JK says she's looking forward to finishing it & dreading it at the same time. I feel the same.
One thing though, that I missed from the last one, as dramatic as it was, was the sense of playful joy that was present in the first ones, even in the midst of all the darkness. Now, don't get me wrong, I've still been enjoying the series, and am as anxious as the next fan to read the final book. And the culminating showdown between good and evil is riveting. But that Joy is something that I do miss.
Oh yes, this news have made me very excited... it would be nice if JK published the last book on 07/07/07, since it's the seventh and last book... however, since the movie is going to premier near that date, I'm not keeping my hopes too high up...
Harry Potter is the product of Satan and everyone who reads it is going to h-e-double-toothpicks!!!111oneone!
Oh, wait a minute. I like Harry Potter.
never mind.
The Deathly Hallows? Like All Hallows Day? Is this the book wherein Harry Potter converts to Catholicism and gets chased around by an albino assassin Anglican monk?
Have I revealed too much of the plot already? Should I start looking over my shoulder?
"it would be nice if JK published the last book on 07/07/07, since it's the seventh and last book... however, since the movie is going to premier near that date, I'm not keeping my hopes too high up..."
Veronica--The movie is the day before my wedding. I suddenly have a theory about what my friends are going to want to do for my bachelorette party.
Miriam:
Congratulations! Here's to hoping that HP and the Deathly Hallows is published just in time to be a wedding present!
Well, the title would fit the death-and-resurrection theme that's been running through the series. I, too, am eager to see how it all ends. In particular, I want Harry's adventures to have caused some major reconciliation in his world, not just the removal of Voldemort.
I am with you, Sandra. Given that this reconciliation between the various wizarding peoples was one of Dumbledore's major desires, it hardly seems worth it to kill Voldemort without that happening too.
Somehow, I don't think Rowling will disappoint us.
Henry O: I felt that way, too, until I read Six a second time. Try that. I think you will see many things you might have missed the first time around, lots of little jokes and literary funnies. And it was just as much a pleasure to read the second time. In fact, I think I'll read it again soon.
I am anxious for Seven, too, and I'm with you two, Sandra and Sean.
"Hallows"? Oh wow, I can't wait to see what happens when the Ratzinger-condemned-HP crowd gets hold of that one. Let the Halloween/Samhain Wicca conspiracy theorizing commence!
Henry O, follow Nancy's advice: read Half-Blood Prince again. You sound like you skipped the chapters "Will and Won't" and "After the Burial," both of which made me laugh so hard I had tears streaming down my face. And of course any time Dumbledore speaks you can sense the playfulness straining to break free.
I, too, am eager to see how it all ends.
I'm just happy to see it end.
Deathly hallows? Sounds gnostic.
And of course any time Dumbledore speaks you can sense the playfulness straining to break free.
Yes...but am I the only one who thinks Michael Gambon is a dreadful disappointment as Dumbledore? I don't know if it's him or the director, but SOMEone's grossly misinterpreting the character. (Richard Harris had a lot of nerve dying, eh? :-p )
Yes I should reread book 6. I just had this increasing sense of awful, impending catastrophe throughout as I read along the first time.
But then I enjoyed book 5 much more the 2nd time I read it and I definitely do plan to reread 6 again.
Re Michael Gambon vs Richard Harris - although I enjoyed RH, actually I feel MG brings a little more of Dumbledore's gentle humor to the character than RH did - however at the same time, there was a moment in the last movie, after Harry's name was drawn, in which he seemed to "freak out" too much for me - something I don't think D would ever, EVER do. That bothered me, but I chalk that up to a director's choice.
Now in my perfect cast, FWIW, Dumbledore would be played by Paul Scofield.
mmmmm... Paul Scofield.
Brian:
"gnostic"?
Yes...but am I the only one who thinks Michael Gambon is a dreadful disappointment as Dumbledore?
Nope. It really is a pity that Richard Harris died, since he was perfect as Dumbledore.
Are you sure about that title? I got Harry Potter and the Deathly Mallows.
I don't know what a "hallow" is for Mrs. Rowling, maybe some new creature she has invented, but as a Catholic it wouldn't come naturally to me to associate "death" with "holy". There is nothing holy about death per se. I would expect that kind of association from a Gnostic standpoint.
But this is all wild speculation since we dont have a clue what the author intends with this title. Maybe there is also some confusion between British and American English usage here.
I was sorry Richard Harris wasn't replaced with Gand-- I mean, Ian McKellen. He could do a good Dumbledore.
I'm kind of hoping the final book will come out on or near Harry's birthday at the end of July. There would be something appropriate in the series "dying" on its main character's birthday... I seem to remember someone talking about a concept called "integral age" not so long ago on a blog somewhere...
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