NEW YORK (AP) -- We now have a title for Book VII: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
But if you want to find out for yourself, visit J.K. Rowling's Web site, jkrowling.com, and play a little game of hangman.
Rowling's U.S. publisher, Scholastic Inc., released a brief statement Thursday announcing the name of the world's most anticipated children's book, the finale to her phenomenally popular fantasy series.
No publication date or other details were offered. Rowling is still working on the book, she explained on her Web site in an entry posted early Thursday.
"I'm now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more," she wrote. "I don't think anyone who has not been in a similar situation can possibly know how this feels: I am alternately elated and overwrought. I both want, and don't want, to finish this book (don't worry, I will.)"
Rowling said she has been asked for years if she ever dreams she is in the boy wizard's world.
"The answer was 'no' until a few nights ago, when I had an epic dream in which I was, simultaneously, Harry and the narrator," she wrote.
"Perhaps I should cut back on the caffeine?" she joked.
Rowling also said she saw a 20-minute preview of the fifth Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which she said "looks fantastic." The latest movie in the blockbuster series will be released in July.
Meanwhile, she set up a test for her Potter fans.
If you go to her home page, click on the eraser and you will be taken to a room -- you'll see a window, a door and a mirror.
In the mirror, you'll see a hallway. Click on the farthest doorknob and look for the Christmas tree. They click on the center of the door next to the mirror and a wreath appears. Then click on the top of the mirror and you'll see a garland.
Look for a cobweb next to the door. Click on it, and it will disappear. Now, look at the chimes in the window. Click on the second chime to the right, and hold it down. The chime will turn into the key, which opens the door. Click on the wrapped gift behind the door, then click on it again and figure out the title yourself by playing a game of hangman.
Or you can just take Scholastic's word for it.
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 300 million copies and have been translated into 63 languages.
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Where there's a title the release date couldn't be too far behind. God Damn I'm so excited.
Summer '07 maybe?
Well, that's what we have all been hearing, but that would seem awful early since she is still deep in the process of writting. At least that's what she says.
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i knew jeff would beat me to the punch in posting this. good to hear some news....
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Final 'Potter' launch on July 21
LONDON, England (AP) -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the last of seven installments of the boy wizard's adventures, will be published July 21, author J.K. Rowling said Thursday.
Rowling announced the publication date on her Web site.
Bloomsbury, her British publisher, said it would publish a children's hardback edition, an adult hardback, a special gift edition and an audio book on the same day.
Bloomsbury noted that this year is the 10th anniversary of the publication of the first "Harry Potter" book in the phenomenally successful series.
The "Potter" books have sold 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages, Bloomsbury said.
The last book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold 2,009,574 copies in Britain on the first day of its release, Bloomsbury said.
The Potter franchise is so important to the company's earnings that it announced the publication to the London Stock Exchange.
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I got an email from BnN today to pre-order this already. I don't think I'm going to bother, though, I've never had any trouble getting them on their release dates - WalMart usually has a couple thousand copies piled up as soon as you walk in their front doors. But MAN i'm PSYCHED!
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The fifth film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," is scheduled to come out July 13, just eight days before the final book's release.
Genius move, however, her latest reports originally said that this book would be released much later than the given date. This might turn out to be a rush-job, maybe even a cross-cross over rush job with Harry going on a quest to find the Dark Tower.
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awesome. didn't expect it so soon
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The print run and number of pages have yet to be revealed, but judging from the suggested cover price, a meaty $34.99, $5 more than Potter 6, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the last book will likely match or exceed the 600-plus page length of previous releases.
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okay so THIS time i'll savor it and not read it all in one sitting.
um, yeah.
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i am shocked. i honestly expected a 3 year wait, like between goblet and phoenix.
i figure Rowling probably had most of the ending figured out quite some time ago, so this was just a matter of putting the ideas to paper (which isn't to say that's always an easy task), if that makes sense.
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knuckles of frisco wrote:
inglishteecher wrote:
i am shocked. i honestly expected a 3 year wait, like between goblet and phoenix.
i figure Rowling probably had most of the ending figured out quite some time ago, so this was just a matter of putting the ideas to paper (which isn't to say that's always an easy task), if that makes sense.
Yeah, she's always said that she's known how it was all going to end. Ugh. I won't make it til July!!
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