{"id":1781,"date":"2017-08-24T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2021-09-27T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:44:12","slug":"theres-no-kill-like-avada-kedavra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/1781\/theres-no-kill-like-avada-kedavra","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s no kill like Avada Kedavra!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to London on vacation and one day it let me directly to King&#8217;s Cross station and Platform 9&frac34;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/934.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/934.jpg\" alt=\"Platform 9&frac34;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(He had cute little <em>Harry Potter<\/em> glasses on but I don&#8217;t know this kid, so I will respect his privacy)<\/p>\n<p>And right beside that was of course a <em>Harry Potter<\/em> fan shop with all the prizey stuff you can imagine (they asked 30&pound; for a Gryffindor scarf).<\/p>\n<p>But what else did my eyes discover there? 20th anniversary reprints of all the books as well as illustrated editions of the first two! Well that&#8217;s something I could not say no to.<\/p>\n<p>When I started to read the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> books, <em>Azkaban<\/em> was already released. I read the first three in German and then decided to give my crappy English skills a go and tried the first book in English. I even had this <em>Harry Potter<\/em> dictionary to help me through some of the phrases:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Langenscheidts-Zauberw%C3%B6rterbuch-Englisch-Deutsch-Potter-\/dp\/3468203713?SubscriptionId=AKIAIZNBXO5MF5OFMLYA&#038;tag=dvdcolonl0b-21&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=2025&#038;creative=165953&#038;creativeASIN=3468203713\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-soft.de\/phpbookprofiler\/images\/9783468203718.5f.jpg\" alt=\"Langenscheidts Gro\u00dfes Zauberw\u00f6rterbuch Englisch- Deutsch. F\u00fcr Harry Potter- Fans.\" width=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later I learned that there was something called the &#8220;adult edition&#8221; (and, personally, I still think the original British adult edition looks still the best). <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_36979\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ef-HQniRhtk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now the hunter and gatherer had awoken in me. I started to collect different versions of the first book and with this 20th anniversary re-release this collection grew quite a bit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter01.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAll the editions I have of the first book<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter02.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe British original edition for children and adult in hardcover and paperback<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter03.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAmerican edition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter04.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGerman edition for children and adults<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter05.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n20th anniversary illustrated edition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter06.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n20th anniversary edition for children and adults<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter07.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n20th anniversary edition for House Gryffindor and Ravenclaw<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter08.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n20th anniversary edition for House Hufflepuff and Slytherin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/potter09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/thumbnails\/potter09.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_40704\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FzAe5G1mNt0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What about the Latin and Ancient Greek edition you ask? Well I actually thought about it but since I speak neither I waited too long to consider them and now the original editions are out of print and the reprints just don&#8217;t feel as important to me.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Update\">Update September 1st, 2018<\/a> (when else?):<\/p>\n<p>Recently German publisher Carlsen also published a new edition marking the 20th anniversary of <em>Harry Potter<\/em> in Germany. Naturally I had to have it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-soft.de\/phpbookprofiler\/index.php?lastmedia=9783551557414.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-soft.de\/phpbookprofiler\/images\/thumbnails\/9783551557414.5f.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Update2\">Update January 3rd, 2019<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Yet another one:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doena-soft.de\/phpbookprofiler\/index.php?lastmedia=9783551317254.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-soft.de\/phpbookprofiler\/images\/thumbnails\/9783551317254.5f.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to London on vacation and one day it let me directly to King&#8217;s Cross station and Platform 9&frac34;: (He had cute little&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[840],"tags":[1070],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","tag-harry-potter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}