NEW YORK - We now have a title for Book VII: " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows."

But if you want to find out for yourself, visit J.K. Rowling's Web site, jkrowling.com, and play a little game of hangman.

Rowling's U.S. publisher, Scholastic, Inc., released a brief statement Thursday announcing the name of the world's most anticipated children's book, the finale to her phenomenally popular fantasy series.

No publication date or other details were offered. Rowling is still working on the book, she wrote on her Web site in an entry posted early Thursday.

"I'm now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more," she wrote. "I don't think anyone who has not been in a similar situation can possibly know how this feels: I am alternately elated and overwrought. I both want, and don't want, to finish this book (don't worry, I will.)"

Meanwhile, she set up a little game for her Potter fans.

If you go to her home page, click on the eraser and you will be taken to a room — you'll see a window, a door and a mirror.

In the mirror, you'll see a hallway. Click on the farthest doorknob and look for the Christmas tree. They click on the center of the door next to the mirror and a reef appears. Then click on the top of the mirror and you'll see a garland.

Look for a cobweb next to the door. Click on it, and it will disappear. Now, look at the chimes in the window. Click on the second chime to the right, and hold it down. The chime will turn into the key, which opens the door. Click on the wrapped gift behind the door, then click on it again and figure out the title yourself by playing a game of hangman.

Or you can just take Scholastic's word for it.

I hope she does not kill off Harry

P2daP said:

thank you! I'm currently re-reading "The Half-Blood Prince" and can't wait for the next... I just hope it really isn't the final

luv4u said:

Relax, she won't. No way she's going to do that. It's been a literary disaster for about every author who's ever tried it before.

My guess is, Harry's scar is the final horcrux and what links him to Voldemort. Harry will lose his scar when Voldemort is killed.

potter? populist shite for those that dont read-her and dan brown-kill off the 4 eyed fucker!

Xagain said:

I think she will.

The prophecy states that neither can live whilst the other does - thus Voldemort's sortof half-alive state. Harry will kill himself and voldemort at the same time.

I just hope that Pettigrew turns back into a rat and gets eaten by a street cat.

luv4u said:

I hope she does.

harry's sooo gonna die.

HamsterHuey said:

You do not. You're just being mean.

Spookymuffin said:

So Voldemort can't fully die until he's actually fully alive... so Harry Potter dies so that Voldemort can be fully alive, and then fully die?

PurpleJedi said:

Crookshanks!

applekisses said:

perfect!

coolcat said:

No no no,

Harry can never truly kill Voldemort whilst he is alive; V will always become this kind of ghost-entity-thing.
Voldemort can only truly die if Harry dies too.

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[Edited 12/21/06 20:07pm]

FruitToAttractBears said:

wtf is your avatar?!

I hear there's gonna be this fierce boxing match with Sylvester Stallone at the end...

Lammastide said:

applekisses said:

I have a theory about crookshanks

Xagain said:

No, I seriously mean it.

HamsterHuey said:

sacrelige!!! (sp) Harry must not die

HamsterHuey said:

She won't, though. I'd bet the farm on it. There's no way she's going to do that.

Natisse said:

Oooh! What?!

Anamagus?

applekisses said:

Some1 asked that on Jo Rowling's site a while back. She said while he's not an Anamagus, he's not all cat either.

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npgmaverick said:

npgmaverick said:

Crookshanks is a kneazle.

A kneazle is a catlike creature with a lion's tail. Kneazles are intelligent, independent, and have an "uncanny ability to detect unsavoury or suspicious characters." (from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them")