Welcome, RAFOnauts, to the Great Harry Potter Re-read.

Over the next couple of months, we’ll read and discuss the 7 books of JK Rowling’s phenomenally successful series. There’ll be a separate thread for each book, with sub-threads to discuss the chosen sections.

For the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (or Sorcerer’s Stone, if you live in the US of A), we’ll discuss chapters 1-3 today, 4-10 on Wednesday, and 11 to the end on Friday.

Discussion for the second book will start on Monday 19 July.


A few ground rules:

- Please keep your replies under the sub-threads below. You are welcome to start your own main headings as well.

- Although this is a re-read, it is possible that people haven’t yet read the books and are just reading this to help them decide whether they’re finally going to take the plunge and start the series. Accordingly, please keep spoilers out of subject lines, and note whether they’re included in the body of your reply.

- If you’ve got any suggestions for the rest of the re-read then post them in the suggestions thread below.


That’s it! Get replying!

And have fun!