There are many characters in the Harry Potter books. Harry… Professor Sinistra… Ron… Rosmerta… Stan Shunpike… Hermione… Lucius… Luna… Dudley… All with their own distinct personalities and pathos. But none is more multi-faceted, or [...]

Friday evening 20 June 2003 saw the eve of the release of the novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and it saw me at a book release party held in the Barnes & Noble across the street from the Houston Galleria. And what a boring party it was! — nothing more [...]

This is the announcement for which I have waited six-and-a-half years, and for which a lot of people have waited even longer.:

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=97

So much for my predictions of HP coming out on 7 July of this year or 21 June of next year. It’s also interesting in that, with the Adult Choir of Palmer Memorial [...]

Yes, I have taken the plunge, and am now into Harry Potter fanart (Lord, help us all), even to the point of setting up a page at deviantart.com for my new hobby.
Enjoy!
Jeff

The Boy Who Lived…
Previous to July 2000, I have faint memories of seeing these children’s books on special racks in Borders and Barnes & Noble - sporting a boy flying on a broom. I didn’t give them much notice.