[News] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [spoilers abound]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ref=rss_latest

WOOHOO! A release date is finally set for the last Harry Potter book! July 21. I'm already counting down.

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Harry Potter fans, the end is near.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the last of seven installments of J.K. Rowling's mega-selling international phenomenon, will be published July 21 -- at midnight, of course, a time to be marked by celebrations and more than a few tears, as Rowling wraps up the magical adventures of the boy wizard, his friends and his enemies.

The author posted a brief announcement on her Web site Thursday, followed soon by releases from her British publisher, Bloomsbury, and U.S. publisher, Scholastic Inc.

Readers immediately rejoiced, with dozens of ecstatic messages posted on the Potter fan site, www.theleakycauldron.com, within minutes of the announcement.

"OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!!!!" read one typical message.

Obviously slightly bittersweet, since it's the end, but I've been looking forward to this book for too long to be upset that it's ending until it's actually ended.

I suppose this thread can also be used for any discussion of expectations/predictions/etc.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh, so true. *preorders*

I figure with my best friend and I both wanting to be involved, I'll preorder a copy now to guarantee it, and then we'll go to the midnight release and get another one. =D Last time we had a party where we read the first 70% of the book out loud. After that we had to read by ourselves because reading out loud took too long. =P

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Also, OO: If you can't get a copy of the book for a decent price and it would be cheaper for us to get the book and ship it to you, I'm perfectly willing to do so.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah, first pass is REALLY quick for me, it all lodges itself in my short-term memory, but is quickly forgotten if I leave it be. It takes a second read to cement everything. I can't force myself to slow down on Harry Potter, though, because I always HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. =D

I'm hoping she doesn't kill him off. I could see it being necessary or even a good move, but if I were her I'd leave the option open. She's a strong enough person that she can say no to a spinoff/sequel as long as she wants, but keeping the option open means guaranteed money 25 years down the line when she decides she's going to resurrect the series. (hey, I can dream)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

She claims that Dumbledore is dead, and that dead is dead. I find that hard to swallow, since she made it a point or writing in that phoenix stuff with him, and the whole point of phoenix is that they get reborn.

I'm curious to see what direction the overall book takes, since she's always had Hogwarts classes and such to rely on for filling in the storyline. It sounds like Harry might not even go to school in the book. Also curious where Draco's going to fall in this, since he sorta did his job, sorta didn't, and it's hard to tell if he can emotionally handle being in the Dark Lord's employ.

Also, I'm stating now. I call the name Harry Potter when July rolls around.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I would make a thread about Harry Potter naked on a horse, but he's 17 and I prefer not to go down that path. :P Besides which most people don't care that he's branching out professionally, just the prudes and the ultra-conservatives.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Harry will have to have someone he works with, but it will likely be in a partnership role rather than a mentoring role. As the key protagonist nearing the end of an adventure, there can't be a fallback deus ex machina situation, if Rowling expects us to take it seriously. I hope the mirror has something to do with how things play out, but I don't think any incarnation of Dumbledore, Sirius, or Regulus will be playing mentor to Harry this time around.

And yes, full frontal nudity is expected in that play. It's part of the part. Good thing it isn't filmed or televised; the only leaked photos will be things that people get off their cell phones.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

OO: I never saw any image, nor did I remove it. You'd see a note at the bottom of your post, 'cuz only admins can stealth edit.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Helloween

My only question, is Rowling gonna even bother trying to write anything else after HP is done? If she tries to create new characters or stories, they'd better live the hell up to HP if she wants to be taken seriously.

Mind you, those books could also sell really well, on account of it being J.K. Rowling who wrote them.

It is said that she's already working on some concepts for some other books, and that she will be putting them forth under a pen name. She doesn't (according to what I read) want to have the hype and build-up when she's not even going to be writing fantasy, at least for the first book. I can't remember if she said anything more specific, though. :/

As for a nude play, he's Daniel Radcliffe is in a production of Equus, a play about a teenage boy who ritually blinds horses, and the things that psychologically drive him to such actions. I think.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I'm really looking forward to the fifth book simply because they have to cut so much. Order of the Phoenix was so much longer than it should have been. I'm hoping they pull off a good interpretation so I can actually enjoy the storyline instead of being caught up in the length.

Jam it back in, in the dark.