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lalalei2001
12-21-2006, 09:41 AM
http://www.yahoo.com/s/465370

Final 'Harry Potter' title announced


NEW YORK - We now have a title for Book VII: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows."


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 wrote 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.)"

Meanwhile, she set up a little game 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 reef 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.

sherlockbones
12-21-2006, 10:01 AM
must be the home of these askaban ghosts, what is their name again?

Bouncing Boy
12-21-2006, 10:13 AM
must be the home of these askaban ghosts, what is their name again?

You mean the Dementors? Not really ghosts from what I recall. Ghost implies they were once alive and now dead (undead?). I think Dementors are just Dementors and were never anything else.

Puma
12-21-2006, 10:34 AM
since Harry says he is going to return to his first home in Godric's Hollow at the end of book six, I'm assuming that's where the Deathly Hollows comes from, imho.

sherlockbones
12-21-2006, 10:34 AM
You mean the Dementors? Not really ghosts from what I recall. Ghost implies they were once alive and now dead (undead?). I think Dementors are just Dementors and were never anything else.

ah ja, dementors, thx. soul sucking evil-spirit-something. i am pretty sure they have a funky little community in the deathly hollows, where they dancing in circles and sing evil chants.
oh and harry will meet all the dead people there

sherlockbones
12-21-2006, 10:37 AM
since Harry says he is going to return to his first home in Godric's Hollow at the end of book six, I'm assuming that's where the Deathly Hollows comes from, imho.

what is godricīs hollow? the place where he lived with his parents?

Puma
12-21-2006, 10:39 AM
what is godricīs hollow? the place where he lived with his parents?

Yes. Where his parents were killed and presumably, buried.

Merey
12-21-2006, 10:45 AM
since Harry says he is going to return to his first home in Godric's Hollow...

Without Ginny. *sniff*

So, do we think she'll get the book done in time for a summer release?

Agent Helix
12-21-2006, 11:26 AM
It's Deathly Hallows, not Hollows.

Also.. wtf.. I knew Yahoo had seriously lax copy editing, but mistaking the word "reef" for "wreath"? That's pathetic.

HomerJay
12-21-2006, 11:28 AM
I thought it was going to be called "Harry Potter and the Elitist Assholes Who Couldn't Give a Damn".

Featuring critical praise on the book jacket from me & Ed Cunard.

kmeyers
12-21-2006, 11:40 AM
Without Ginny. *sniff*

So, do we think she'll get the book done in time for a summer release?

She better. I can't wait any longer.

Puma
12-21-2006, 11:52 AM
Well my source had it as Hollows but Hallows works better, especially with this definition of hallow:when the Veil Between the Worlds grows thin and the spirits of the dead may return to Earth

Agent Helix
12-21-2006, 11:58 AM
It's Hallows. Check the J.K. Rowling site and do the little hangman game.

Erebus
12-21-2006, 12:02 PM
I'm willing to bet that this is just a prank by Rowling.

Fats Tuesday
12-21-2006, 12:50 PM
This book needs to kick some serious ass to make up for the travestry that was Half Blood Prince

tricksterpup
12-21-2006, 01:18 PM
Damn, i wanted it to be called Harry Potter and the Naughty Vixen.
Now that would be a title and then everyone would fight to figure out who the Naughty Vixen is.

Solaris
12-21-2006, 02:09 PM
Damn, i wanted it to be called Harry Potter and the Naughty Vixen.
Now that would be a title and then everyone would fight to figure out who the Naughty Vixen is.

It would absolutely be Hermione, if they're going by the movie actors. That young lady grows more gorgeous with every year.

Of all the child actors from this movie series, SHE is the one I peg will make it into adult movie roles. (Not as in "XXX" movies, as in "doing movies as a grown up. Seriously, guys---what gutterminds!) ;)

TheTen-EyedMan
12-21-2006, 02:47 PM
Of all the child actors from this movie series, SHE is the one I peg will make it into adult movie roles. (Not as in "XXX" movies, as in "doing movies as a grown up. Seriously, guys---what gutterminds!) ;)


Not that I'd not watch her doing naughty things on film. But I have a terrifying feeling that she'll be the English Alyssa Milano for me. I cannot find Miss Milano sexy but I know she's that in spades. It's purely psychological because I saw her grow up in front of my eyes...getting a horn for her would be like getting one for my sister.

tricksterpup
12-21-2006, 02:48 PM
It would absolutely be Hermione, if they're going by the movie actors. That young lady grows more gorgeous with every year.

Of all the child actors from this movie series, SHE is the one I peg will make it into adult movie roles. (Not as in "XXX" movies, as in "doing movies as a grown up. Seriously, guys---what gutterminds!) ;)

Duh.. its me..