{"id":2626,"date":"2007-07-21T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-21T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=2626"},"modified":"2007-07-21T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-21T17:19:00","slug":"2626","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=2626","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some people say these Harry Potter<\/i> fans are just living in a bubble…<\/p>\n

I picked up my own copy of The Deathly Hallows<\/i> a couple of hours ago, but I’ve only just gotten around to reading any of it. True to form, there’s an adverb before the end of the first paragraph.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if I’m going to be able to manage the sort of marathon reading that will be required to get through all 700-plus pages before the end of the weekend, much less today, but I’ll see what I can do. It’s actually less that I want to read the book (although I do) than that I want to be able to go back online without worrying I’ll run up against spoilers.<\/p>\n

Regarding spoilers…I have to say, I agree with Caitlin R. Kiernan<\/a> on this: there’s a point when avoiding them becomes ridiculous, and J.K. Rowling has gone past it:<\/p>\n

Though I have been perplexed and annoyed at the mean-spiritedness of the people leaking spoilers online for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/i>, I am equally perplexed and annoyed at Rowling’s anger at today’s review of the novel in The New York Times<\/i><\/a>. The book is being released on Saturday. With most novels, there would have been reviews weeks ago. I mean, yeah, sure, I enjoy the books, and I’m doing all I can to avoid spoilers, and sure she’s the Best-Selling Author of All Time, but I don’t see how that changes the rules. But that’s probably just the Socialist in me talking. Anyway…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What Rowling said, in part, was:<\/p>\n

“I am staggered that some American newspapers have decided to publish purported spoilers in the form of reviews in complete disregard of the wishes of literally millions of readers, particularly children…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I mean, really, are there lots of children reading The New York Times<\/i> book review section? And I think most people, if they want to remain spoiler-free, can simply avoid reading the review altogether until after they’ve read the book.<\/p>\n

Now, the people who have been going out of their way<\/a> to spoil the book for readers, they can go to hell. But legitimate book reviews nobody’s likely to just stumble upon? Puh-lease.<\/p>\n

Back to the book.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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