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I can't wait for the Potter mania to finally die down. I figure we'll need ten more years for it to fully go away, then we can see the far superior Books of Magic brought to screen without horrible comparisons to Potter.

I work for UPS, and tonight we will see way too many of these books , they have already cought people trying to steal the book . on tuesday someone tryed to steal one, had it out of the building. somehow they had the book back by noon.

Yea, while I'm eagerly awaiting the new book, I could care less if anything gets "spoiled". Funny thing is, I've made no effort to avoid spoilers and still I know nothing.

Speak for yourself. They ARE good and they are responsible for bringing the joy of reading to kids who were obsessed with television. Rowling should be commended.

One of my friends got punched in the face cause he sent spoilers out. Something involving Snape. Harry potter is serious business.

I was pissed.

I'm glad you were talking smack about Jim Dale and not Stephen fry, because if you call Stephen fry a creep (even though he may be) there's be words.

JK Rowling is a hack like George Lucas. She should've farmed out the actual writing like Lucas did with the writing and directing of Empire.

so should alfred e neuman.

I can wait for the book, Preferably have something that is Tangible to read in my hand than just something that may not exist.

while i am almost certain to get the book, i'm not in any rush at all to get a copy. i have my sights set on something much better. something with filth and depravity. drugs and liquor. almost certainly violence and leather (Violence And Leather should be a metal band).

Harry Potter can go fuck himself if he interferes with me getting Crooked Little Vein.

And if you liked Watership Down, Adams talking dog novel Plague Dogs, in my opinion, is even better.

I like Harry Potter, but I've got The Jungle and The Handmaid's Tale to finish first. Nobody bothers with spoilers about books written in the early 1900s.

I'm all for commending anyone who can get kids to put down their video games and read.

I contest this. I've been reading pirate books for years. When you have people with too much time on their hands, a scanner and an OCR, you have pirate ebooks!

I think part of the draw of the series is that they are an evolving series of books. The first one may have been seen as children literature, but each one has grown more mature, either due to Rowling's skill as a writer increasing, or an intentional thing where in kids could grow up with the series.

Shardik is great, too.

But video games are literature. They're an art form! I swear!

Sometimes when I see someone has the newspaper machine open, I grab the door before it closes and grab one or two for me and my friends. It's a big company and it's not hurting anyone, right?

And sometimes when the merch person for a local band is getting something for someone, I snag one of the display shirts. I mean, why should I pay to advertise THEM?

Look I'm a gamer and I love the artistic side of it. I'm a huge fan of Final Fantasy (particularly 7 but thats a different thing all together) but there is nothing better than picking up a well crafted novel and falling into the world. My imagination is always 10 times more detailed than any video game could make it.

So devour it in the tub. I like to read in the tub, and I cannot take an e-copy in with me that is only viewable on the screen.

Hey, I downloaded those pictures too, but you're still gonna see me in line tonight at midnight getting my hard copy!