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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Madedog on Sat Jul 16th at 9:46pm 2005


No, the one written by fan is NOT original 5th. This "version" of HBP was only a fanfiction.

The 6th book didn't actually quite look like Rowling's style at some places... :S
For instance, nobody expected for ********* to die, and even being killed by *****!!! And nobody expected for ********* to actually sustain injuries! Injuries what would make *** weak... so strong *** has always been!

(No doubts you will all already know who were the people I was talking about, but i just did not want to spoil anything for anyone who do know not)



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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Andrei on Sat Jul 16th at 9:53pm 2005


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No, the one written by fan is NOT original 5th.




I think you misunderstood. I said I have the 5th book bought from a store. I doubt it's fake as it is the only HP book 5 in bookstores here.




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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Madedog on Sat Jul 16th at 9:57pm 2005


Oh, I thought you were talking about the copy of what I was talking about...

(but in essence divided?)



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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by satchmo on Sat Jul 16th at 10:28pm 2005


Amazon is selling it for even cheaper, I just found out.

I have to add shipping cost though.




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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jul 16th at 10:57pm 2005


This book is truly beginning in left field.. Usually it starts with Potter or his aunt/uncle.. So far, nada.

Tis an interesting read thus far however, so the alternate route is not harming it any. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">





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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Madedog on Sun Jul 17th at 9:22am 2005


No. If you remember well, The Goblet of Fire was also not started with Harry or his relatives. It started with story about the Riddle family.



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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by $loth on Sun Jul 17th at 9:27am 2005


Some bastard told me the ending i'm only on page 120

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This book is truly beginning in left field.. Usually it starts with Potter or his aunt/uncle.. So far, nada.




Yea, this I also noticed, apart from the godblet of fire.




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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by mazemaster on Sun Jul 17th at 9:53am 2005


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Everyone reads at different speeds. 600 pages in 10 or 12 hours is not impossible.


Seconded! I read at about 2 pages per minute for recreational reading. Slower for technical stuff like textbooks, and faster for easy reading. Some people I know can read a LOT faster then that. The trick is teaching yourself not to sound out the words in your mind, as that is the natural thing to do and it slows you down tremendously. I used to read at .5-1 pages per minute, and at the time I thought that it was the fastest speed that my mind could comprehend material. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that was not true. I think a lot of people underestimate their ability to read quickly, and that mental block stops them from reading faster.






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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Andrei on Sun Jul 17th at 10:48am 2005


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Yeah, nasty ain't it? Who would have thought Harry ends up dying <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif"> ?
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Myrk- on Sun Jul 17th at 11:05am 2005


$17.99 for a book? Your kidding, right? Usually books cost like ?4.99 ($8). $17.99 is a ripoff. And it is possible to read a book like that in 12 hours. Lep for instance is an insanely fast reader- he reads huge books in a day or 2, and thats in less than 12 hours.

I read the whole of Michael Critons (however you spell it) "Sphere" in about 7 hours in 1 sitting, thats about 500 pages, and I tend to read a book every 3 years or so Oh and I read out the words in my head, tell it more like an extended film.

I have to say the book was alot better than the film, but thats not to say the film wasn't good, I thought it was a great film.




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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Windows 98 on Sun Jul 17th at 11:11am 2005


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Yeah, nasty ain't it? Who would have thought Harry ends up dying ?
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Don't you think it would be pointless to continiue the story if harry died? not a very well thought out joke :P






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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jul 17th at 1:05pm 2005


Well, I am an old school reader and I read slowly by any standard.

If you can do so faster, here's your cookie. I read 3.5 chapters yesterday and enjoyed them just as much as anyone.

*sighs*





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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jul 17th at 4:14pm 2005


If the author of this thread doesn't mind to much, I would like to commandeer this thread for a discussion:

This is predominantly for the people who have not read book six yet but, if the discussed items travel speculatively into book 7 tis cool too.

Speculations on my part:

  • Snape and Potter will come to terms and stop sniping each other.

  • Hermione and Ron will pair up. Possibly marry.

  • Dumbledore will likely sacrifice himself in a spell battle with Voldemort to save Harry from psychological damage. So far, Harry has never "killed"

Any other theories? Discuss-





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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Andrei on Sun Jul 17th at 5:04pm 2005


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  • Snape and Potter will come to terms and stop sniping each other.


Everything except this sound fine by me. I just love Snape's sarcasm. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jul 17th at 5:07pm 2005


? quoting Andrei

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  • Snape and Potter will come to terms and stop sniping each other.



Everything except this sound fine by me. I just love Snape's sarcasm.

His sarcasm is hardly destructive now isn't it. However his taking cheap shots at Harry by employing his teachers position is hardly professional. My comment however stems from his grades. He has always done poorly in Snapes classes. In fact he has yet to complete a potion successfully to my knowledge, yet.. (/me will not ruin it by commenting on the report card at this time)





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Posted by Madedog on Sun Jul 17th at 5:13pm 2005


Lol.. I can tell you two of your theories are unable to be fulfilled Since for two very simple reasons. Read the book till the end and you'll see what I mean (especially the chapter they are going after a Horcrux).

Anyway, the second theory is quite possible. I think also that Ginny and Harry are going to pair up (not much a spoiler, but they two are snogging nearing the end ).

*Harry and Snape will have a final duel before his fight with You-know-who.
*Harry will finally learn to close his mind (Occlumens) so he can use Sectumsempra on Snape. Afterall... it is a non-verbal spell.
*Draco will come over to right side and perhaps fights Snape. (just a theory, this or the one before this). Afterall... Draco did not feel this was right, he couldn't fulfill his mission so Snape had to do it for him.
*Harry will pass his Apparition examination and becomes an Animagus.
*Tonks and Lupin are going to marry (aswell as Phlegm and Bill).
*Bill is going to heal completely and NOT become a werewolf.
*Harry will die WITH Voldemort. Neither of them will survive.
*Something awesome is going to happen when Harry and Voldemort fight and die together, which kills all the Death Eaters. Perhaps something like an Explosion, when Bad meets Good.
*Dumbledore will return as a ghost or as a painting and advises Harry.
*Harry will find a way to communicate with Sirius.
*Harry tells Voldemort what the Prophecy actually was all about.
*Harry inherits Dumbledore's Pensieve.
*When fighting Voldemort, Harry finds the Dumbledore from his heart which helps him beat Voldemort.

I know, it contained quite a few spoilers from book 6, but you'll live I've marked the worst one of them. I still do not accept that character died! ** Couldn't have! No way! Nobody really expected that!




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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jul 17th at 5:22pm 2005


Dude, I posted in the hopes of getting "theories"

You posted at least one spoiler.. ( more i suppose )

You were asked to not do so.. BLACK them out before anyone else reads this.





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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Madedog on Sun Jul 17th at 5:41pm 2005


Sorry, I thought [SPOILER] tags are going to black out automatically, like in hl2world :P my bad
hope it didn't spoil everything :P

Anyway, that was really the biggest spoiler, but I blacked it out now, so, nonetheless nothing more should be spoilers. They are actually only theories.



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jul 17th at 6:15pm 2005


I have my suspicions about Harry and Ginny but, this author has no sense when it comes to "birds and bees"

A school full of sexually mature people and no "Doctor" playing at all? Hell, Hermione spends 10 months a year at school and a month and a half at the burrow, that leaves no home life at all... What parents would allow that?

If its so easy to get out of the common rooms of each house, how much easier would it be to fraternize?

Some parts of this story are more fiction than magic ever was.





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Re: Half-Blood Prince
Posted by Crono on Sun Jul 17th at 7:37pm 2005


Myrk, the book is hardback, and that's cheap for a hard back book. Most of them are anywhere from $25 to $32 (US). Rip off when considering they haven't changed anything from the HB printings of four years ago when they were $18 or so. Not to mention 1st edition hard backs usually have ass face paper that isn't cut properly.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.




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