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post #31 of 79
7/14/05 at 10:51pm
If you want cheap prices, watch out for Fry's Electronics. When Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released back in 2003 Fry's had a sale of that book for US$9.99 the Saturday of the release. I read the stores sold out their copies in less than an hour, at least in the Bay Area. I wouldn't be surprised if Fry's does it again this year.

Meanwhile, given I have reserved a copy at Borders Books and they will hold my copy even on Saturday during daytime, I'll pick it up then and read the book slowly.
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post #32 of 79
7/14/05 at 11:02pm
Chances are, I'll have this book on launch day and have it finished by Monday.
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post #33 of 79
7/15/05 at 3:51am
Im with those who thinks its Dumbledore who croaks.As said it makes sense to kill off the mentor and have the padawan()face the villian alone(like Obiwan and Luke)

Harry will prob take possession of his Phoenix as well.Are you allowed to have 2 animals?

Ill be out tonight and should be on my way home around midnight,so Im gonna stop at Walmart and see if I cant get a copy(As I think most will be going to Borders and Media Play).I got out of doing any work this weekend and like just about everyone else,plan on reading it straight thru this weekend.
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post #34 of 79
7/15/05 at 5:04am
Anyone that lives close to a Meijer can get it there for $14.87. I don't think a reservation is needed. I know their parties for it start at 11 p.m. tonight.

Good luck to everyone in getting a copy!
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post #35 of 79
7/15/05 at 8:30am
wooohooo...mine shipped from Amazon, and is here in Austin as of 6:14am ...hummm I wonder if I can go down and pick it up now? I guess Amazon has Saturday deliver on all of the books. I know that when I got it, it said Saturday or it's free. I'm just about done re-reading OOTP. I just hope I can get it done before the truck comes tomorrow.
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post #36 of 79
7/15/05 at 10:27am
Update on Fry's Electronics sale: they are selling copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for US$13.99 tomorrow only. Expect a massive crowd in front of that store tomorrow as the riot breaks out trying to get every last copy.

Meanwhile, I will likely pick up my pre-ordered copy from Borders Books tomorrow morning just to avoid tonight's crowd.
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post #37 of 79
7/15/05 at 11:23am
I've never attended a midnight party at a bookstore, and think it might be fun...but then I've not had much sleep this week. More than likely I'll do as I did with the last book - strolled into Costco and grabbed my copy from the HUGE platform of books.
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post #38 of 79
7/15/05 at 5:31pm
Expect a massive crowd in front of that store tomorrow as the riot breaks out trying to get every last copy.

Do people absolutely have to have it tomorrow? I don't understand why everyone is in such a tizzy to get one at midnight or whatever. It's not like they're going to run out.

There were copies of OOTP piled to the sky in every store I walked through a couple years ago when that came out, and they're printing 2 million MORE of this new one. I didn't hear of a single place that was "Sold Out" of Phoenix.
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post #39 of 79
7/15/05 at 6:28pm
I'm not worried about places being sold out, I just want to read the damn thing. I'm just torn right now between the standard and deluxe edition. I'd go deluxe, except that the first four aren't available in that style and I like things to match. If I knew they'd go back and release deluxe copies of one through four I'd E-bay a deluxe book 5 and then buy the rest in that format. As it is I'm not sure.
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post #40 of 79
7/15/05 at 8:40pm
Do people absolutely have to have it tomorrow? I don't understand why everyone is in such a tizzy to get one at midnight or whatever. It's not like they're going to run out.


Um, its because people are really excited to read it I doubt anyone is worried about not being able to find a copy.

And I belive the "riot" was mentioned because the Fry's sale is incredibly cheap and on Saturday *only* which is more incentive for people to buy it the first day instead of waiting.
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post #41 of 79
7/15/05 at 9:20pm
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I didn't hear of a single place that was "Sold Out" of Phoenix.

Most of the usual places around here were sold out of "Phoenix" by mid-afternoon, which is when I went out looking for it. Finally found a small stack at Kroger's, of all places.

This year, I've got UPS delivering it to my door tomorrow AM, courtesy of Amazon.
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post #42 of 79
7/15/05 at 9:51pm
My copy has been sitting at the UPS station since Thursday morning. Here's hoping it gets here tomorrow morning!

- Steve
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post #43 of 79
7/16/05 at 5:21am
Just finished the book. It's good overall, it's very good. It may be the best of the series, certainly the first 600 pages of it are. However, the ending has such a series of major major events that it's not yet easy to really judge the book, and it's impossible to even really write a review without major spoilers. Book 7 is going to be hellish to write. I don't envy Rowling the task she's set up for herself.
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post #44 of 79
7/16/05 at 8:47am
Up to page 200 (I had to drive back from my in-laws which wasted - sorry, I mean took up - most of the day).

So far it's head and shoulders above the last one. Back to the book ...
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post #45 of 79
7/16/05 at 8:56am
how long is it?
I am gonna have to stop watching this thread now, I can't risk a spoiler slipping through. Since I probably won't get to read it till next weekend because my sister already called reading it first.
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post #46 of 79
7/16/05 at 10:06am
It's 650 pages, 12 point font like the first 4. For comparison, GoF was 730 or so pages and I believe 170,000 words, also at 12 point, and Order of the Phoenix was 890 pages at 11.5 point font and around 250,000 words. So this one is shorter that Goblet of Fire by a decent margin and far shorter than Order of the Phoenix.
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post #47 of 79
7/16/05 at 11:37am
"Book 7 is going to be hellish to write."

She already said it was gong to take awhile to write and more than a few years wait is possible.
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post #48 of 79
7/16/05 at 12:08pm
Picked up two copies (neither my wife nor I will wait for the other to finish it) a few hours ago at Barnes And Noble in Paramus N.J. for 40% off.

As a bonus, the artist for the American editions of the books, Mary Grandpre, was there signing copies of the book.
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post #49 of 79
7/16/05 at 2:24pm
And I belive the "riot" was mentioned because the Fry's sale is incredibly cheap and on Saturday *only* which is more incentive for people to buy it the first day instead of waiting.

Well, out of curiosity, I stopped at the mall on the way home from work this afternoon to see if there was a major onslaught of HP fanatics. Walked into Wal-Mart, copies of "Half-Blood Prince" stacked to the rafters at $15.78 each, not a soul near them. Picked up a copy and checked out.

Walked back down through the mall, glanced at Waldenbooks and had to laugh to myself at people who had PRE-ORDERED, standing IN LINE at the "HP Reservation Desk" to get their copy which, hello!, was selling for $5 MORE ($20.99) than at the Wal-Mart two doors down the hallway.

No lines and great savings. Who needs pre-orders or midnight lines?

Now, a bottomless glass of ice tea, a nice summer breeze, and the new HP. That's how I intend to spend my Sunday.
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post #50 of 79
7/16/05 at 3:24pm
Okay, finished it.

It's a lot lot better than the last one - far less flabby and with more believable emotions and a more coherent plot.

I am not going to say what happens because any major plot development is really MAJOR. The last fifty pages throw in revelation after revelation. I think it's fair to say that the book sets up an action-packed Book 7.

Please can I put in a request that at least for the next week nobody submits any spoilers? I think it's only fair to those fans with less time on their hands than those of us who finish this weekend.

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It's 650 pages,

Curious - the Brit edition is 610 pages.
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post #51 of 79
7/16/05 at 4:55pm
And I'm still waiting for UPS to deliver from Amazon... grrr...

- Steve
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post #52 of 79
7/16/05 at 5:52pm
And I'm still waiting for UPS to deliver from Amazon... grrr...


Me too. Its 5:50 pm here and according to UPS tracking it isn't even out for delivery (though it arrived in the local area since yesterday). Methinks that I'll be contacting Amazon in a little over an hour for my reinbursement...
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post #53 of 79
7/16/05 at 7:08pm
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Curious - the Brit edition is 610 pages.

Different font & font size I imagine - were you reading the so-called adult edition?
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post #54 of 79
7/16/05 at 8:38pm
The British editions have a different font, and different spacing, hence the pagination difference.

And with regards to the "adult" editions, the only difference are the dustjacket art. The novel itself is identical.
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I'm just torn right now between the standard and deluxe edition
I would recommend the regular edition for the US versions, as any deluxe editions are not standardized (and I don't believe deluxe eds were issued for all of the books).

If you want true deluxe editions, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND the BRITISH Deluxe editions (which are published in the U.K. by Bloomberg and in Canada by Raincoast). They contain the ORIGINAL text (a lot of "British-isms" are Americanized by Scholastic). Imagine someone Americanizing Tolkien's work ***shudder*** (not that I consider Rowling = Tolkien, but you get my point). Not to mention that you get Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (and not the Sorcerer's Stone).

As I previously discussed, they have the original British cover art, no chapter art inside (and I'm not a fan of Grandpre's work so that's a plus in my book), set in Berkeley font, have gilded edges, are completely clothbound, and have gold embossed letters in the front. Very professional looking.

Here's some links to what the books look like:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/07...5.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/07...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...2.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

And I bought the UK deluxe 1-5 set which comes in a nice slipcase:
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...2.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...Fencoding=UTF8
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...3.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
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post #55 of 79
7/16/05 at 10:20pm
Thread Starter 
Each book has been less and less altered for American audiences. OOTP has only a dozen or so differences. Except for spelling differences, I would imagine that HBP is identical between texts. There is certainly a lot more British expressions in it than I can recall previously. Having just finished it, I can only think of such things as trivial; this one's a whopper, and the last 100 pages put my on more of an emotional rollercoaster than I could have possibly imagined.
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post #56 of 79
7/17/05 at 5:17am
JonZ wrote:

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I hope its better the HP&OOTF which I didnt like at all

I was rereading the old Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix thread to refresh my memory and I found this quote from you:

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I did read the first 4 books and enjoyed them. I did like Order of the Phoenix

What happened between then and now to change your mind?
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post #57 of 79
7/17/05 at 7:50am
I reread it and didnt like as much, althought I think it had some great moments. Theres also some critisms in that spoiler tag I put in that post.

Im enjoying HBP more(at page 500 or so).It took OOTF forever to get going, and I often found myself looking at page #s and even looking ahead.
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post #58 of 79
7/17/05 at 9:55am
Happiness is... not having to pay for the new HP book. I work for Scholastic and we get it free on Monday.
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post #59 of 79
7/17/05 at 3:42pm
Finished it this morning, with a hangover no less.

I liked it more than Order of the Phoenix.
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post #60 of 79
7/17/05 at 9:23pm
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And I'm still waiting for UPS to deliver from Amazon... grrr...

I was starting to get worried as 10, then 11 passed and no UPS. The few times I've had Saturday deliveries before (including HP&tGoF in 2000) they always came around 10. Well, about noon I heard something drop outside the front door. Rushed to the window and saw the USPS truck, not the UPS truck as expected. On my doorstep was a package from DDD. Welcome, but not was I what looking for that day. I went out to the mailbox to pick up the rest of my mail... and there in the mailbox was a box from Amazon with the Harry Potter logo and "Do Not Deliver Before July 16" on it.

I was surprised it came from USPS, as the tracking info at Amazon was clearly from UPS. From the labels on the box it looks like the books were drop-shipped via UPS to my local post office, who handled the actual delivery on Saturday.

Oh yeah... finished it a few moments ago.
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