The Harry Potter book launch in Boyhood is pretty great, especially the little girl who is freaking the fuck out. Mrs. Miller went to many a midnight release and then to all-night reading parties with her friends, it is hard to picture a book having a similar impact now (or maybe I’m missing some other YA phenomenon).

One thing the HP fandom didn’t change, as this comment thread can attest, is that fandoms will never quit immediately engaging in pissing contests about whose is better or did it first or is more special.