Philosopher's stone.

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 Nikkalmati Wrote :

> I had never heard of Philosopher's Stone

I have, a Philosopher's Stone has deep historical associations, a
Sorcerer's Stone has none, zero, zip. The idiot American editors
thought Americas were stupider than Englishman and that's not true. I
think. 

JKR agreed to the name change because at the time she was just an
unemployed single mother. Things have changed, today she could call
book 7 "Harry Potter And The Bucket Of Warm Spit" or "Harry Potter And
The Provisional Feasibility Study" if she wanted and no editor would
dare make a peep. 

JKR once said that after she finished book 7 she might rewrite some of
the earlier books a bit because she thinks she is a better writer now
than she was 10 years ago. If she does that rewrite I am confident she
will call book 1 Philosopher's Stone even to those idiot Americans.

Eggplant