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Post by Gigi on Apr 1, 2005 10:58:53 GMT -5
I know it's too early for a real countdown, but I happened to notice that today is 200 days until the release of Book 12.
It seems sooooo long!
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Post by dadanman on Apr 1, 2005 11:02:30 GMT -5
You like counting-down dont u Gigi
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Post by Antenora on Apr 1, 2005 11:04:20 GMT -5
200 days? Is it really that long?
Oh well, it will be over before we know it. In the meantime, let's discuss and plan countdown activities.
I have my ASoUE calendar(the book-based one) marked, and I should mark the movie one. I drew a VFD insignia on the appropriate date.
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Post by Akbar Le Grey on Apr 1, 2005 11:08:02 GMT -5
You like counting-down dont u Gigi Aren't we observant? Indeed, Gigi, it seems like a century....a rather slow-passing one too. |
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Post by Gigi on Apr 1, 2005 11:12:00 GMT -5
What can I say? Yes, I do like to countdown. I even designed a little web page with a digitial coutdown to the day, hour, minute, second. I'd post it on the web, but I can't make it work right once I upload it.
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Post by Dante on Apr 1, 2005 11:12:36 GMT -5
For some reason, 200 days doesn't sound too long to me... When in actuality it's very long.
I'll allow an official countdown thread to begin at around 50 days. Like Antenora said, you can plan countdown activities here.
I plan to spend the countdown days agonising over whether to order Book the Twelfth from Amazon.co.uk, or to go out and buy it from a bookshop.
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Post by Gigi on Apr 1, 2005 11:14:49 GMT -5
I always go to the bookshop. I can never wait for a book to come in the mail.
I'm hoping AOL will have the first few chapters on their First Read section. They had the last few available ahead of time.
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Post by Dante on Apr 1, 2005 11:17:20 GMT -5
I always go to the bookshop. I can never wait for a book to come in the mail. See, that's the problem. If I order from Amazon, the book migh arrive on the very morning of the day it comes out - that's what happened with Order of the Phoenix. The problem is, I just don't trust Amazon. Maybe I'll ask to order it, and then if it isn't there on the morning, we'll go to a bookstore. |
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Post by Antenora on Apr 1, 2005 11:18:56 GMT -5
When TCC came out, we ordered it from Barnes and Noble, and it got here a week after the official release date. So, nowadays when new books are being released, I just get them from the local stores.
I recommend checking stores the day before the release date, too. Just in case. Wal-Mart had TGG one day early last year.
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Post by Gigi on Apr 1, 2005 11:20:12 GMT -5
Yea, Amazon will pre-ship Harry Potter, but not ASOUE. It probably won't leave the warehouse until it is actually released and you'd get it late.
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Post by Dante on Apr 1, 2005 11:35:52 GMT -5
Yes, you're right. I'll get it from a bookstore. Maybe I can get it early, like I did with Alex Rider 6.
I'll tell Mother to keep her eyes open in bookstores in the days leading up to the release date - although we still don't have a confirmed release date for Britain, though, do we?
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Post by Hooky on Apr 1, 2005 18:28:30 GMT -5
200 days seems extremely long to me. Why? Why do we have to suffer?!!!!    |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Apr 1, 2005 21:17:45 GMT -5
It seems slow to me. I've so much to wait for time is slowing everyday. *rolls eyes*
At least I have Ominous Omnibus to admire and ponder.
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Post by PJ on Apr 1, 2005 23:46:30 GMT -5
For some reason, 200 days doesn't sound too long to me... When in actuality it's very long. Same here.... A mere 200 days...BAH! |
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Post by Sora on Apr 2, 2005 0:51:20 GMT -5
You'd think with 200 days to go, we'd a least have the title....
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