The Humor in Harry
Harry makes appearances in Penny Arcade and Ozzie and Millie this week.
Concerns of Children Watching Webcast
As people from all over the world flock to England or prep their PCs to watch Rowling at her Royal Albert Hall event tomorrow, The Independent raises some interesting concerns regarding youth participation in Web chats.
Trio of Telegraph Reviews
The Telegraph has a trio of reviews from a 29.5 yr old, a 15 year old and a 10 year old - all of which are quite interesting.
Harry Potter and the Alchemy Lesson
The Business Standard of India has what may be the first bit of snarky fan fiction based on the new book. They take an amusing look at all the hype surrounding the book launch.
Slate Discusses Book V in Book Club
Slate's Book Club has a week-long discussion of Book V this week.
Here is todays.
Williams Outgrows Potter
Venus Williams had this to say when asked if she'd buy Book V:
"No, I didn't. I don't know if I'm going to. I might be a little old now."
"I'm 23, I've got to really focus on things that are really going to enrich my life," she said.
SF Chronicle Says Potter fans Deserve More
The Chronicle's David Kipen says Book V is nothing more than "900 pages" of "stale familiarity".
Village Voice Take on Book V
Reviewer Michael Atkinson has an interesting take on Book V that this editor can only describe as....overly bombastic.
Scholastic Prints More Books
In order to keep up with demand, Scholastic has ordered yet another print run of Book V to include about 800,000 more copies.
New York Times Review
Elite book reviewer Michiko Kakutani raved about OotP (on the front page of the newspaper no less):
A considerably darker, more psychological book than its predecessors, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" occupies the same emotional and storytelling place in the Potter series as "The Empire StrikesContinued...
Potter Books Gobble Millions, Set Records
We knew it would happen but here are the numbers anyway - 5 million print sold in a weekend, hundreds of thousands elsewhere - Potter has broken every publishing record in existence, and become the fastest-selling commodity anywhere.
Back Online
Welcome to Post-OotP fandom, everyone. We're back and running but a little off-kilter, as we're sure are most of you. I will post more thoughts on my own site at a later time, but I have just this to say: JKR, you brilliant, mad, crazy, terrible, sadistic woman. We love you still, even after what you just did to all of us,Continued...
Scholastic Shares Down Despite Potter Weekend
Despite having the biggest one-day sale of a book in history, Forbes reports that Scholastic's shares fell today.
AP, USA Today On Notice from Scholastic
The Associated Press and USA Today are also being considered by Scholastic for legal action for printing a review with spoilers prior to the embargo being released.
JKR SURPRISES FANS AT READING IN EDINBURGH
All right. We lied. We're back for ONE MORE POST: JK Rowling shows up in Edinburgh for a surprise OotP reading. Lucky, lucky, lucky fans. Is she cool or WHAT?
Again: Happy canon, everyone.