so okay, there's a publication date.

[fox]

I can't go completely offline for the next six months, of course; but I hereby reiterate and reaffirm my pathological spoiler-phobia. I'm speculation-phobic, y'all. So of course I will remove myself to the greatest extent possible from the path of danger; but if you're not prepared to hide your spoilers and potentially-spoilery chatter behind cuts, could you please let me know now? Forewarned is forearmed.

Cheers.

Comments

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Do you personally speculate about the upcoming books, or do you just try to not even think about it, lest you ruin it for yourself? I know that sounds weird, but I'm honestly curious. I've known people that avoid speculation because basically they don't want the speculation to be right and see in the book that that's the way things are going.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

That's exactly it. I try not to think about it; and when people mention things that cannot be in any way construed as spoilers but which nevertheless hadn't occurred to me as possibilities, that gets me thinking three or four steps ahead and then the sense of discovery is compromised if not actually ruined.

I know it's high-maintenance of me. But in my defense, I'm the one doing the maintaining. I'm just trying to find out ahead of time what maintenance needs to be done, so it can be preventive maintenance, if you see what I mean, instead of repair (which never really works).

[merrycontrary.livejournal.com]

I am so torn as to whether to create a spoiler filter, to keep you safe from my spoilage, or to join you in trying to avoid it all. I think spoilers kind of tainted my first reading of OotP, but between my family - who all love HP and now I am an HP freak - and going to Phoenix Rising in May, I just don't think it's possible to stay entirely free. Maybe there is an in between, damage controlled, place for me.

Also, MWAH!!!!

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

I can promise you that I shall not be talking about it at all. I honestly have trouble remembering what the title is ....

(Just to clarify: I have read all the books, some multiple times. I own them all, in fact. It's just ... not my fandom.)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I will not be posting anything about the book at all, if that helps. :)