Further reflections spurred by reading The Life and Lies of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore by Irvin Khaytman. In the Goblet of Fire chapter of Irvin Khaytman’s Dumbledore book, he writes that there is a rift between Dumbledore and Snape, following the events of Prisoner of Azkaban, so severe that they are not even speaking to
Further reflections spurred by reading The Life and Lies of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore by Irvin Khaytman. The Prisoner of Azkaban chapter, especially the section called “The Matter of Buckbeak” (pp 40-46), led me to a host of new thoughts that had never occurred to me in years of reading HP. Irvin devotes that section to an in-depth consideration
Further reflections spurred by reading The Life and Lies of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore by Irvin Khaytman. In his Chamber of Secrets chapter, Irvin goes over what it means for Dumbledore that he first realizes during this volume that Voldemort’s Dark Magic included making a Horcrux, and in fact, perhaps more than one Horcrux, “which I do
Just two weeks remaining until the Harry Potter Conference at Chestnut Hill College, Friday, October 19, 2018! Come see Irvin Khaytman talk about his new book, The Life and Lies of Percival Albus Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, which I wrote about when it was published in July. He and I will also be doing book signings on
Warning: This discussion gets dark. (I mean, this whole series is dark. And it certainly looks as if the Fantastic Beasts series, freed of any concerns about being intended “for children,” is going to go darker. But yes, this discussion gets dark.) On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, the final trailer for the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and
This blog post contains mild spoilers for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide. For those of us who have read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the trolley witch is both a familiar character and a new one. We have seen her before and even heard her speak, but she’s never had
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