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Harry Potter Wins Hugo

H.I. McDonnough writes "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling has won the Hugo for best novel. I'll refrain from commenting." I read the 2nd and 3rd Harry Potter books last week and they are just wonderful stories. I'm looking forward to reading this one. But a Hugo for SciFi Achievement? I have a hard time calling Potter stories Sci-Fi. But then again, since SF and Fantasy are often so blurred together, it probably is worth it. And anything that can get kids to read (or for that matter, get me to read a dead-tree version of anything) is good by me. And if you haven't read any Harry Potter books, then you aren't qualified to complain ;)

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  1. read? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first real post. I'd write more, but I can't read.

  2. First Post!! Yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..

  3. GOATSE man - dead at 79 - *sniff* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    I'm crying as I write this ...

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  4. Re:This is awesome! by The_Rift · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My boyfriend and I love
    because you wouldn't say "me love Harry Potter"

  5. Tanj by Pac · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Offtopic but otherwise worth of notice, you just missed the opportunity to use the right expression in this case, "tanj", There Ain't No Justice, the four letter word the substitutes "f**k" in Larry Niven's RingWorld series.

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    How come I can't metamod? My account is part of the lower 90%, but it still says I'm not eligible.

  8. s/RingWorld/Known Space/ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    s/RingWorld/Known Space/

  9. CmdrTaco is making banner ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just saw a banner ad at the top of slashdot that said "Berekly DB". Haha stupid losers can't even spell berkeley right. Who drew that, CmdrTaco?

    1. Re:CmdrTaco is making banner ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you are helping slashdot whore money by viewing banner ads. you can block banner ads with freely available software.

      see junkbuster, guidescope.

  10. Re:New Hugo category: Best Twee Fiction by smileyy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tried reading Mary Kate & Ashley Magazine cover to cover, but the pages kept getting all stuck together...

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    pooptruck
  11. Re:This is awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes you would, if you were the typical sub-literate fucker that enjoys this shit.

    WAKE UP AND GROW UP. K.J.Rowling is a HACK. Nothing more. Selling the same witches and wizards drivel to kids in order to stop them from accepting any responsibility to their lives.

    Christ, when's Quicksilver coming out? Neal Stephenson, now THERE'S an author that deserves a Hugo.

  12. Re:CmdrTaco's Time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You assume that Taco has coding skills.

  13. Re:This is awesome! by MissNachos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    thank you =)

    Im never sure when to use one over the other, and thats a good way to figure it out.

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    if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans
  14. Re:Has no one else noticed this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are obvious problems with the moderation system... why hasn't this been modded down as flamebait?? Gessh...

  15. Re:There is no justice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    someone mod this up i dont have any points left :(

  16. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by mrbill · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you've been doing this troll so long, shouldnt you adjust it to say "dead at 55" by now?