“Everything all right? You weren't checking your e-mail, I came to see if you were OK. Why is it dark in here?”
“Can’t go online.”
“Excuse me?”
“I fear the Internet.”
“So? You’ve always feared the Internet.”
“That was a vague, almost subconscious dear. This is an active dreading.”
“And the Web is going to get you… how?”
“There are spoilers there!”
“Oh, the Harry Potter thing.”
“Yes, the Harry Potter thing! ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ the seventh book in the series. I’ve been waiting for this for ten years, I don’t want anything to spoil the ending for me. Or the beginning of the ending. Or any of the middle stuff. I don’t want anyone telling me what happens to Harry or Ron or Hermione or what Snape’s deal is or whether or not someone kills Voldemort. I want to read it all fresh and exciting and unsullied by hints and revelations from some loose-fingered blogger.”
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You can't guard against the telepaths Chris, expect a flood of thought based spoilers to saturate your brain in just alittle under 1 hour. BWAHAHAHAAHHA!
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It's okay, don't beat yourself up over it. You're not less of a man, no matter what anyone tells you.
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Well, that set me off on a spoiler-seeking spree. I didn't find anything that I believe.
But, I still have a contest entry to write for our local public library. Staff members are selecting their favorite possible endings from what is submitted, so I want to write something that will get their attention. It's due by Friday.
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quote:Originally posted by GaalDornick: Stay away from the comments section on Youtube. For any video.
Speaking of . . . I got an e-mail saying that someone had replied to a comment of mine. There were a hundred pages of comments on this particular video, and finding the reply to mine was hell. For one thing, because the reply was not grouped with mine in any way--nor was my reply to the reply. They really ought to be able to take you right to the page or something. Very annoying.
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Oh, no. You're not going to trick me into reading that column. Nuh-uh. I just know you snuck a spoiler in there somewhere.
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I ain't linking to it, but the Baltimore Sun got an advance copy and already posted a (mostly) spoiler-free review.
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I didn't even read Stephen King's review in Entertainment Weekly last week because my sister said it was a real review of the actual book. I know he wouldn't spoil on purpose, but I didn't even want to be spoiled by his weighty, thoughtful contemplations.
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quote:Originally posted by GaalDornick: Stay away from the comments section on Youtube. For any video.
Speaking of . . . I got an e-mail saying that someone had replied to a comment of mine. There were a hundred pages of comments on this particular video, and finding the reply to mine was hell. For one thing, because the reply was not grouped with mine in any way--nor was my reply to the reply. They really ought to be able to take you right to the page or something. Very annoying.
Click where it says View All Comments and then just Ctrl F and find your name. The reply should be right underneath it.
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The New York Times reviewed it today, avoiding specific spoilers but mentioning the number of fatalities and what "Deathly Hallows" are. Or is. I didn't read, I read the stories about the review, including the one quoting Rowling as being disappointed at the NYT ignoring the express wishes of millions of readers.
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Did they say how many stars NYT gave the book? I know it's extremely unlikely, but I'm afraid that JKR might have gotten to caught up in explaining all of the mysteries and giving HP a good send-off that she'll forget to write a good story.
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NYT's review does not have a rating that I can see. DON'T read it, it certainly spoils a major plot development from which the book derives its title.
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We had a big discussion at the newspaper I work for about how to handle this. We did not get an advance copy, but we'll have a review running Sunday. After quite a bit of arguing over spoiling the ending vs talking about what everyone will be talking about, the print side is going with spoilers in a format that you'll have to work for (just glancing at the page won't give you anything) and no spoilers at all online, where people might stumble across them in a search.
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It's actually a pun. The book features poisoned marshmallows -- Deathly Mallows. They started as Weasly Wizarding Weazes product, like Nosebleed Nougats, but they got out of hand and decimated the wizarding population of the UK.
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NO NO NO NO NO. Not LISTENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit: If I had a subscription to the New York Times, I would cancel it. They didn't get an advance copy of the book from the publisher or anything. According to several fan sites, they bought it a bookstore who was selling copies early. BOO!
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quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: The New York Times reviewed it today, avoiding specific spoilers but mentioning the number of fatalities and what "Deathly Hallows" are. Or is. I didn't read, I read the stories about the review, including the one quoting Rowling as being disappointed at the NYT ignoring the express wishes of millions of readers.
I'm going on a longshot here, but, do you remember a Harry Potter site called PotterProphet.com?
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