Harry is here

October 1 was a big day for bookstores in Lausanne. The French version of Harry Potter VI showed up on their shelves, a little bit later than 2 months after the English and American editions. I still haven’t read it, nor volumes IV or V. Ever since Wife stopped reading them out-loud to the kids, I haven’t cracked a Rowling’s book.

Used to be that all things came out later here than in the USA. Seabiscuit was out on DVD in the USA when it came out in theatres here. It was already 2005 when MS WORD 2004 finally reached our computers. USA TODAY is really USA YESTERDAY. B-4 internet I used to have to wait till Tuesday to get the week-end American Football scores.

But now, most big releases come out at the same time all over the universe. War of the Worlds actually opened EARLY here, as did the last Star Wars, which really didn’t make either of them better movies.

Narnia posters are up everywhere, making their appearance about 6 weeks ago. I really don’t consider that a good “sign”. We are great Narnia fans, reading through them every few years, in French or English, just to keep perspective on life.