Oh my God I just read the first sentences of DH.

[heidi]

Via titti - the Observer has an article about Christopher Little (JKR's agent) and in it, they transcribe the words at the start of Chapter 1. It's about 2/3 of the way through the article.

I know I said I didn't want spoilers - and I wouldn't read a paraphrase of those lines if someone paid me a million dollars, and I wouldn't want to see anything other than the absolute start of the book (ie the first sentences, or the first chapter, followed by the second, etc. etc.).

But back when GoF came out, Newsweek featured it on the cover, and had the entire first chapter of the novel printed in its pages - I read it days before the book itself came out, and that didn't spoil me, because it was directly from JKR.

I recognize that others consider that sort of thing spoilery, though, so I won't post any of that actual content here - and no, I don't want to see the chapter titles - I plan to ignore the ToC in the book! - but yeah.

So I've read it.

Want more.

And a poll

[Poll #1021784]

This poll contained lyrics from Once More With Feeling (the Buffy musical) and Finding Nemo: The Musical (as performed at Animal Kingdom in Orlando).

Comments

[waterbird.livejournal.com]

How many first sentences did they print, and are you sure they're the very beginning of the first chapter? *tempted*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

4 or 5. And yeah, very sure. They're a big paper - they can't make it up.

[waterbird.livejournal.com]

I started reading the article, but then I chickened out. Not sure I want to read those lines ahead of time. But thanks for the link - I know where to go if I change my mind. :)