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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Apr 16, 12

bookshelves: fantasy, currently-reading
Read from December 28, 2011 to January 14, 2012

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Quotes John Liked

Eliezer Yudkowsky
“But it is cute. It's such a boy thing to do.

Drop dead.

Aw, you say the most romantic things.”
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky
“And then Harry Potter had launched in to a speech that was inspiring, yet vague. A speech to the effect that Fred and George and Lee had tremendous potential if they could just learn to be weirder. To make people's live surreal, instead of just surprising them with the equivalents of buckets of water propped above doors. (Fred and George had exchanged interested looks, they'd never thought of that one.) Harry Potter had invoked a picture of the prank they'd pulled on Neville - which, Harry had mentioned with some remorse, the Sorting Hat had chewed him out on - but which must have made Neville doubt his own sanity. For Neville it would have felt like being suddendly transported into an alternate universe. The same way everyone else had felt when they'd seen Snape apologize. That was the true power of pranking.”
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Without thinking about it at all, Harry stepped in front of Hermione.

There was an intake of breath from behind him, and then a moment later Hermione brushed past and stepped in front of him. "Run, Harry!" she said. "Boys shouldn't have to be in danger.”
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality


Reading Progress

12/28/2011
28.0% "Been slowly working on this for two months, very enjoyable alternate history to the Harry Potter universe." 4 comments
12/29/2011
42.0% "Not so slowly"
01/09/2012
62.0% "Eliezer seems to be trying to wrap up the entire seven book series in a single book."
01/11/2012
91.0% "Where are you going with this Eliezer? (The interlude with Rational Frodo and Fellowship of the Ring, Twilight, etc. was hilarious.)"
01/14/2012
100.0% "But it's not the end..."
04/16/2012
100.0% "New chapters "published"... 77-84."
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