Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

The Leaky Cauldron Harry Potter fan site has gotten its hands on loads of high resolution pictures from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The site was loading very slowly when I visited, but patience paid off and I was treated to pictures of

Barty Crouch, Cedric, Cho, Harry Potter and Krum amongst others. There’s also several pictures of Dumbledore and a couple of pictures of Mad-Eye Moody as well…

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the seven book Harry Potter series by J K Rowling. But you know this. Everybody knows this. You also know that the book is the darkest of the series so far and that somebody dies. Everybody knows that.

Unfortunately this is not the strongest book in the series so far. I’d probably pick Harry Potter…

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has sold an astonishing 6.9 million copies in the US during its first 24 hours on sale. That eclipses the previous record for book sales in the first 24 hours which was held by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sold around 5 million copies in its first day of sale back in 2003, but…

With Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince now available for everyone to purchase (if you can still find a copy on the shelves that is), we’re going to see a lot of reviews I’m sure, but this is the first review that I’ve become aware of.

The review is in the New York Times and its one of those annoying sites where you have to register (for free) in order…

With all the hype currently about the latest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, there’s post at Monotonous dot net asking just what is so special about Harry Potter. The author does enjoy fantasy books, but doesn’t “get” the excitement about Harry Potter.

Its a fair question. Harry Potter is hardly the first fantasy book series. It’s not even the first children’s fantasy book series. Both the…