Harry Potter and the final wrap up
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- Harry Potter and the final wrap up
- Morally Complex ‘Magicians’ Recasts Potter’s World
- Pick Your Apocalypse
- Harry Potter and the Pint of Liquid Courage
Harry Potter and the final wrap up
Examiner.com
What do you think of the NorCal Harry Potter lovers?Gwen: It’s hard to tell who’s really from Northern California since our attendees come from all over. I know we made a lot of new friends though and that’s always great to see. We’ve also been looking forward to hosting an event in California for a long time precisely because we know there are so many fen out that way. So we’re thrilled that folks in that part of the world had it a little easier this time!E: Give us a rundown of how it went!G: It went far better than I imagined.
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Morally Complex ‘Magicians’ Recasts Potter’s World
NPR
The MagiciansBy Lev GrossmanHardcover 416 pagesViking AdultList Price: $26. text sizeAAAAugust 11 2009 n first glance Lev Grossman’s new novel The Magicians looks very much like a Harry Potter story only with slightly older characters and an American setting. The hero Quentin is a teenager from Brooklyn on his way to a Princeton admissions interview when he’s whisked through a portal to an Academy of Magic called Brakebills. But Quentin differs from Harry Potter in that he reads fantasy novels and he’s enchanted to discover that the magic he’s longed for all his life actually exists. Grossman says he’s always wondered why Potter wasn’t a fan of the genre:”If I had grown up the way Harry did — in an abusive loveless step-family — all I would have done was read fantasy. I would have been consumed by these.
Pick Your Apocalypse
New York Times
(It was wonderful and I encourage you to give it a listen. ) Afterward Dale took questions from the audience — which predictably were about the Harry Potter series. Items of interest that emerged: Dale was given only 100 pages of manuscript at a time to read and then record so he never knew what was coming; and in order to keep track of the 146 voices he?d created for all the characters he often pre-recorded a bit of the characters? voices and then held a tape recorder up to his ear in the studio to remind himself. (SJD) If you live in or are visiting New York and have children do everything you can to take in one of the.
Harry Potter and the Pint of Liquid Courage
New York Times
Neville is serving drinks. Ron is sipping mead and Harry is partying with his professors. Skip to next paragraph.