Something Dippy This Way Comes
July 21st, 2007 by timbotron
Location:
Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, CA. In a sea of thousands awaiting the new Harry Potter book.
Local Time and Date:
11:30PM, July 20th, 2007. 30 minutes until we find out what happens to Harry! OhMyGod!
Local Mood:
Compared to the premier of the iPhone, there are actually less people dressed like Harry Potter. And more Yodas. I can understand the 2,000+ costumed kids at this literacy cluster-f***, but the hundreds of dressed up 20- and 30-year-olds reek of a Dungeons & Dragons convention.
My Mood:
Do I personally care? No. Haven’t even seen all the movies. No robots or nudity. Don’t get me wrong - any author who can get millions of children excited to read while simultaneously pissing-off the religious right is a national hero. But when there is a 45 year old man running around in a cape pushing his way to the front of the line to buy a book, we’ve moved beyond literature - J. K. Rowling has invented crack for geeks (or the antidote for sexiness).
July 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
I walked calmly into a book store, bought the book, then peeked at the end. There’s hella robots and nudity in the end of this one!