Subject: Can't believe I almost missed this!
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Posted on: 2017-06-27 04:51:00 UTC
So many good times, so many memories. One of the first book series I ever really got into, and a constant source of joy and inspiration for most of my life.
Happy anniversary, Harry. Stars only know where we'd be without you.
Lumos!
Yes, folks, it's here: the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone's publication, known in the US as ... Sorceror's Stone for reasons that continue to elude me. So celebrate! What are your HP memories? Do you have any? Where were you when Fred was... well, that's still spoilers. Somehow.
But yeah, let's remember how things were back in the dim and distant past before Pottermania made everyone realise that YA fiction didn't have to be Jacqueline Wilson-tier glurge to be lucrative. Let's remember that people - hell, even some Boarders - grew up after it, with everyone and their dog reading Wizard!Just William considered normal. And let's look forward to the future: there will be more. There will always be more, whether we want it or not.
Lumos
I don't remember exactly when I read Sorcerer's Stone, but it was somewhere near the middle of elementary school. I got hooked on the series, and I definitely remember getting Order of the Phoenix for Christmas one year. (And then reading it as soon as I could.) I'm actually surprised that the publication date was as early as it is.
Anyhow, this here rather difficult trivia quiz got posted in chat this morning (by Scape, IIRC). I only got 13/20, a good few of which were lucky guesses. Where do I turn in my nerd card? :P
- Tomash
So many good times, so many memories. One of the first book series I ever really got into, and a constant source of joy and inspiration for most of my life.
Happy anniversary, Harry. Stars only know where we'd be without you.
Lumos!
Harry Potter was one of the things that first got me into fandom. I can't believe I didn't want to read it at first, honestly. I consider it one of my younger self's Biggest Mistakes.
I still remember when I got the first book (It was four years after its initial release, but shush). I was seven, and it was the first book I've read on my own... well, ever. I stayed up late and in the corner of our shared bedroom (Before I had my room finished, I was sleeping on a sliding sofa) read the first three chapters right away.
Hmm, the next books came to me in a variety of ways. The second I got, once again, from my aunt. The third one I bought myself while on a shopping trip for shoes. The Goblet of Fire I actually borrowed from a classmate, but accidentally tear a little of the final page... So we've decided to buy her a new book, and I got to keep hers. The next two I actually got pre-ordered so that I'd get them right on the release day. And... I think I bought the last one the day after Midnight Release.
So yeah, good times. I still adore the series, and even though there are some things I would like to see play out differently, I wish to thank both the author, and the fanbase for the best eight years of my childhood! :DAlso, as far as I've heard, the US version changed the name, because the majority of Americans were unfamiliar with the lore and legend behind the Philosopher's Stone...
Harry was my best friend growing up. Those books gave me hope while going through a hellish time of my childhood. They inspired me to dream.
Thank you, JKR.
And for another non-correct title, we had Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers here in France.