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Bogus Harry Potter Book In China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-to-make-some-ebay-scratch dept.

elveu writes "Chinese Harry Potter fans have been blessed with the fifth book early -- only it's not the real one. The title translates to 'Harry Potter And Leopard Walk Up To Dragon.' The story has Harry getting turned into a fat hairy drawf and being void of his powers."

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  1. Might as well pretend that it is the next book. by Big+Sean+O · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ms. Rowling, who was on public assistance when she started the series, is now the third richest woman in England (after HRH and Madonna).

    She is literally set for life. She doesn't have to write another word. A full tummy and villas in Spain tend to damp out the writing urges.

    Therefore, I predict the already late "Harry Potter and the Golden Phoenix" or whatever the heck the book is named, won't be released until 2003, and it will be the last book of the Harry Potter series.

    Remember, it takes a borderline autistic to keep at wild success and really make something big. Other talented obsessives eventually burn out.

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  2. Re:They used her picture on the back of the book.. by Zeinfeld · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    That Flintstones bit was weird enough,

    The Flintstones was intended as an ironic satire of 'modern' conveniences. Each week there would be a different gadget such as a dishwasher or a gramaphone that was powered by dinosaur.

    Rowling uses the same joke throughout the Harry Potter books, except that instead of dinosaurs, magic is used as a substitute for electricity etc. etc.

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  3. Re:They used her picture on the back of the book.. by Zeinfeld · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    It's a parody of critical theory that amuses only those who know so little about critical theory, that they might actually think that the satirical gun was loaded. It wasn't.

    I thought it was reasonably obvious that the main point of comparison between the two was that in both cases people worry excessively about what they are and are not seen to read.

    In the case of post-modern philosophy there are certainly pseuds who read the stuff to look trendy. But the anti-faction are just as ignorant, in most cases criticising work they haven't read.

    With Harry Potter, the humourless jerks who are saying that they wouldn't be seen reading it past the age of 14 never read anything more intellectual than the Penthouse letters page.

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