HP in other books

[LynnP333 at aol.com]

I had posted earlier about seeing the Harry Potter books referred to a couple 
of times in the book I just finished reading titled 'The Blue Nowhere' ... a 
mystery set in Silicon Valley about murder and computer hacking/cracking to 
which Amy Z replied:

>Welcome, Lynn!  Do tell us what the references are.  We HP-starved 
>obsessives gobble up these tidbits like they're Chocolate Frogs.
>
>Amy Z  
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Thanks for the welcome Amy. :-)
I have to admit this was this last book I ever thought I'd see HP references 
in!  And here I thought I was taking a break from the influences of Harry 
Potter. 
The computer hacker murderer in this book (called "Phate") could teach old 
Voldy a thing or two.  He uses his own muggle version of the Polyjuice Potion 
called "social engineering" to get to his victims.  Anyway, one reference is 
to one of Phate's intended victims... a 15 yr. old computer genius (with 
thick glasses and dark hair in a boarding school no less <g!>). The passage 
follows:
'He owned more books than any two students at St. Frances and had read the 
Harry Potter books five times each...'
The other was a reference to another child (not an intended victim of Lord 
Vold... 'er... Phate) and passage follows:
'Gillette followed the boy into a room cluttered with books, toys, sports 
equipment, clothes. The Harry Potter books sat on the bedside table, next to 
a Game Boy, two 'N Sync CDs and a dozen floppy disks.'
Anyway.... it was an excellent and very chilling mystery novel. Makes me 
nervous every time on connect to the internet now!

Lynn
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                  Harry's insides seemed to curl up and shrivel.
                   "Dance partners?" He felt himself going red. 
                          "I don't dance," he said quickly."
          "Oh yes, you do," said Professor McGonagall irritably.

              `~`~`~`~  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  `~`~`~`~
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