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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_en_mo/film_harry_potter;_ylt=AvumyN1OtrY2ZSiSX.mPEaFX24cA Producers are expected to announce Thursday that J.K. Rowling’s last “Potter” installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” will be split into two parts on the big screen. The first movie will consist entirely of camping.

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http://www.gryffindorgazette.com/2007/08/24/alternate-endings-for-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows Alternate Harry Potter endings, um, “borrowed heavily” from some familiar sources. The Optimus Prime intercession is genius, but I think I like this one best of all: There were flashes of red and green light. Harry and Voldemort were both still standing, but their wands had been destroyed. “It seems there is only way […]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070721/en_nm/arts_potter_reviews_dc_1;_ylt=AvvDFJMOHWpvpix8.8W21tYE1vAI Best (and most applicable, for me) headline of the Harry Potter week: Hurry Potter: speed-reading critics rush reviews I’ve taken to reading the books in as few sittings as possible (generally one!) so as to avoid spoilers, but after seven hours or so can lead to the bizarre phenomenon of reading frantically without actually […]

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http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/pottercovers.html A selection of fake book covers for those too embarrassed to admit to reading the new Potter book. This one’s my favourite, if only for the NYTimes review:

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Harry Potter and the mystery of an academic obsession | Books | The Observer

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1837941,00.html Author with a passing understanding of the Harry Potter saga attends an “academic” convention on the topic. Sort of Hogwarts meets Las Vegas. (Geeky guys would do well to note that this is where all the nerdy chicks can be found.) Snape, who’s been the baddie through six books, is almost universally adored, something […]

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