Soxy Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The previous book sold 6.9 MILLION copies on its first DAY. How many will this sell when it's released this summer? And more importantly, who's excited? Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(Soxy @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 11:00 AM) And more importantly, who's excited? My wife is going crazy. I'll pre-order her the book jut to get her to shut up about Harry Potter. lol THis book can't come fast enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Harry Potter is about the only book i ever read nowadays. So yeah im excited for this new book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It's amazing how an easy read with hardly any relative meaning sells like hot cakes. 6.9 million copies? This must be some kind of a sick joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 My wife and daughter are pretty excited about it. I've seen three of the movies (or...2...I didn't see the last one), so that is as far as my knowledge of HP goes. BUT it helps keep my daughter reading, so I am cool with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Man, I can't wait for this book to come out! I absolutely love Harry Potter. I don't know what I'm gonna do after this book, which is supposed to be the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 No one in my house has seen any of the Harry Potter movies or read any of the books, and I think that streak is safe. My daughter actually enjoys reading the Spiderman comic reprints that come free in the Sunday Sun-Times - now she wants me to buy her more Spiderman comics! I think that's very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I see NOTHING wrong with a product that gets millions and millions of kids to read books. I think it's great!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 11:58 AM) I see NOTHING wrong with a product that gets millions and millions of kids to read books. I think it's great!!! Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(The Critic @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) No one in my house has seen any of the Harry Potter movies or read any of the books, and I think that streak is safe. My daughter actually enjoys reading the Spiderman comic reprints that come free in the Sunday Sun-Times - now she wants me to buy her more Spiderman comics! I think that's very cool! Good Lord, you need to come over again. My son has gone beyond bonkers with his Spidey love. The kid is 4 and is already busting the artists when they aren't consistent with costumes. He also started quizzing my wife on the Venom history, and when she couldn't answer him he told her she needed to get the old books and start learning! The kid is Superhero crazy, and especially Spidey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I couldn't stand them at first. I couldn't figure it out. Then, I ran out of "my books" (Political, History, Non-Fiction) and took the first book on the train ride with me - my wife has them all. I was hooked. I couldn't put it down. Usually I only read on the train. I read the Harry Potters every chance I got. It kinda made me sick to live with myself. I mean, how could I actually enjoy this fiction crap? So, yes, I'm excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 12:51 PM) I couldn't stand them at first. I couldn't figure it out. Then, I ran out of "my books" (Political, History, Non-Fiction) and took the first book on the train ride with me - my wife has them all. I was hooked. I couldn't put it down. Usually I only read on the train. I read the Harry Potters every chance I got. It kinda made me sick to live with myself. I mean, how could I actually enjoy this fiction crap? So, yes, I'm excited! Its better than your real life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 If Rowlings really wants to continue writing in the series, she can either have Harry become a sports star who fights crime, or he can become a teacher Indiana Jones style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Monday morning at about 5AM or so, I was at O'Hare's United terminal when I heard a weird page. It was someone paging Harry Potter to gate 4 (or some gate). A minute or two later some lady asked for the person that paged Harry Potter to repeat the page. Never did run into him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 11:58 AM) I see NOTHING wrong with a product that gets millions and millions of kids to read books. I think it's great!!! That's true, but when its the only book their parents read too... QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 01:20 PM) If Rowlings really wants to continue writing in the series, she can either have Harry become a sports star who fights crime, or he can become a teacher Indiana Jones style. No, next she'll have to write about how she scarred Harry Potter as a child. All the drugs he did behind the scenes, the depression he's suffering from, how he's lost his magic powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 QUOTE(BobDylan @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 04:43 PM) No, next she'll have to write about how she scarred Harry Potter as a child. All the drugs he did behind the scenes, the depression he's suffering from, how he's lost his magic powers. Only to one day, in desperate times, he will be summoned by the highest powers, which will lead him to rediscovering his old self, and saving the world once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 12:58 PM) I see NOTHING wrong with a product that gets millions and millions of kids to read books. I think it's great!!! Bingo. The series got MILLIONS of kids excited about reading. No small feat that. I am sooo looking forward to the last book. And I'm putting y'all on notice now. Anybody posts any spoilers here without a BIG WARNING and ruin it for me before I read it, it's a Killing Curse for that poor soul! Edited February 1, 2007 by FlaSoxxJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 QUOTE(BobDylan @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 11:40 AM) WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It's amazing how an easy read with hardly any relative meaning sells like hot cakes. 6.9 million copies? This must be some kind of a sick joke. Have you read the books? 'Cause, uh, they have plenty of deep meaning in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Feb 1, 2007 -> 06:44 PM) Have you read the books? 'Cause, uh, they have plenty of deep meaning in them. I'm sure you've learned a lot about good and evil, about morals and ethics. Ahh, Harry Potter, you're so deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Harry Potter already #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 QUOTE(BobDylan @ Feb 2, 2007 -> 02:51 AM) I'm sure you've learned a lot about good and evil, about morals and ethics. Ahh, Harry Potter, you're so deep. Actually, yeah, morality is a big part of the storyline, but the plain truth is they are just fantastically written books that manage to engage a multi-generational audience. Plenty of people don't find them appealing or won't give them a spin, and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. But these are the books that 20-30 years from now my kids will be reading to their kids, and they are the books that got millions of grade schoolers (even the boys!!) to realize that reading is actually fun. For me, it's just hard to overstate the significance of that accomplishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 2, 2007 -> 09:06 AM) Actually, yeah, morality is a big part of the storyline, but the plain truth is they are just fantastically written books that manage to engage a multi-generational audience. Plenty of people don't find them appealing or won't give them a spin, and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. But these are the books that 20-30 years from now my kids will be reading to their kids, and they are the books that got millions of grade schoolers (even the boys!!) to realize that reading is actually fun. For me, it's just hard to overstate the significance of that accomplishment. You're right on the money there, Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 2, 2007 -> 09:06 AM) Actually, yeah, morality is a big part of the storyline, but the plain truth is they are just fantastically written books that manage to engage a multi-generational audience. Plenty of people don't find them appealing or won't give them a spin, and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. But these are the books that 20-30 years from now my kids will be reading to their kids, and they are the books that got millions of grade schoolers (even the boys!!) to realize that reading is actually fun. For me, it's just hard to overstate the significance of that accomplishment. I've already said that I'm not discouraging kids from reading it. But why some adults are more excited to read the book than the children, that has me a bit confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 QUOTE(BobDylan @ Feb 2, 2007 -> 05:24 PM) I've already said that I'm not discouraging kids from reading it. But why some adults are more excited to read the book than the children, that has me a bit confused. Like Jim said they're really well written. I, personally, love the suspense in the later books. Mostly I enjoy them because they offer me an exciting break from the all too often s***ty reality that is adult life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 My grandmother is obsessed with steering the children in the family away from these books and movies because she says they are witchcraft.Its kinda funny because she puts forth more effort in fighting HarryPotter then alot of other bad things that kids get into.Everytime they do something bad she brings up HarryPotter like he influenced them.lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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