There was a huge hullaboo about the release of the last of the Harry porter series by the richest author on earth (and she writes childrens fantasies that are lapped up by one and all- what does that tell us about our collective mental state I wonder) and this morning in WHS smith, they were selling the same book with a 30% discount!(not even a bloody week since it was released- so what about all those poor souls who have pre-ordered it?)What is it with thse cult books? Da vinci code and harry porter and the lord of the rings and so on..? For that matter what made people go mad over the beatles in the 60's (women swooning and all)? Are we in one way trying to replace all our unused collective admiration for "the imperial" (but come on the UK still does have its royal family intact) in these kind of cult worships I wonder.
At the airport this afternoon, I am positive that I saw the book atleast in one in three people's hands. Did they buy it because it is on "sale"?
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Very similar.
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