Release Date for Harry Potter 7?

[Steven00009]

Does anyone have any clue as to when the seventh and "final" HP might be released?

[Faust]

No publication date has been announced. In a recent interview Rowling said,

"Realistically, I don't think I'm going to be able to do real work on it until next year. I see next year as the time that I’m really going to write seven. But I've started and I am doing little bits and pieces here and there when I can. But you’ve seen how young Mackenzie still is, and you can bear actual witness to the fact that I do have a very small, real baby, so I'm going to try and give Mackenzie what I gave David, which is pretty much a year of uninterrupted “me time,” and then I'll start writing seriously again."

So, the projected release date is 2007 or, even, 2008.

[Steven00009]

Wow, i dunno if i can wait that long, but ... i guess i have no choice anyway. lol

[TheAmazingOopah]

Yeah, that sure is late, though it is of course important that she spends enough time with her kids, as she can write the book always later. I will have to face the old Harry Potter problem more than ever, I guess: having forgot a lot of important details and especially characters of the previous book(s). This would be a good opportunity to read all the six books, as a preparation to the final piece. It will be the ultimate Potter experience

[Steven00009]

yeah but im a pretty fast reader, and it would take me a matter of weeks to read the entire series, not years.

[TheAmazingOopah]

Good for you

[Luis Antonio]

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Originally Posted by Steven00009 yeah but im a pretty fast reader, and it would take me a matter of weeks to read the entire series, not years.

Well, I guess that doesnt really matter, since the books are simple to read. Anyway, may she have time to write a better book. Since The Prisioner of Azkaban the books are longer but by far more simple, simple simple... and even though I'll read till the seventh I expect her to really write as if possessed by a good spirit

[Steven00009]

im, just saying, that i would have nothing to do for about 1&7/8 of of a year. and i'll probably forget some of the more ... well ... trivial characters.

[Luis Antonio]

Try reading Crime and Punishment, from Dostoyevski. If you can track all the persons in the book efficiently, HP characters will all look like shadows. I mean, its really deep.

Also, you should try some Sci Fy, wich is always cool.

I mean, one year and a half at least is way too much time to read HP, aye?

[werebeargoddess]

Yeah, whatI'm going to do is wait until a month or so before the 7th comes out, and try and read them all in order. I'm a pretty fast reader as well, so it won't take me long. Though I might just end up reading just the 5th and 6th books.

[Steven00009]

Nah, i already started reading um again, i started the first in the series yesterday, finished it and started the 2nd today, but like you said i might just read 5 & 6 again right before the release, to refresh my memory

[dragon wench]

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Originally Posted by Luis Antonio Try reading Crime and Punishment, from Dostoyevski.

One of my favourite books. I also really enjoyed Dostoyevski's The Brothers Karamazov. He's an amazing writer IMO, really digs deeply into the human psyche.