Harry Potter readers, here's an extra special holiday gift: J.K. Rowling announced Monday that she has completed the sixth Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
"I know you all expected this to happen on Christmas Day, but I was sure that those of you who celebrate Christmas have better things to do on the day itself than fight your way into my study, whereas those of you who DON'T celebrate Christmas would definitely prefer not to wait until the 25th," the British author wrote in a message posted on her Web site.
Rowling noted that while she is pregnant with her third child, she has had the time "needed to tinker with the manuscript to my satisfaction and I am as happy as I have ever been with the end result. I only hope you feel it was worth the wait when you finally read it."
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Woo-hoo! Can I hope it will be out by March? ( both Matthew and Neighbor Boy have March Birthdays)
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He duels Voldemort. When he notices Harry watching, he lowers his wand and lets Voldemort have a clean shot at him. Before the spell lands, Dumbledore disappears, his cloak wafting gently to the ground. Voldemort steps on the cloak several times as Harry yells, "Beeeeeeen! I mean, Professor Dumbledore!"
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Actually I do think it'll be Dumbledore. Things have been getting worse and worse for Harry, and losing the only person who has successfully fought off Voldemort (and the only person who has always supported Harry no matter what) should leave Harry at the end of the 6th book very lonely, very outgunned, and near the edge of despair. Perfect lead to the last book...
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Not to mention the fact that losing Dumbledore would successfully eliminate all strong parental-type figures from Harry's life, making it inevitable that he will perish after successfully destroying Voldemort and his followers...
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I think J. K. Rowling will die, and there will be no 7th book. The entire sixth book will be about Voldemort going to destroy J.K. so that she can't make Harry win. Posts: 4816 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Hermione. Definitely Hermione. She dies from an overdose of hairspray she uses to keep her unruly locks at bay. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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quote:I think J. K. Rowling will die, and there will be no 7th book. The entire sixth book will be about Voldemort going to destroy J.K. so that she can't make Harry win.
Thank you for making me laugh out loud at 4:45 in the morning. I really needed that
I was so excited when my roommate told me it was going to be announced. I was grinning, then I went back to the party at my friend's, and spread the joy. I had a room full of happy happy people. It was fun.
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OH my gosh... this has made my day!!!!!! Yet somehow I don't think my coworkers will understand my excitement. Posts: 295 | Registered: Jul 2004
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I was reading the fourth book, and one of the characters wanted Hogwarts to loose to prove that "Dumbledore is only human."
Is it possible that Dumbledore is the half blood prince?
I am sure it was just a figure of speech, but for some reason, it stuck out as significant like only things can at 2:00am.
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Ugh date yucky yucky date. Well maybe not, but possibly. It's either the night of the 4-H cat show, or the night that fair starts (cats are a week before fair). If it's the night fair starts I can totallly see myself having my friends pick up the ticket at borders, running over there at 11, reading all night, and being ready for the dog show at noon, putting curlers in my hair, and doing the queen contest. But I'm excited. And I also agree it'll probably be Dumbledore, deffinatly someone in the order.
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OK, new Harry Potter book, check... new Outlander book, check... now just waiting to hear about a new GRRM book Posts: 2911 | Registered: Aug 2001
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You know, I really hope it's not Dumbledore. After OotP, he's my favorite character.
Ugh. I'll be at Governor's Honor's Program on the release date. Maybe I can get some of my friends to visit and bring it with.
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Go through Hatrack's Amazon link and OSC will get a cut (miniscule, probably, but what can you do?).
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Oh, Noemon, I wasn't correcting the miniscule/minuscule thing, I honestly didn't notice! The word was in quotations because it was the word you used! Posts: 8473 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Ah--thought you were pointing out to me the error of my ways. And actually, when I saw your spelling I thought that mine was wrong until I looked it up.
So, OSC only gets $.70 for each copy of one of his books that sells, but gets more or less the same amount when someone buys an averaged price paperback through the amazon link on the site? That seems odd.
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I doubt she'd mention if it, if it was Lupin. He's not in the mainstream enough.
I think it could be Dumbledore. But I also have this weird feeling it could be Hagrid. Which doesn't make any sense...it's just a feeling.
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Half-Blood Prince is already #1 sales ranked on Amazon (pre orders)
I've said it before and I said it again, Neville Longbottom is going to move into a more-critical role - if not THE most critical role aside from Harry.
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Disclaimer: most of this post is a bit off topic, but fear not, I return to the topic near the end.
Saith Noemon:
quote: So, OSC only gets $.70 for each copy of one of his books that sells, but gets more or less the same amount when someone buys an averaged price paperback through the amazon link on the site? That seems odd.
I'd like to take this moment to clear up a misconception. The $.70 figure comes from a post of mine. I'm neither OSC nor his agent, so I cannot speak with authority on what royalties he receives. I can only speak from my experience. For those who don't know the story, I was at a signing and talked a lady into buying a paperback copy of Ender's Game for her grandson. In a lighthearted gesture, OSC then gave me $.35, which he said was half his royalty on a paperback copy of Ender's Game, as a sort of "commission" for helping sell his book. He gave the lady who bought it the other half, kind of like an instant rebate coupon. The point is, I don't know if 70 cents is actually the royalty he gets for that book. It was 10% of the cover price, so maybe he was just doing easy math. As for the Amazon kickback, it comes directly from the Amazon folks (not from the publisher) as a way of saying thanks for advertising our store through your website, but it ain't much.
As promised, I'm now ging back to the topic at hand. Dumbledore dying makes sense. It seems like a "change of the guard" is taking place in the wizard world, and Dumbledore is definitely part of the Old Guard. Can't wait till June to find out!
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My sister think the victim may be Persil, the Ron's brother. She args he was in a particularly bad position in the last book. So, case 1 : He may be kill to defend his familly with the will to break his shame, case 2 : He was definitivelly turn on the bad side because he is too weak. But when Voldemort will never have the need, he will kill him to destroy the Harry's clan's moral. (the Whisley particularly)
Just for the Hatrack members who don't speak french : Voldemort in french his the link of "Vol" "de" and "Mort" : "Steal Of Dead" or "Steal of Death". I don't know what the translation is the good. Maybe, the twice, because he kill many people, and he "steal" his life to the Death (like Rincevant in the first book of Disk world).
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Something I was just thinking about - the book is slated to be released July 16. Last time it was released the same weekend as the movie The Hulk, and actually made more money than the movie did according to this story. Whil The Hulk certainly had its problems, I wonder if any of its poor showing can be attributed to everyone staying home and reading Harry?
Next year Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens the day before, on the 15th. Just wondering if this will hurt its chances...
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Hey !! But July 16th is my birthday !!! I didn't notice it. Wow ! I know what i'll get for this. Posts: 1189 | Registered: Dec 2004
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Choobak, you're a Pratchet/Discworld fan? High-five! I thought most of them hadn't been published in French yet, actually.
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Most are translated but i don't know the exact number of books T. Pratchett published. So, we have 25 books in french of disc world. The last translated is the 25th tome "the fifth elephant" (i hope it's the good title). And yes I love his funny style !!
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quote:Whil The Hulk certainly had its problems, I wonder if any of its poor showing can be attributed to everyone staying home and reading Harry?
That's interesting. A movie like the Hulk, which did not really meet expectations, is more dependent on first-week gross than "sleepers" like Sixth Sense or Titanic. So it's very possible. I know I didn't do anything the weekend the book came out except read it. I did go see the Hulk that week, but might not have if I had talked to enough people about it before seeing it.
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