Has the 'Wild About Harry' Gag Been Used Yet? Oh, it has?

Britons probably never thought they'd export anything more lucrative than tea or rock and roll music, but they also never counted on the bespectacled, lighting-emblazoned young wizard who has been BlogPulse's key person for days now. The days are ticking down, after all: soon children and adults across the United States will assemble at midnight in bookstores to scramble for their copies of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, available July 16. Pottermeister J.K. Rowling has either been assigned a new editor or shown remarkable discipline with the new volume, which weighs in at 672 pages, some 198 fewer than its predecessor. No matter: The bloggers are restless -- "EEK!" writes Noihatu, who sums up their collective, building excitement over the new book and the movie version of The Goblet of Fire, due out in November. Have you read all the books and seen all the movies, and still need more of that sweet Potter? There's always plenty of fan fiction to tide you over.

Posted by Philip Ewing at June 23, 2005 01:36 PM

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