Posted on 06/29/2004 2:28:19 PM PDT by StoneColdGOP
NEW YORK - No word yet on when the next Harry Potter (news - web sites) book comes out, but at least there's a title: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince."
"Well the door opened at last and I showed you the title of book six — the genuine title, the title that will appear on the published book, the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages," author J.K. Rowling wrote on her Web site.
The British author's U.S. publisher, Scholastic, confirmed the title on Tuesday.
A previous posting on Rowling's site, listed under "Gossip," had led some fans to believe the book would be called "Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge." Rowling dismissed that title as laughable.
The most recent Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was released last summer. The paperback comes out Aug. 10 with a first printing of 2 million.
On the Net:
http://www.jkrowling.com/
Yes and yes.
I'm just waiting for Hairy Potter XIV: Bang Bang Cho Chang
Yes, and she'd best get to writing them, or the damned movies will catch up with her.
That is the traditional number for British boarding school book series.
I read a lot of them as a kid.
Yeah, but how will she catch Bill Gates if she stops at only 7?
Yes, one for each of Harry's years at Hogwarts.
I'm wondering what all the randy seventh years do in those common rooms when their alone.
This is the first title that I don't particularly care for.
Rowling has opened the door to the possibility that she might write additional HP books beyond the seventh one.
Harry Potter ver 7.0.1
Ugh... Long day...
Tuesday 29 June 2004Title of Book Six: The Truth
Well, the door opened at last and I showed you the title of book six - the genuine title, the title that will appear on the published book, the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages. Unfortunately, however, the door opened on the very same day the 'Pillar of Storgé' hoaxer struck, which left a lot of Harry Potter fans bemused as to whether I was having a joke at their expense by posting another fake title to 'teach hoaxers a lesson', something I certainly wouldn't do, as it would simply frustrate, confuse or annoy the 99.9% of you who aren't hoaxers! I tried to give a clear hint that the title behind the door was the real one by making the 'Toenail' joke as well (see 'Rumours'). But just to clear up matters once and for all…
Information you take directly from this site will be truthful and accurate (I might occasionally joke, but as time goes on, you'll learn to tell when I'm joking). Do not trust anybody else claiming to have found information on this site that you cannot access, however seemingly convincing the images they provide to support their story.
I never post information on the site that I do not want fans to read immediately. In other words, anybody claiming to have 'discovered' a message that wasn't due for release yet is lying. There was never anything meaningful behind the door until the 'Do Not Disturb' sign came off!
The 'Pillar of Storgé' was never my title, and I did not change it at the eleventh hour because I was 'found out' (I nearly fell off my chair giggling when I read this).
I was delighted to see that a hard core of super-bright fans knew that the real title was once, in the long distant past, a possibility for 'Chamber of Secrets', and from that deduced that it was genuine. Certain crucial pieces of information in book six were originally planned for 'Chamber of Secrets', but very early on (first draft of Chamber) I realised that this information's proper home was book six. I have said before now that 'Chamber' holds some very important clues to the ultimate end of the series. Not as many as six, obviously, but there is a link.
Anyway: if you continue to exercise patience, you will find that the Do Not Disturb Door opens again… and again… giving you further hints about book six. But as a little bonus, and compensation for having been messed around by Mr. or Ms. Storgé, I shall tell you one thing without making you shift any bricks at all: the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldemort. And that's all I'm saying on THAT subject until the book's published.
Interesting.
Rowling is a genius. My wife and I are addicted to the books, and I am always amazed to see things pop up in the middle of Book 5 that were only alluded to in Book 1 or 2. It's incredible that she's managed to create this alternate reality, complete with its own rules, history, etc.
And I'm still in the middle of Book 5, so please, no spoilers!
Hmmm.... all of that N.E.W.T studying would seem to require some de-stressing activity...
The kids are growing up on 'em. How great an age discrepancy can they handle before they're forced to change out some actors?
Study and polish wands.
Polish their wands.
"Harry Potter and the Offshore Shelter" as she finds her way back.
"Harry Potter and the Merchandizing Wizard" as the products sell and sell and sell and sell.
"Harry Potter and the Final Forest" as his last book, with 12,000 pages, goes to print.
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