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Books : Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781416554950
ISBN: 1416554955
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: November 04, 2008
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Sales Rank: 3996
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***Featuring a Foreword by J.K. Rowling***
The Harry Potter Books Were Just the Beginning of the Story. . .
During the brief span of just one decade, hundreds of millions of perfectly ordinary people made history: they became the only ones who would remember what it was like when the Harry Potter saga was still unfinished. What it was like to seek out friends, families, online forums, fan fiction, and podcasts to get a fix between novels. When the death of a character was a hotter bet than the World Series. When the unfolding story of a boy wizard changed the way books are read for all time.
And as webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron, one of the most popular Harry Potter sites on the Internet, Melissa Anelli had a front row seat to it all. Whether it was helping Scholastic stop leaks and track down counterfeiters, hosting live PotterCasts at bookstores across the country, touring with the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters, or traveling to Edinburgh to interview J. K. Rowling personally, Melissa was at the center of the Harry Potter tornado, and nothing about her life would ever be the same.
The Harry Potter books are a triumph of the imagination that did far more than break sales records for all time. They restored the world’s sense of wonder, and took on a magical life of their own. Now the series has ended, but the story is not over. With remembrances from J. K. Rowling’s editors, agents, publicists, fans, and Rowling herself, Melissa Anelli takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenon—from his very first spell to his lasting impact on the way we live and dream.
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For all the fanfare this book has gotten, I'm not entirely sure all of it is deserved. It is a lovely look back at how the Harry Potter fandom evolved and got to where it is today, but there are some issues I do have with the book. One of the things I noticed was that Melissa told the book like it was a novel, a fictional piece, filled with flowery description that I feel has no place in what is essential a memoir of sorts. The intent of the book is to retell the HP fandom, from start to finish. ... Read More
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I agree with some of the other reviews in that, while I enjoyed "Harry, a History," it wasn't quite the book I was hoping for. This is very much a personal memoir, and perhaps should have been called "Harry & Me: My Own Personal Journey Through the Harry Potter Phenomenon." As such, to be honest, it's quite interesting. No one, after all, has had the ringside seat that Anelli has had these past ten years, and she provides fascinating detail into some of the HP world's more esoteric sides, particularly ... Read More
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Unfortunately, I only purchased this because Amazon suggested it when I purchased "The Tales of Beadle the Bard." It was a big waste of my time. A history of Harry Potter intrigued me because I love the books so much, but I expected much more material about J.K. Rowling and the history of writing the books. The author of this book has interviewed J.K. Rowling on several occasions, but there is very little in her book about those interviews, which was a big disappointment to me.
I would only ... Read More
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Like The Lord of the Rings & Star Wars before it, the magical world of Harry Potter has conjured admirerers & detractors of all sorts. Most, of course, are content with the simple enjoyment provided by the books & subsequent films, defending or defiling them passionately as anything.
Others devote their time to continuing the stories of their favorite characters (of course, under the watchful & ever-litigious eyes of Rowling & WB) through fan fiction, critical essays or other ... Read More
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The memories and bookmarks of a persons life are often linked to something or someone that truly mean the world to an individual. In Harry a history you follow Melissa Anelli Editor of the internet fanboy staple, the Leaky Couldren, through engaging stories that pull you in from the start, recanting her were abouts during recent historical landmarks and catastraphies(i.e. 9-11) and the true nature of the story behind the most popular boy wizard in recent history. Often world or local history, is just that a TV chanel ... Read More
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