Rowling released "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" to the public

[Imran Siddiqui]

Remember when J.K. Rowling made 7 copies of Beedle the Bard and auctioned them off for charity? Well now apparently she is releasing them to the public in December:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DB0HG2/ref=amb_link_7226372_7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0XSQHZPDCYJHQ9VHYHC3&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=423015801&pf_rd_i=1000179911

Around $8, not bad, but if you want to spend some money (don't look at me), you can pony up $100 for the Collectors' Edition:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0956010903/ref=amb_link_7178732_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=1KSZ0NC0PBKVD9MDGMPX&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=422269101&pf_rd_i=B001DB0HG2

Oh, and:

Net proceeds from this Standard Edition and the Collector's Edition support of the Children's High Level Group, a charity co-founded in 2005 by J K Rowling and Emma Nicholson MEP to make life better for vulnerable children. (The Children's High Level Group is a charity registered in England and Wales under registered charity number 1112575.)

Should be a fun tide over until the Encyclopedia.

[Winston]

You should start a new religion centered around J.K. Rowling.

It might even inspire another book from her if you do it right, how's that?

[Zkribbler]

According to Christian fundies, the Harry Potter books are based upon the religion of Wicca. Now, you want her to start a SECOND religion. That sounds....er...somewhat overly enthusiastic.

[Winston]

Imran Siddiqui is no girl, I know that much. I think.

[Japher]

Good to know your confident.

[Japher]

Thank god that post was deleted! Still, I fill the need to stab my eyes out with a dull object! To bad this thread isn't tangible.

[DaShi]

Rowling wants to become the George Lucas of literature.

[BeBMan]

This is an interesting threadi, I learned lots of new things about books and stuff

[Agathon]

Illiterate dorks rejoice!!!

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by BeBro
This is an interesting threadi, I learned lots of new things about books and stuff

Has BeBro's programing been downgraded? In the past you almost couldn't notice he was a spambot but recently heis statments have been lacking variety.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Agathon
Illiterate dorks rejoice!!!

Hey, now you'll have something new to burn. It's a plus for everyone.

There was a rather fun page I saw a long time ago (in web terms--maybe four years or so) where a D&D dork tried to scientifically "test" the "hypothesis" that the HP books contained many actual spells with instructions on how to cast them. He wound up waving a Xmas tree branch with some dog hairs taped to it, yelling "Lumos" to no effect. He concluded he was a Muggle.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Elok

Hey, now you'll have something new to burn. It's a plus for everyone.

I've been anti Harry snobtard and his amazing upper class pals for ages. I guess J.K. Rowling deserves props for realizing that the public would go for a rehash of 1950s English public school literature just as long as it was changed into a "magic school".

[Imran Siddiqui]

Magic school

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Agathon


I've been anti Harry snobtard and his amazing upper class pals for ages. I guess J.K. Rowling deserves props for realizing that the public would go for a rehash of 1950s English public school literature just as long as it was changed into a "magic school".

What's upper class about them? I found Harry and his friends, and the books in general, pretty plebeian in their character.

[Elok]

Yeah, the part where the villains are all elitist good old boys out to reassert their natural dominance over mongrels and mongrel-lovers doesn't seem too snobby.