Anybody getting the Harry Potter book tonight?
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First off, NO SPOILERS PLEEEEEEEEEASE!
Ahem.
So, anyone besides me going to go to the local bookstore tonight for some midnight madness? How I wish I had had a little forethought - Peter and I could have dressed up as Snape and Hagrid (yeah, but who's who?) and won the costume contest here in Virginia. Any others out there eager to read the book ASAP so as to avoid the inevitable spoilers? I'm in a low-level media blackout now that I don't want to escalate - but I will if I have to!
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I pre-ordered mine via Amazon, so I'll get it via USPS Saturday.
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Surprisingly clever of you, Hagrid.
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Mine is preordered, but I got super saver shipping. Guess I just don't care enough.
Now, the last WoT book... whenever that comes out.
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When it happens, perhaps I'll read the last three in one swell foop.
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There were a couple bookstores I beleive in L.A. that inadvertently released the books for sale yesterday. I'm an avid reader but that's one series I've never gotten around to reading, I guess I'll have to check them out.
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Well, the wife and I preordered via Amazon, AND we're going to the local bookstore event tonight. The initial plan was just to go see what it was like, but with both of us wanting to read it immediately, we might walk away with a copy tonight as well...
That's normal and acceptable behavior, right?
I'm in a low-level media blackout, too. Last time I had the big event at the end spoiled by a frickin' AP wire story - they noted that betting on a certain event had spiked drastically after a copy of the last book was leaked. Well, duh, AP, you just ruined the suprise! So you're never safe from spoilers, apparently.
Last edited by zhimbo; 07/20/07 08:40 PM.
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Yeah, I remember that also. You'd think that a betting parlor wouldn't take bets on something that has already happened, so to speak. No wonder somebody in the town where the book was printed started placing a lot of bets on ... that thing that happened.
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I pre-ordered mine via Amazon, so I'll get it via USPS Saturday.
Me 2. Can't wait.
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I'm number 1244 on the waiting list at my local library. However, they are getting (have already got?) 938 copies of the book. Books can only be checked out for 3 weeks, and many will be returned long before that. So, I figure that within 3 weeks I should be happily learning Harry's fate.
Jack
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