Topic: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Read 48886 times)

SilentJ · « **Reply #100 on:** 12 Feb 2007, 15:56 »

Quote from: iamyourpirate on 07 Feb 2007, 14:12

Quote from: SilentJ on 06 Feb 2007, 19:19
Stupid online pre-ordering.

Every time I try it just adds the book to my cart and says it's charging me like 18 bucks.

Fuck it, I'm doing it in-store. Anybody else have this problem?

no. i am part of the border's email list, and i just pre-ordered it through them and will pick it up at the store. what are you doing it on, amazon or something like that?

The borders website has apparently teamed up with amazon, so going to borders.com basically brings you to amazon.com with borders stuff around the outside.

Essentially, yes. I tried to do it through Amazon.

Peter Harris · « **Reply #101 on:** 12 Feb 2007, 16:06 »

Quote from: Dimmukane on 05 Jan 2007, 20:51

written-for-high-school-anime-goth-nerds.

Rowling has stated from the beginning that the books are written for Harry's age group. Which means this book is written for people between their 17th and 18th birthday. So, yeah, that's probably a fair and accurate description of it's target audience.

Lines · « **Reply #102 on:** 12 Feb 2007, 19:05 »

SilentJ, go to bordersstores.com, not borders.com. that one will lead you to the actual store, not the crap amazon team up thing which is annoying. (i had this problem with a different book a while back, so i get the pre-ordering problem.)

Shming · « **Reply #103 on:** 12 Feb 2007, 19:32 »

I love how the books were written for my generation basically, I'm aging with the characters.

And yeah, I don't really enjoy the title. I hope it isn't written like fan fiction, I felt like she was writting the last book while being whipped and told to write faster.

Tyler · « **Reply #104 on:** 12 Feb 2007, 21:04 »

Borders sent me an email saying "Prefered buyer, would you like to preorder?" or something to that effect. I of course threw my money at them and cackled in anticipation.

Ernest · « **Reply #105 on:** 13 Feb 2007, 06:26 »

"Preferred buyer, we would prefer that you buy our stuff, 'cause all these other buyers are just fakers. They ain't real."

Lines · « **Reply #106 on:** 13 Feb 2007, 08:45 »

i pre-ordered two, one for me and a friend. because you can order more than one. tee hee. and i think they offered a discount when you preorder. booyah.

summer can't come fast enough. and because i want the snow gone.

Tyler · « **Reply #107 on:** 13 Feb 2007, 14:55 »

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 13 Feb 2007, 06:26

"Preferred buyer, we would prefer that you buy our stuff, 'cause all these other buyers are just fakers. They ain't real."

They prefer me because they get probably $800+ from me a year

Ernest · « **Reply #108 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 07:41 »

Impressive. I probably spend less than that cumulatively per year. Of course, I don't live on my own.

Lines · « **Reply #109 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 08:22 »

i don't either, but i have a job, and that's where most of my money goes that is not school related, except if i can buy some books i need for class there, like i did for a literature class i took. mostly because i've stopped using the library as much because i really prefer to own books.

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #110 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 08:40 »

Ah. Borders loves me as well. Over the summer, I spent probably between $50 and $80 every week.

No wonder I'm a broke college student now

But, I didn't have any problems pre-ordering Deathly Hallows (...how I loathe that title though), and managed to snag 3 copies. NOW, if I could actually just get to the store and claim my FREE STICKER (!!!!) I would be happiest little girl on the planet! Yay!

My Mom is glad that I am getting excited over this book, and the movie in November. Apparenty I have been as potter-fied lately as I usually am. I wasn't very excited at the last opening, due to the fact that there was this really obnoxious girl who kept going on about how she was the "Ultimate Potter Fan" and how good she was at trivia, and crap. She had on a really lame get-up too, like a t-shirt decorated with Quidditch stuff... I wanted to hit her -so- bad, but I refrained since I really wanted the book, and I really love Borders and didn't want to get thrown out.

She was a henious bitch who I still hate for ruining my opening-night experience --because NOTHING should be greater then an Opening Night Experience, you know what I mean?

...Sorry, I rambled. My apologies.

SilentJ · « **Reply #111 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 16:06 »

Get a blog already.

...Yay preordering

And, agreed, opening night was pretty awesome. Not because I spent any of it in the store outside of getting my book. We tailgated in the parking lot. Oh yes.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #112 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 16:26 »

Quote from: Peter Harris on 12 Feb 2007, 16:06

Quote from: Dimmukane on 05 Jan 2007, 20:51
written-for-high-school-anime-goth-nerds.

Rowling has stated from the beginning that the books are written for Harry's age group. Which means this book is written for people between their 17th and 18th birthday. So, yeah, that's probably a fair and accurate description of it's target audience.

You know it's funny because if you kept up with Accio Quote and JKR's personal website, she's stated time and time again that it wasn't written for any particular audience - after being primarily an adult author, she wrote it for herself, and had no idea if anybody would like it at all. It's just turned out that because it is about children, children read it.

SilentJ · « **Reply #113 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 17:34 »

Quote from: Linds on 13 Feb 2007, 08:45

i pre-ordered two, one for me and a friend. because you can order more than one. tee hee. and i think they offered a discount when you preorder. booyah.

summer can't come fast enough. and because i want the snow gone.

A little something to tide you over until then;

http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/

Lines · « **Reply #114 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 17:37 »

oh dear. fan fic scares me.

SilentJ · « **Reply #115 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 18:33 »

Suck it up. This is "good" stuff, here.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #116 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 19:05 »

The really good stuff is at Fictionalley.net. This is where I post. They also have some absolutely fantastic forums about every single aspect of the Potterverse.

SilentJ · « **Reply #117 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 20:13 »

Oooh, what's your handle?

I must read the LunchyFicz.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #118 on:** 21 Feb 2007, 23:00 »

Ha. As if I'm posting it here.

SilentJ · « **Reply #119 on:** 22 Feb 2007, 15:15 »

Ozymandias · « **Reply #120 on:** 22 Feb 2007, 22:52 »

Man, don't hassle the lady for her fanfiction.

It's probably gay. Not even fun, hardcore gay stuff. Wussy gay stuff with holding hands and embarassed kissing behind the Quidditch bleachers.

Ernest · « **Reply #121 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 22:36 »

Sigged.

Tyler · « **Reply #122 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 22:54 »

This thread has taken a turn towards the wookie. Lets stop now.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #123 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 23:49 »

I only write Snape/Harry/Giant Squid.
It is not wussy. There are orifices being assaulted all over the shop. Sometimes Voldemort watches while drinking Pina Colada. Occlumency can also be pretty awesome in these situations.

Tyler · « **Reply #124 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 23:55 »

Oh dear sweet Ronald Weasley. Allybawx, you are destroying any innocence those books had left.

Gryff · « **Reply #125 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 16:28 »

Wait, so this is the final book in the series? Jeez, finally.

How long until the movies stop coming out?

Tyler · « **Reply #126 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 16:51 »

Shush. Gryff. These books are LOVE.

AnotherQCaddict · « **Reply #127 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 17:22 »

*continues making "Potter Dies" signs*

Lines · « **Reply #128 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 17:52 »

you're destroying our love fest here. it's just beginning to get interesting.

AnotherQCaddict · « **Reply #129 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 18:58 »

well... it's either death, or excruciating pain by fan-mail asking for 8th book

Lines · « **Reply #130 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 19:07 »

She's said for years that there would only be 7 books. The only exception is a character encyclopedia. That's it...

AnotherQCaddict · « **Reply #131 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 19:08 »

who said the fans had to be smart?

Liz · « **Reply #132 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 20:25 »

Quote from: AnotherQCaddict on 25 Feb 2007, 19:08

who said the fans had to be smart?

Ouch. That stings. Just a little.

I am so amazingly psyched for this book, you can't even imagine. I will be at a midnight release party, there is no question.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #133 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 08:05 »

speaking of wookies, I have a friend named wookie...

Joseph · « **Reply #134 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 08:20 »

Quote from: Linds on 25 Feb 2007, 19:07

She's said for years that there would only be 7 books. The only exception is a character encyclopedia. That's it...

And the rules of Quidditch and the book of beasts. Or whatever they were called.

Liz · « **Reply #135 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 08:37 »

Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Hi, I'm a huge nerd. I've even read both of them.

Lines · « **Reply #136 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 11:11 »

I meant about Harry Potter or a spin off from it. Also, those were written for charity.

Tyler · « **Reply #137 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 16:45 »

I just realized Alan Rickman has to kill Michael Gambon when they make the 6th film, and it honestly made me quite upset.

SilentJ · « **Reply #138 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 16:54 »

Are you kidding? It's gonna be cinematic gold.

GOLD, I tell you.

Lines · « **Reply #139 on:** 26 Feb 2007, 17:11 »

I am going to cry like a little girl. Just like I did when I read it. And I'm also going to cry when Sirius falls through the curtain in the next movie. If Rowling kills Lupin, Fred, and/or George in the last book, I will be very very sad. She has a knack for killing off my favorite characters.

Speaking of the next movie, they better do the whole fireworks and swamp bit. Seriously.

Scytale · « **Reply #140 on:** 27 Feb 2007, 02:28 »

My favorite part is in book 4 where Draco gets turned into a feret and bounced around the corridors, I laughed out loud during that part...

I haven't really enjoyed the last 2 books, seems like she's been rushed to finish them and I didn't really find the "angst" in the last book all that convincing, seemed pretty poorly written and a bit overly melodramatic to me.

Tyler · « **Reply #141 on:** 27 Feb 2007, 06:29 »

I was rather upset when Sirius went caput, but far more saddened with the scenes when you meet Neville's parents. It was heartbreaking!

Lines · « **Reply #142 on:** 27 Feb 2007, 06:35 »

Yes, yes it was. I need to make a note to bring tissues with me to the theatre.

Liz · « **Reply #143 on:** 27 Feb 2007, 09:21 »

Quote from: Scytale on 27 Feb 2007, 02:28

I haven't really enjoyed the last 2 books, seems like she's been rushed to finish them and I didn't really find the "angst" in the last book all that convincing, seemed pretty poorly written and a bit overly melodramatic to me.

Yes, I agree. It seemed like someone got their fan-fiction published under her name. Especially the whole part about Tonks being in love with Lupin, and Bill and Fleur. Gag.

SilentJ · « **Reply #144 on:** 27 Feb 2007, 14:27 »

Quote from: Scytale on 27 Feb 2007, 02:28

My favorite part is in book 4 where Draco gets turned into a feret and bounced around the corridors, I laughed out loud during that part...

Shit, I forgot about that. The way they did it in the movie was a bit disappointing, I must say.

still amusing, but nowhere near what I thought it could be.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #145 on:** 27 Feb 2007, 21:27 »

Quote from: Misconception on 26 Feb 2007, 08:37

Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Hi, I'm a huge nerd. I've even read both of them.

Hi. I'm a bigger nerd. I own both but have also had them given to me as presents on two seperate occasions now. I can probably tell you everything written in both of them. For example, in the movie Quidditch scenes I am very fond of pointing out the fouls.

Scytale · « **Reply #146 on:** 28 Feb 2007, 01:49 »

Quote from: SilentJ on 27 Feb 2007, 14:27

Quote from: Scytale on 27 Feb 2007, 02:28
My favorite part is in book 4 where Draco gets turned into a feret and bounced around the corridors, I laughed out loud during that part...

Shit, I forgot about that. The way they did it in the movie was a bit disappointing, I must say.

still amusing, but nowhere near what I thought it could be.

I haven't seen any of the movies, I'm not going to see them until I've read the whole series, it seems kind of silly but I'd rather keep it all in my head then have someone trying to tell me this is how it's supposed to be and how all the characters are supposed to look etc.

I'm a bit burned out on the series now, my sister got me into them about 5 few years ago and I read the first 4 books in one weekend, then there was a massive wait for no 5, which wasn't so great imo. Book 6 was the first one I purchased on my own (pre-ordered it etc) as I had just moved out of home (didn't have anyones copy to pinch), I was a bit dissapointed by it really, I'll buy book 7 to satisfy my curiousity about how it ends and on the faint hope its as good as the first 4, but I'm not going to be advanced ordering it or anything.

Liz · « **Reply #147 on:** 28 Feb 2007, 19:53 »

Quote from: Scytale on 28 Feb 2007, 01:49

I'm a bit burned out on the series now, my sister got me into them about 5 few years ago and I read the first 4 books in one weekend, then there was a massive wait for no 5, which wasn't so great imo. Book 6 was the first one I purchased on my own (pre-ordered it etc) as I had just moved out of home (didn't have anyones copy to pinch), I was a bit dissapointed by it really, I'll buy book 7 to satisfy my curiousity about how it ends and on the faint hope its as good as the first 4, but I'm not going to be advanced ordering it or anything.

I got lucky concerning the wait. I didn't start reading the first four until a few months before OotP came out, so I didn't have to wait too long. But I did hate waiting for HBP, I will admit.

Harry Potter · « **Reply #148 on:** 04 Apr 2007, 14:36 »

I think I'm slowly losing interest in the Potter series, and it's very sad. However, I am still eagerly awaiting the last two movies and Deathly Hallows. I think if Harry does die, it will be very heroically.

Liz · « **Reply #149 on:** 04 Apr 2007, 15:04 »

Haha, I tracked you down, J. Welcome to the QC forums!

I personally think that Harry will live. Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist, who knows?

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Author Topic: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Read 48886 times)

Peter Harris

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