Harry and Bob's discussion makes it clear that Harry knew that there was a good chance he was alive. Uriel wasn't letting him know that, since that would violate the extent to which he can influence Harry (and knowledge you are alive is huge influence), and Harry was playing along, since he could get more that way. I think Harry was asking for a look at people who mattered to him because he was unsure if he could/should meet them as Winter Knight, not because he felt final death was approaching.
Then there's this conversation:
"I'm headed for the great beyond and you still won't give me a straight answer?" I demanded, smiling.
Uriel regarded me pleasantly. He said nothing. A lot.
Uriel was basically telling Harry he wasn't going to the great beyond.
Uriel also has this to say:
"You've got it backward, Harry," he said. "You are a soul. You have a body."
Note the present tense. It might mean nothing, but given that Harry very soon finds out he's alive, I think he was giving Harry a hint.
When he woke, Harry was only really surprise about who had him. The rest was quite clearly an act.
Then there's this conversation:
"I'm headed for the great beyond and you still won't give me a straight answer?" I demanded, smiling.
Uriel regarded me pleasantly. He said nothing. A lot.
Uriel was basically telling Harry he wasn't going to the great beyond.
Uriel also has this to say:
"You've got it backward, Harry," he said. "You are a soul. You have a body."
Note the present tense. It might mean nothing, but given that Harry very soon finds out he's alive, I think he was giving Harry a hint.
When he woke, Harry was only really surprise about who had him. The rest was quite clearly an act.
Ghost Story is out
26/07/2011 09:44:33 AM
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What did you think of it?
26/07/2011 04:56:26 PM
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The short version?
26/07/2011 11:12:10 PM
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I agree. But I wasn't expecting anything more, so no big disappointment
27/07/2011 11:02:45 PM
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Having thought about it for 24 hours *we're into SPOILER territory here on in folks*
27/07/2011 11:22:15 PM
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Yeah, it also suggests future books will have less of some characters
28/07/2011 03:09:04 AM
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Here There be *Spoilers* Quasi-Review
29/07/2011 06:25:36 AM
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Re: Here There be *Spoilers* Quasi-Review
31/07/2011 03:13:38 PM
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Woohoo! Finally finished it! ...not bad. I have two major questions about the plot (spoilers)
31/07/2011 05:24:44 PM
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As I understand it
31/07/2011 06:02:39 PM
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Yeah. The individual bits were awesome, but it does seem like it wasn't a very coherent whole
31/07/2011 06:11:25 PM
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As to point 2...
31/07/2011 06:16:17 PM
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Fair enough. Though I'm pretty sure your second paragraph is wrong
31/07/2011 11:34:05 PM
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Nah...
01/08/2011 12:42:00 AM
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Eh. I think you're projecting what we know to be true as readers
01/08/2011 03:59:04 AM
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Well
31/07/2011 08:45:17 PM
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How would that do that?
31/07/2011 11:37:08 PM
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Some things I liked: (Butters is basically Neville Longbottom, btw)
31/07/2011 06:08:39 PM
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Re: Ghost Story is out
02/08/2011 02:16:19 PM
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I'll be honest, I was expecting a different interpretation of next book's title
02/08/2011 02:29:10 PM
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that would be cheating wouldn't it
02/08/2011 02:56:03 PM
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