David and Nick continue their deep dive into the Harry Potter universe in Reverse Engineering Harry Potter. In this episode, we discuss the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and speculate on how it was designed and written. We also analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the story, and how much of the books to come were prefigured by this debut.

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