David@11: When Harry drew the sword out of the hat, the sword was presumably still under wizarding control (somewhere in Hogwarts, or somehow attached to the Hat, or something). When Neville draws it, a goblin has taken possession of it several hundred pages earlier (and we know goblins are pretty darn good at keeping objects safe from thieves, making the Sorting Hat a ridiculously powerful artifact). (I agree with you about why Neville was able to draw the sword; it just doesn't make sense to me from a plotting/worldbuilding perspective). The Parseltongue still strikes me as low probability (Ron heard Harry open the Chamber once, 5 years earlier, and has heard Parseltongue maybe a handful of other times), but that explanation makes more sense to me than the sword thing does.
David@11: When Harry drew the sword out of the hat, the sword was presumably still under wizarding control (somewhere in Hogwarts, or somehow attached to the Hat, or something). When Neville draws it, a goblin has taken possession of it several hundred pages earlier (and we know goblins are pretty darn good at keeping objects safe from thieves, making the Sorting Hat a ridiculously powerful artifact). (I agree with you about why Neville was able to draw the sword; it just doesn't make sense to me from a plotting/worldbuilding perspective). The Parseltongue still strikes me as low probability (Ron heard Harry open the Chamber once, 5 years earlier, and has heard Parseltongue maybe a handful of other times), but that explanation makes more sense to me than the sword thing does.
This book was entirely predictable and hokey. Too much adolescent angst, not enough Snape (the Pensieve scene was too little, too late). Too many random things with no explanation: Why can Ron suddenly speak Parseltongue? Why can Neville draw Gryffindor's sword out of the hat, after Griphook took it? What are any of the characters doing afterwards (we get an epilogue 19 years later, and we never find out what any of them are doing besides raising kids?)? Harry saw Lupin and Tonks dead and didn't even ask how they died? And for the love of god, why Harry/Ginny?
And let's face it - Harry and Ginny naming their kids James, Lily, and Albus Severus is a horribly cruel act.
Argh.
Although Hermione obliviating her parents was kinda cool...
Architect of Sleep - Steven Boyett's website (http://www.steveboy.com/archetyp.html) does hold out some hope that the second and third volumes will actually be published at some point. Long story short, he submitted the second volume to Ace, Ace didn't like it, he got upset and bought back the rights, he reread it a few years ago and realized that Ace's criticisms were actually right.
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