Harry Potter Spoofed in 'Stone Philosophy'.

(From The Moscow Times)

First came "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." Then, as if by magic, appeared a Russian version, "Tanya Grotter and Her Magic Double Bass."

Now, joining Tanya and Harry is another Russian version, "Porri Gatter and the Stone Philosophy," a parody of the bestselling J.K. Rowling books that will hit bookstores at the end of the week.

Belarussian authors Ivan Mytko and Andrei Zhvalevsky are behind the book, which turns Harry Potter from a child with magic powers who lives among ordinary humans to a child with no powers who lives among magicians and has to use technology to survive.

In the first chapter of the …