PDA

View Full Version : And the day that you've all been waiting for is...

jeepnut
12-29-2004, 02:49 PM
...July 16, 2005. That's right. Book six in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, now has an official release date. Who's excited?

The author has already said that the Half-Blood Prince is neither Harry nor Voldemort. And most importantly, the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been brewing in J.K. Rowling's mind for 13 years.
Stonecutter
12-29-2004, 03:01 PM
...July 16, 2005. That's right. Book six in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, now has an official release date. Who's excited?
Isn't that the last one?
Ginkasa
12-29-2004, 03:03 PM
There'll be one more after it. 7 books in all (for anyone incapable of basic math...which I don't think is anyone, but better safe than sorry...).


*shrugs and walks away*
MuGen
12-29-2004, 03:09 PM
I can't wait for this...They seem to be doing a good job on he films as well. Can't wait for Emma Watson to reach 18.. LMAO...
GameMaster
12-29-2004, 05:00 PM
Yippy, skippy!

I love reading Harry Potter books. The problem is, I usually forget a lot of what's happened in previous books, so before I get this one, I'll have to go to Sparknotes.com and read summaries to refresh my memory.
Ace195
12-29-2004, 05:03 PM
w00t I'm gonna have the entire hardback collection.. GM i have that problem too so when it gets close to the next release date I'll just start over and re-read the entire series.. I'm gonna bet she makes more then 7 I know there are only 7 years in hogwarts but I think she'll have off shoots and whatnot.. She better Kill Voldemort in the books or I'm gonna be pissed... Really pissed..
GT News
12-29-2004, 05:03 PM
w00t I'm gonna have the entire hardback collection.. GM i have that problem too so when it gets close to the next release date I'll just start over and re-read the entire series.. I'm gonna bet she makes more then 7 I know there are only 7 years in hogwarts but I think she'll have off shoots and whatnot.. She better Kill Voldemort in the books or I'm gonna be pissed... Really pissed..

Thank you for the clarification. Thank you for the clarification.Would you recommend this action to a friend?Oh I get it. better Kill Voldemort in the books or he or she is gonna be pissed.For real. Thank you for the clarification.
Ace195
12-29-2004, 05:03 PM
Thank you for the clarification. Thank you for the clarification.Would you recommend this action to a friend?Oh I get it. better Kill Voldemort in the books or he or she is gonna be pissed.For real. Thank you for the clarification.
I hate you!!!
Neo
12-29-2004, 05:16 PM
That's boring.

What about "Harry Potter and the Half-Dead Virgin"? Or "Harry Potter is Half the Man He Used To Be" or even "Harry Potter and the Half of Half is One-Fourth"?
Blackmane
12-29-2004, 07:21 PM
I am excited for it. I want the next book now!

And she better not take forever with the 7th, or else!!!
Xantar
12-29-2004, 09:53 PM
Pheh. You guys think this is taking a while? Just think about what the poor fans of Wheel of Time are going through (for the record, I'm not a fan of the Wheel of Time series although I do read the books eventually). It's been something like two years since the last book which advanced twenty plot threads a total of thirty pages each or so. So that means fans not only have a long time to wait, they also know that the plot is going to advance by about two days whenever the next book arrives.
Storm Eagle
12-29-2004, 10:46 PM
Pheh. You guys think this is taking a while? Just think about what the poor fans of Wheel of Time are going through (for the record, I'm not a fan of the Wheel of Time series although I do read the books eventually). It's been something like two years since the last book which advanced twenty plot threads a total of thirty pages each or so. So that means fans not only have a long time to wait, they also know that the plot is going to advance by about two days whenever the next book arrives.

I think I can relate. I mean, waiting two years for the sixth and final season of The Sopranos.

Anyway I already put myself down for a copy of the sixth book at Barnes & Noble last night. I might just take a few days off from work after July 16 of next year so I can read this book.
DimHalo
12-29-2004, 11:14 PM
First, I can't believe jeepnut beat me to the news. Of course, I'm not up on my internet browsing because of vacation.

Second, I don't know what I should do... I'll be in France when it comes out. Such a dilemma!

But I can't wait!!!
jeepnut
12-29-2004, 11:40 PM
First, I can't believe jeepnut beat me to the news.


Boo-yah!
Ginkasa
12-30-2004, 12:04 AM
Pheh. You guys think this is taking a while? Just think about what the poor fans of Wheel of Time are going through (for the record, I'm not a fan of the Wheel of Time series although I do read the books eventually). It's been something like two years since the last book which advanced twenty plot threads a total of thirty pages each or so. So that means fans not only have a long time to wait, they also know that the plot is going to advance by about two days whenever the next book arrives.


Ugh. The Wheel of Time. I tried reading that, but it moved soooo slow. I read the first book and enjoyed myself well enough. But I got halfway through the second book and quit. It went hardly anywhere in that time. It felt like, to me, that Robert Jordan either didn't know where he wanted to take the story and stalled, or thought he had to match the length of the first book but didn't have the story to match.

The Song of Ice and Fire series is much better.


*shrugs and walks away*
GameMaster
12-30-2004, 01:22 AM
Second, I don't know what I should do... I'll be in France when it comes out. Such a dilemma!

I bet it comes out there before it comes out in the U.S. Because I remember when book five was released, I was in Australia with the high school band and some students bought it and had finished it in like two days and were bragging about how they got to enjoy it before their U.S. friends at home.

If you buy the foreign edition, you'll have to settle for the not-as-good cover art though. The U.S. cover art is the best.
DimHalo
12-30-2004, 04:03 PM
I bet it comes out there before it comes out in the U.S. Because I remember when book five was released, I was in Australia with the high school band and some students bought it and had finished it in like two days and were bragging about how they got to enjoy it before their U.S. friends at home.

If you buy the foreign edition, you'll have to settle for the not-as-good cover art though. The U.S. cover art is the best.


I may just have to go ahead and get both. I like the books enough that I wouldn't mind having two copies.
jeepnut
12-30-2004, 05:48 PM
I may just have to go ahead and get both. I like the books enough that I wouldn't mind having two copies.

Get a French copy.
Perfect Stu
12-30-2004, 06:04 PM
I really look forward to it...the first 5 Harry Potter books make up probably my favourite book series of all time.
Vampyr
12-31-2004, 12:16 AM
I really look forward to it...the first 5 Harry Potter books make up probably my favourite book series of all time.

I agree. They are just so insanely fun and addictive. I got the third Harry Potter DVD for christmas (my favorite of the three movies, although I have all three so far), and it has made me want to read all five books again! It's amazing.

The only series I have ever read that I consider to be just as good as the Potter series is the Ender series.
Ginkasa
12-31-2004, 01:29 AM
The only series I have ever read that I consider to be just as good as the Potter series is the Ender series.



The first three chapters of Shadow of the Giant. (http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/shadowofthegiant/shadowofthegiant_01.shtml) FYI. Just posted a couple of days ago.


*shrugs and walks away*
Vampyr
12-31-2004, 12:13 PM
The first three chapters of Shadow of the Giant. (http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/shadowofthegiant/shadowofthegiant_01.shtml) FYI. Just posted a couple of days ago.


*shrugs and walks away*

Sweet. I thought he had like given up on it or something, because I have been waiting FOREVER for this book. I read the entire shadow series my freshman year, and I'm a junior now.

But now I know it's coming out March 2005...mmmm....I can't wait. In the mean time I have to reread the first three shadow books because I forgot a lot of stuff.
Ginkasa
12-31-2004, 01:01 PM
Sweet. I thought he had like given up on it or something, because I have been waiting FOREVER for this book. I read the entire shadow series my freshman year, and I'm a junior now.


He said he wanted to see how everything in the middle east played out first. At least get a good idea how it would work out.

Either he's satisfied with what's happened or decided it would take to long for everything to finish.


*shrugs and walks away*