Harry Potter

Summary info

Series of books by J.K. Rowling about Harry Potter, learning at his 11th birthday that he is a wizard, going to wizarding school and occasionally fighting the evil wizard Voldemort.

Books

The series consists of seven books (and two tie-ins for charity).

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone∞
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets∞
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban∞
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire∞
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix∞
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince∞
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows∞

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them∞
• Quidditch Through the Ages∞

Abbreviations for this fandom:

Titles of the books: PS/SS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP, HBP, DH, FB, QttA
Names of characters mostly by initials

Characters:

The Kids:
Harry Potter -- (played in the movies by Daniel Radcliffe)
Ron Weasley -- (played in the movies by Rupert Grint)
Hermione Granger -- (played in the movies by Emma Watson)

The Teachers:
Albus Dumbledore -- (played in the movies by Richard Harris & Michael Gambon)
Minerva McGonagal -- (played in the movies by Maggie Smith)
Severus Snape -- (played in the movies by Alan Rickman)
Remus Lupin -- (played in the movies by David Thewlis)
Sybill Trelawnery -- (played in the movies by Emma Thompson)
Rubeus Hagrid -- (played in the movies by Robbie Coltrane)

The Bad Guys:
Voldemort aka Tom Riddle -- (played in the movies by Ralph Fiennes)
Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail -- (played in the movies by Timothy Spall)
Barty Crouch, Jr -- (played in the movies by David Tennant)
Lucius Malfoy -- (played in the movies by Jason Isaacs)

The Others:
Sirius Black -- (played in the movies by Gary Oldman)
Cornelius Fudge -- (played in the movies by Robert Hardy)
Mollie Weasley -- (played in the movies by Julie Walters)
Rita Skeeter -- (played in the movies by Miranda Richardson)
Alastor "Madeye" Moody -- (played in the movies by Brendan Gleeson)

The Ghosts & Paintings:
Moaning Myrtle -- (played in the movies by Shirley Henderson)
Nearly Headless Nick -- (played in the movies by John Cleese)
The Fat Lady -- (played in the movies by Dawn French)


Pairing abbreviations:

Either by initials (RW/HG), by a hybrid of both names (Snupin) or by an own name (Pumpkin Pie)

Fanfiction Archives:

FictionAlley
Inkstained Fingers

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For more information

The Leaky Cauldron∞
The Harry Potter Lexicon∞
JKRs Website∞

IMDb entry for SS/PS∞
IMDb entry for CoS∞
IMDb entry for PoA∞
IMDb entry for GoF∞

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Livejournal communities

Since there are about five-hundred of them, only some links to communities that give an overview:
Quick Quote∞
The Daily Snitch∞
Hogwarts Today∞

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Lists

As with the Live Journal communities, there are thousands of yahoogroups. Pairing specific, character specific, fic specifc, general discussion,...

Harry Potter for Grownups∞
Snapeslash∞
When I Kissed The Teacher - Severus Snape/Hermione Granger∞

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