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In case anyone's wondering, the katakana on Harry's staff doesn't say nutoritsukusu, it's "Matrix." On books 1-5 the word is written in reverse, but in this book, it's normal. Here's the cover artist talking about why he wrote it on the staff:

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php?PHPSESSID=9ee46eb6e279ffad7a3bc0c105740123&topic=384.msg6074#msg6074

Although technically, if he wanted it to sound like the English word 'matrix,' he should've written it メートリックス.

• It says under plot points that the Erlking is the current Winter King, but that is inaccurate. Concrete proof for it should be checked out by someone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.76.101.21 ( talk) 22:30, 8 September 2011 (UTC) reply

The link for "Sue the Tyrannosaurus Rex" just goes to the Field Museum of Natural History Page. However, Sue does have her own article, and I think this page should link to that one instead of the current page. Just a thought.-- 24.36.130.109 ( talk) 02:40, 9 July 2012 (UTC) reply

I just did a re-write of the plot summary to trim it down a bit, so I can take off the tag. Hope this makes everyone happy. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 16:15, 4 January 2014 (UTC) reply