The title for the 7th Harry Potter book has been announced! With death in the title, we must assume that there will be characters killed off, but who? Harry? Voldemort? Both!? I think that one of those two must go but the possibilities for deaths of secondary characters are endless. I really must say that I can’t wait for this book to come out; I love the Harry Potter series and I’m dying to hear what happens. My first prediction for a release date is July 31, 2007; that’s Harry’s and J.K. Rowling’s birthday, and my second pick is July 7, 2007 because of all the sevens in the date.
Update: It was announced on Feb. 1 that the release date will be July 21, 2007. I’ve already started a countdown widget on my dashboard; only 5 months and 20 days to go!
Update 2: Apple’s dashboard site now hosts a true countdown widget, courtesy of The Leaky Cauldron.
The best plot speculation that I’ve seen so far is that Dumbledore is not actually dead. The article gave a lot of convincing evidence for his death being a ruse cooked up by him and Snape. J.K. basically shot that theory down, saying that “you shouldn’t expect Dumbledore to do a Gandalf,” but there is still room for speculation on how he will factor into Book 7. It is possible that he will communicate with Harry through his portrait in the headmaster’s office.
In any case, I’m sure that J.K. knows what she is doing; the rest of the books (with the exception of the sixth) have been masterfully crafted. All of the loose ends will be tied up, and the plot will probably hinge on something that no one expected. We’ll just have to wait a few more months to find out. Luckily paper is widely available; there probably won’t be copies of the book selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay (that was a PS3 joke, in case you didn’t get it).
FINALLY! w00t
just to let you know jk rowling said the 7th book will be out in early 2007
JKR’s birthday and Harry’s is July 31st. The book might come out around that time. My guess is a June or July release date, just like the others have been. JKR has not said at all when the book will be out, but I doubt she’d break her June or July pattern that all of the other Harry Potter books have followed. And because the Order of the Phoenix movie is in theaters July 13th, it wouldn’t be that weekend. My guess would be that it would be on a Saturday in the week or two following that this summer.
Thanks for the correction on the date of Harry’s birthday, I somehow mixed it up. I just fixed it in the post. Let’s hope it comes out this summer; I think I might die if I had to wait past then to find out what happens…there are so many unanswered questions!