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...pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz have been stolen ... The thief is being described as 'armed and fabulous.'" --DAVID LETTERMAN...
Needless to say, now that Knopf has taken over the franchise, Paolini won't have to put his wizard robes back on anytime soon. Knopf is printing 1.3 million copies of Eldest, a book that significantly expands and enriches Paolini's fictional palette, adding new points of view--including that of Eragon's cousin Roran--and expanding Eragon's emotional range as he struggles against his archnemesis, the evil wizard-king Galbatorix. It's one of those tricky middle novels of a planned trilogy, a dark second act la The Empire Strikes Back, full of reversals and repercussions...
...Rowling continues to live on the brink of death-by-overkill in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” her latest—and penultimate—addition to the series. Lord Voldemort, the evil wizard who has been trying to kill Harry since he was born, has gained a host of new advantages, including a new posse (a pack of “dementors”: creatures who suck souls out of the living, have abandoned their jobs as prison guards, and now roll on the dark side). And, as always, Voldemort...
...Just love?” Harry asks Dumbledore, the white-haired wizard...
Harry spends a good portion of this book thus immersed, as Rowling steers the story into a piecemeal biography of Lord Voldemort, building vignettes from the dark lord’s youth as a wizard named Tom Riddle...