YES = lounge LBN -- July date for Harry Potter book

[Florida_Geek]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4113663.stm

July date for Harry Potter book
The sixth Harry Potter book will hit the shops on 16 July next year, it has been announced.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be published simultaneously in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Author JK Rowling revealed on Tuesday she had completed the novel after originally saying she would announce details on Christmas Day.

The new book is sure to spark a frenzy among fans of the teenage wizard.

..a couple more sentences at BBC

[MarianJack]

1. My Wife Will Be DELIGHTED!

Me, Too!

Which major character do you think will die this time?

[Rainbowreflect]

4. Maybe Percy????

[MarianJack]

8. I Don't think he's Important enough.

Do you think he'll reconcile with the family?

[Rainbowreflect]

21. I don't know, I hope so.

He is an ass, but it would make his mother happy.
My question is who's going to hook up????
Harry & Ginny or Ron & Hermione?

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. I don't know.. but if its Ron so help me god I will stop reading the book!

And I will get rid of my other books, and I will write her a nasty letter. She can't do that to me! First Black then Ron.... *sob*

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Cool!!!

I am so excited. :)

So, come on, who does everyone think in the "half-blood prince" the title refers to???

As for who dies, I think that Dumbledore may die -- that would turn everything on its head. He has been Harry's biggest protector and teacher - his loss to Harry and the school would dramatically escalate the danger and the drama potential.

I've also long thought that Ron (who I adore) had "dead meat" written on him.

[SaveElmer]

3. I'm going with Hagrid...

Or Seamus Finegan

[CornField]

5. I've always thought that Harry will require help

and that it will come from his birthday buddy Neville.

[MarianJack]

9. It's Nice to See Neville...

...finally start to come into his own. The first book showe he certainly had sand. At least he had enough to get the house honors for Gryffindor!

[Lavender Brown]

12. I hope it isn't Neville who goes...

:scared:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

17. Neville is evolving...

into one of my very favorite characters! I have no doubt that we are in for some wonderful new developments with him in the new book. I think of all the Gryffindors, he has come the farthest -- and I think it was wonderful that the Sorting Hat saw the heart of a lion in a boy who appeared to be afraid of his own shadow. :)

[MarianJack]

7. My Wife Thinks That Dumbledore...

...will not be around for the end. She may be right.

I do believe that the trio, Harry, Hermione & Ron will all make it through to the end. If Ron goes, who will Hermione's honey-bunny be? After all Harry & Ginny seems a good mathc.

BTW, since Harry vs. Voldemort is the predestined final battle, I think that the other final battles will be:

Ron vs. Draco, Hermione vs. Beatrix Lestrange (spelling? I mean the woman who killed Sirius) and Ginny vs Mr. Malfoy (The ultimate humiliation for him, to be defeated by the youngest Weasley!).

[intheflow]

13. Hermione's hunny bunny

Ron could bite it, if Viktor Krum is re-introduced as he joins in to defeat the dark wizards. You're right, tho, about Harry and Ginny--they're almost destined to hook up.

[Twillig]

15. Not Hermione vs. Bellatrix!

I sure have hopes Neville puts that @#$% Lestrange down in a most nasty way.

Hermione doesn't have the stuff to fight Lestrange. Remember in the Department of mysteries fight "You can't hurt a baby!" when Harry was gonna curse that babyheaded deatheater?


Neville on the other hand had a broken nose, broken wand and had just suffered from Lestrange's cruciatus curse when he picked up Hermione's (she was ko'd) wand and STUCK IT IN THE EYE of deatheater Macnair!

Lots of Potter fans are rabid about their ships. I'm the same about the matchups. Neville v. Lestrange forever.

PS Weasley's vs Malfoy's!

:-)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

18. The fact that she was...

responsible for Neville's parents going mad leads me to believe that it will be a Neville v. Beatrix ending. It is karmically fitting.

[Richardo]

6. Another chaotic all-nighter at the bookstore...

...better put in for the day off NOW! :scared:

[auntAgonist]

10. Wonderful!

I'm hoping for a movie of the last book. "Prisoner" was a good movie .."Phoenix" would make a good one too.

[davidinalameda]

11. CNN article

whoo hoo!!!!

when can I put my order in?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/21/uk.potter.ap/index.html

The sixth novel in J.K. Rowling's blockbuster Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will go on sale in Britain and the United States on July 16, publishers said Tuesday.

In other words, her fans will have to take the book off their Christmas gift lists, and make it part of their New Year's resolutions.

"We are delighted to announce the publication date," which also will take place in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, said the joint announcement by Nigel Newton, the chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in England, and Barbara Marcus, the president of Scholastic Children's Books in the United States.

[flamingyouth]

14. Yay, I'm excited!

Can't wait to sit out on my chaise lounge all day and read it! :bounce:

[WMliberal]

16. ha, Lounge LBN. new forum idea?

:shrug:

[davidinalameda]

19. just pre-ordered 3 copies

whoo hoo!!!!!

now I have to wait 6 months
@#$%@#$%

[progmom]

23. You can preorder already?

Are they offering a discounted price?

[StoneCold513]

20. Yeeesssss...

Time to re-read the first five, then, methinks.