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Playing Strixhaven as Hogwarts
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One of the latest books to come out for Dungeons and Dragons is called Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos. The book is designed to provide D&D players with the opportunity to play as students at a magical school. It’s pretty easy to see the connections to the adventures of Harry and… Read More
Statement from the Leaders of the Harry Potter Fan Community
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We at the Lexicon are proud to share this statement alongside other leaders in the Harry Potter fan community: The Harry Potter fandom has been going strong for more than 20 years, and we are so proud to have been there alongside so many,… Read More
To be clear ...
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A few hours ago, after discussion, we went ahead and retweeted the link to JK Rowling’s essay giving her opinions about the controversy she kicked up with her tweets about trans people, specifically trans women. Over the past few days we also retweeted Emma Watson’s comments and those of… Read More
Exploring The Most Enigmatic Character in Canon
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With that headline, you’d probably be thinking that this is about Snape. But you’d be wrong. Snape was only mysterious while we were reading the books. Now that we’re finished, we have Snape pretty much figured out. Rowling did one of her classic “here’s all the answers, you’re welcome” chapters… Read More
Seven Things you REALLY Didn't Know About J.K. Rowling
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Recently, a website called Alux.com published a video called “15 Things You Didn’t Know About J. K. Rowling.” Of the fifteen points covered in the video, I didn’t know that Rowling had reconciled with her father, that she had bought a sprawling estate in Tasmania, that she plays Minecraft,… Read More
More reasons to be excited about Hogwarts Mystery!
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Come April 25, we’ll all have a chance to play Hogwarts Mystery. Jam City, the developers, recently announced that a number of stars who played Hogwarts professors in the films would be returning to voice the characters in the game, including Dame Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Michael Gambon as… Read More
🎙️ Episode 31: The Crimes of Grindelwald Trailer
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by Steve VanderArk and Nick Moline
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The last week or two has just been chock full of new stuff for members of the fandom. We have a new audiobook version of Quidditch through the Ages which also has a dramatization of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup which is particularly entertaining. We have a new gameplay trailer… Read More
🎙️ Episode 30: Discussing The Harry Potter Lexicon Minute
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Episode 30 of our main Lexicon Podcast is shorter than usual and is all about discussing our new podcast, the Harry Potter Lexicon Minute. We started the episode by talking about the rich collection of essays on the Lexicon and the recent feedback we’ve received telling us that we have… Read More
What I want to be building this summer
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I’ve been a Lego fanatic since always. My favorite was the castle, with its drawbridge and towers. I built and rebuilt and redesigned that set over and over for years. You might say I have a thing about Lego and castles. Which means that this August is going to be… Read More
New official Hogwarts Role Playing Game coming!
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Okay, this one I’m really excited about. As one who has put over 400 hours into Stardew Valley on the XBox, I can say that I am MORE than ready to start role-playing in the Harry Potter universe. The game, Hogwarts Mystery, is scheduled to come out next year. Read More
Defense Against the Dark Arts Loot Crate Unboxing
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The July J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World Loot Crate has arrived! Join Nick and Barbara once again as we unbox another box of magical goodness for the Lexicon’s Youtube Channel. This month’s theme is “Defense Against the Dark Arts” and contains items to help you fend off the darkest and most… Read More
The Cauldron: Where Science and Magic meet
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by Nick Moline
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It was very early in my life that I became captivated with the worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy. From Tolkien’s Middle Earth, to C.S. Lewis’s Narnia, to Roddenberry’s Federation, the worlds of my favorite pieces of fiction spurred me on in a myriad of ways. I can trace my… Read More
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Josie has posted on her site blog some details about what happened to the Companion. She’s working on fixing all the links now and soon the site will be 100% safe again. You can read her post here: https://hp-companion.com/2017/06/02/sigh/#comment-47530 I’ve let her know that we’d be happy to help… Read More
The Harry Potter Companion - UPDATE
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Back in 2009, I posted about a wonderful Harry Potter website called The Harry Potter Companion. It’s run by an ex-Lexicon editor who did amazing work for our site for many years before leaving to take on other challenges. The Companion goes through the entire Harry Potter series, chapter… Read More
🎙️ Episode 26: Fantastic Beasts and the 2001 thirst for canon
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Episode 26 of the Lexicon Podcast focuses on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the schoolbook released in 2001 and a new edition released this week), and Quidditch Through the Ages (the book that was originally published along with Fantastic Beasts in 2001). We first talked… Read More
LootCrate goes Dark!
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LootCrate just announced the next installment of their spectacular “J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World” Crates: THE DARK ARTS Their website states: “There’s a darker side of magic and we’re exploring its depths with exclusively-created collectibles, apparel, replicas, and more showcasing the people, places, creatures, and things associated with the Dark Arts of… Read More
It's all about the crate
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For me, it started with a visit to my son’s house. We were hanging around chatting when I noticed a gray box on the bookshelf with a label on it reading “Firefly Cargo Crate.” I remarked about it since, you know, it was Firefly. He took it down and showed… Read More
Where will you be Saturday Night? We know where we will be!
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by Nick Moline, Steve VanderArk, Patricio Tarantino, Erin Trites and Brianna C.
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As you may know, part of the reason we were hurrying to get the new Lexicon online was because, for the first time in nine years, Potter Fans all have something worth getting us to a bookstore at midnight. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the script of the two part play… Read More
Sorting is back on Pottermore!
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It’s weird how excited I am about this. I mean, I don’t get all worked up about Potter polls or simulated Hogwarts classes or any of that. I’m just get excited about canon, okay? And online sorting hats aren’t canon, even if they’re on Pottermore. Except, ever since I was… Read More
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The “new short story” … which really isn’t a short story and really doesn’t tell us much that’s new, but whatever. PEOPLE.com is jumping on the media blitz bandwagon and giving their picks for casting the movie version, which you’ll find here: Fantasy Cast J.K. Rowling’s New Story http://bit.ly/1tkqIEJ This… Read More