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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic (Post 367508)

What fellow and what thingy.

Wait until Friday after midnight, dear.

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I just saw internet videos (not hard to find of this) where assholes ruined ---> character's deaths and shouted it out and the page number to lines of waiting fans.
I'd like to castrate them with a snapping turtle.

What, that Harry and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named became gay lovers and settled in Australia to raise dragons? Oh damn... I wasn't supposed to give that away, was I?

If you don't like the ending you could choose a different one by Mario Puzo, John Grisham, George Lucas, Joe Haldeman, Dean Koontz, Joss Whedon, Tom Clancy, or David Chase.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 368296)

If you don't like the ending you could choose a different one by Mario Puzo, John Grisham, George Lucas, Joe Haldeman, Dean Koontz, Joss Whedon, Tom Clancy, or David Chase.

Awesome. :D

I did like the ending, actually. But it's cool that they did that -- I just wish Michael Chabon had participated.

At first I thought the Epilogue was closing the door to the possibility of any sequels, but on further thought, it really doesn't.

I enjoyed it (our copy of the UK version arrived on Thursday), but I thought the epilogue was lame.

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas (Post 369120)

I enjoyed it (our copy of the UK version arrived on Thursday), but I thought the epilogue was lame.

Yes, lame is a kind way to put it. What's the difference in the UK version, besides the dust jacket... that I shitcan immediately.

they talk about all the pretty coloUrs.

Dumbledore Is(was) Gay

Newsweek

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In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience erupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort's predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonished fans, Rowling added. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy."

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 397569)

Newsweek

The comments on that article are hysterical.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 369663)

What's the difference in the UK version, besides the dust jacket...

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Originally Posted by Ibram (Post 369767)

they talk about all the pretty coloUrs.

There are many, most are minor. When I read the Brit versions, they are comfort food for the brain. The American verisons jar and don't feel right. But the changes are hard to spot, and I found a site that told me why. Unfortunatlely i can't find it now and i didn't bookmark it, but....

It listed over 160 changes in the first book! (yes, every difference was documented).....

If the Americans are likely to understand a word and it's context, then it won't be changed. otherwise it will. eg pavement becomes sidewalk, but road does not become street and car park does not become parking lot. Fair enough, I'm used to this.

But... if there is a concept which does not translate, the entire sentence or even paragraph is dumped. Surrounding areas are adjusted 1984 style.

So you only know what you are missing if you read both. And probably being British helps too.

Dumbledore is gay. Wow. I have to say the "unrequited love affair" with Grindlewald is not news to me, so I can easily see this.

I guess that explains how he caught hogwarts.