Devotees of the young British wizard Harry Potter have snapped up more than a million advance copies of his latest adventure on audio tape.
The cassettes were to go on sale Monday in Britain for about $70. Fans can also pick up the 21-hour CDs for about $128 and listen to actor Stephen Fry read every word of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
Author J.K. Rowling is full of praise for Fry, who has also read the earlier adventures of the schoolboy magician on tape.
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"He has a very, very attractive voice. It's quite patrician — but there's a touch of anarchy that's just right for the books," Rowling said. "He's like somebody's uncle who's really good at reading aloud. It's a very intimate feeling."