 different books out to 13 different publishers and all of the books were turned down? They were all Jane Austen's books! He had changed the title and that was all. He was running an experiment. 1 day left!!!!
592 posted on 07/20/2007 4:39:09 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger

Good morning!


593 posted on 07/20/2007 6:17:44 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: Tax-chick

Good morning. :) Just one more day. Have you finished all the books yet?


594 posted on 07/20/2007 7:15:01 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger

Yes, I’ve read them all at least twice. I just finished the tapes of PoA; it was very well done.


595 posted on 07/20/2007 7:27:56 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: andyssister

I saw OotP on Wednesday and left depressed. I am facing tomorrow with a very bittersweet feeling.


596 posted on 07/20/2007 7:44:19 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (Gryffindor '88 Arthur Weasley will be named the Minister of Magic...)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

Was it so bad that now you think you’ll hate the new book?


597 posted on 07/20/2007 7:45:17 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: EmilyGeiger; Tax-chick

Cannot WAIT for 11:30!

Am heading straight home to finish Book 5, which (if all works out) means I should take care of Book 6 tonight and tomorrow morning, just in time!


598 posted on 07/20/2007 7:46:47 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: Tax-chick
No, I just don’t want it to end... I have been looking forward to the movie and book so much and now it is here. I will soon have to say good bye to what seem like good friends. If that makes sense.

I think I will try to read it slowly..... yeah, right.

599 posted on 07/20/2007 7:49:26 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (Gryffindor '88 Arthur Weasley will be named the Minister of Magic. Snape will die a hero.)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

At least there will be two more movies.

I felt the same way when Louis L’Amour died. Left a bunch of sequels “hanging,” too.


600 posted on 07/20/2007 7:54:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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