Central list of flints (was Re: New Flint! (we think))

mmgardin dileas at rogers.com
Fri Jun 20 16:23:15 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 61310

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if there is a central list of flints from the 
Harry Potter books.  The one that has been bothering is from COS.  
Midway through the chapter called "The Rogue Bludger", Madame Pomfrey 
shoos Harry's visitors out of the hospital wing, telling them that 
Harry has 33 bones to regrow.

The reason this one bothers me so much is that I'm not sure if it is 
a flint or a subtle clue to something.  The number of bones in an arm 
can be readily looked up, so it would seem unlikely (to me anyway) 
that it was a mistake.  Also, wouldn't an editor pick something like 
this up?  Or am I mistaken about the role of an editor (I really have 
no idea what editors do, I've just always assumed that they check 
things like this)?

I don't have my copy of the book handy, so I can't say what edition 
this is in - I know it's from Raincoast and it's a paperback if that 
helps (I think it might be a 4th or 5th edition).  I am curious to 
find out whether other editions have the same error or do they 
correctly say that Harry has 32 bones to regrow.

Cheers,
Marcia






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