Thursday, November 01, 2007

Rowling Makes another odd Harry Potter Choice

Luminous will not transform into a blog solely focusing on Harry Potter. However, here is another post about Harry Potter. "J.K. Rowling has completed her first book since concluding the tale of teen wizard Harry Potter -- an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard." Wonderful. It's nice to see she's still writing.
Get this crazy shit. You know how Harry Potter is popular, and that adults and children the world over love and adore everything Harryish? Yeah? That must be why Rowling is printing seven copies of "Beedle the Bard". 7! "Only seven copies of the book are being printed, Rowling said Thursday. One will be auctioned next month to raise money for a children's charity, while the others have been given away as gifts...The volume, bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semiprecious stones, will be auctioned at Sotheby's on December 13 with a starting price of $62,000. " Whatever. I want to read the damn thing too.

In another J.K. note: Here is the picture of Rowling that accompanies CNN's article.
Is that really her? Does she look different to you than when she first came out and started writing the Harry Potter?


Wealth. What can't you do?

10 comments:

Amber said...

Apparently there is nothing a new wardrobe, hair dye and plastic surgery can't do...including sell a kids book for $62,000.

Anonymous said...

I stared at these photos long time last night fascinated. And then had dreams about two rowlings, one sad and old looking and the other milky skinned and smiling. very curious.

Anonymous said...

i will have you know that i have considered checking the harry potter audio books out of the library, maybe.

czf said...

that's good enough fr. if you don't, you don't. but at least you will have considered it.
word.

Anonymous said...

jk is like that cute 4 year old with the indescribable scribble on a piece of napkin: look daddy! look what I drew! it's a wizard!

sure it is. whatever you say, you little cutie...

clfz: when are you and wh going to start a footy blog? you could be the mls editor...

whb said...

Seriously, some days I don't know what LBJ smokes. One day he loves Rowling and thinks Harry Potter is the greatest... the next day he's way too cool for school.
Isn't anything fun anymore?
Soccer. It's fun.
Rowling. She's fun.
That and CZF/AZF. Please come to Milehwahkay this Saturday. I want CZF to wake up and watch the Spurs play Wigan on Sunday.
PLEASE!

czf said...

we're there.

Anonymous said...

wes: it's easy. i contain multitudes.

Anonymous said...

soccer blog me! now!

Anonymous said...

Well let's get all our friends together and pool some money to get a copy...

Or not.