Wild about Harry- Potter that is!

[Taffy Saltwater]

A new look at HBP - I love when Hermione sets the birds on Ron!:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWCxbmWeXLk

[Queen Bonnie]

 Wow! Amazing! How can I wait for JULY?

[Taffy Saltwater]

The Inferi are plain scary.

[LadyShadow]

I hate the fact they moved the date.  Lets go complain!!

[katie_86]

  Hello!!! i have found my people at last!!! I have a question has anyone been able to find anything else remotely interesting to read since deathly hallows(or beedle the bard i should say) ? Im still having trouble with life after potter  ive read Artemis fowl and the twilight series but nothings remotely close to hitting the same notes
If it helps I'm 23 and I love all things fantastical fairy's especially which is why i did enjoy the Artemis series

[Taffy Saltwater]

That's a great question - I wish I had a satisfactory answer because nothing has hit the notes for me either.  Of course, I don't have a great deal of time for reading.  If you haven't read them, you might want to try the Lord of the Rings, which was my introduction to fantasy back in the '70's & is a true classic.

[Dustin]

Along the same lines as LOTR (and greatly inspired by LOTR) is Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Think of it as LOTR meets a spaghetti western in Stephen King's universe. Harry Potter is even mentioned in books 5, 6, and 7.

[katie_86]

Ahh yes i have read lotr but not in a while so probably worth a reread and ill have to look into the dark tower Ive heard of this before
I think someone should start a support group for those of us unable to move on   

[Queen Bonnie]

 I love fantasy too. I am reading the Faerie Wars series by Herbie Brennan.
I also enjoyed Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry- 3 books in that series. I could not put it down. About the beginning of Peter Pan!
There is no life after Harry Potter. I want MORE!

[Dustin]

Ahh yes i have read lotr but not in a while so probably worth a reread and ill have to look into the dark tower Ive heard of this before
I think someone should start a support group for those of us unable to move on   

If you do start the Dark Tower series, make sure you get a revised edition of The Gunslinger. He started writing the DT series when he was 19, and the original, unrevised version is pretty bad, but much improved in the current revised edition.

[mieljolie]

I've had some major HP withdrawl.  I tried reading all kinds of different authors, but it's never the same.  I even read Anne McCaffrey's Pern series (about dragons).  The pace and and style of J.K. Rowling writing is hard to match.  She just creates a great world.

You could try some of the great HP fan fics online.  The one by razzberry2 on veritaserum.com is prety good.

http://www.veritaserum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8779

WARNING:  The fan fic above is not finished, yet, and will leave you hanging.  She promises to get it finished, but has had some health and personal problems that have prevented it.

[Taffy Saltwater]

Man guilty of killing 'Harry Potter' actorStory Highlights[/i]
Man convicted of murder of teenage actor who starred in new "Harry Potter" film
   
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A habitually violent young man was convicted Wednesday of the murder of teenage actor Rob Knox, who had starred in the latest "Harry Potter" film.

Karl Bishop, 22, attacked Knox and four friends with two kitchen knives outside a bar in Sidcup, south east London, last May. He stabbed them 10 times in less than two minutes, the Old Bailey court in central London heard.

Knox, 18, had rushed out of the bar after he heard that Bishop had threatened his younger brother Jamie but he ended up being stabbed five times, once in a main artery. He died in hospital later that night.

Bystanders said Bishop's face was "screwed up in rage" as he lashed out with the two knives, the Press Association reported.

Days before the attack, the actor had finished filming on "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," due for international release in July, in which he played the role of Marcus Belby. He was set to reprise the part in future "Harry Potter" films.

Knox's father Colin told mourners at his funeral, including co-star Rupert Grint, that his son had been "living the dream," PA said.

Prosecutor Brian Altman told the court that the young actor's promising life was ended by a "habitual knife carrier" who believed stabbing people was an "occupational hazard" and had previous convictions for knife crime.

Bishop is due to be sentenced on Thursday.

Knife crime in Britain is a political hot topic due to a spate of recent killings of mainly young people in major cities. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged tougher sentences for those caught carrying knives. He told the Daily Telegraph last month: "By carrying a knife you are not only endangering the lives of others, but you are more likely to be killed, or end up in jail.

"We need to change the way young people think about knives, we need families and communities working together ... to get this message across and help stamp out knife crime and get weapons off our streets."

[LadyShadow]

OMG.  I feel sorry for that mans family.

[Queen Bonnie]

 How horrible!  What a shame the actor was killed.  Very sad.

[Taffy Saltwater]

If I had one, I would not be willing to sell it.

CNN) -- A first-edition Harry Potter book was sold for about $19,000, according to an auction house in Dallas, Texas.


Normal copies of the Harry Potter books go for under $20, unlike the autographed first edition that sold for $19,000.

The soft-cover book was one of 200 copies printed and is a rarity compared with later editions of the popular series that were printed in the millions, the Heritage Auction Galleries said.

The book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," includes an autograph from author J.K. Rowling.

It's the first book in the Harry Potter series and was published in the United States under the title "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

The auction had estimated that the 223-page book would sell for as much as $12,000.

The winning bid of $19,120 bypassed expectations, but it was not the most expensive sale of Harry Potter-related items in an auction.

Last year, an 800-word prequel to the blockbuster Harry Potter novel series fetched nearly $50,000 for a writer's group and dyslexia charity.

That prequel was handwritten and signed by Rowling.