Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced

Croakyvoice writes "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, the seventh and final book in the best-selling series, has been scheduled for release at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, 2007, Scholastic announced today." A deluxe edition for collectors and enthusiasts is also planned with a simultaneous release.

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Live Blogging from B&N

[thesupermikey]

Just letting people know i started camping out in front of my local Barnes and Noble This afternoon. If anyone could bring me some coffee, that would be super-sweet.

Im going to get back to writing my erotic fan fiction where Hairy and lee adama from Battlestar Galactica become close friends (wink wink)

Re:Live Blogging from B&N

[Firehed]

Hm, 50% Insightful? I love my karma as much as the next guy, but I think some moderator is taking these slightly-perverted erotic fanfic ideas a little too seriously. But, whatever, I can't complain.

So...

[Hsensei]

wonder when the "Harry dies on page..." shirts come out?

So does this mean

[jlechem]

I can finally kick my habit of dirty nasty but delicious harry on ron on hermoine on snape fanfics and get into some real book reading?

Harry Potter's Deathly Hallows breakfast cereal

[j00r0m4nc3r]

I can't wait to eat a bowl of Deathly Hallows. I might even mix in some C3POs if I'm feeling saucy.

Cue spoiler t-shirts.

[Kadin2048]

I'm sure the T-shirt printers are getting ready: "Harry Potter dies on page 573, I just saved you 15 hours and $29."

Re:Cue spoiler t-shirts.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure the T-shirt printers are getting ready: "Harry Potter dies on page 573, I just saved you 15 hours and $29."

It's going to be hilarious when you're torn limb from limb by a horde of enraged 12 year old girls.

Re:Cue spoiler t-shirts.

[DarkAxi0m]

It's going to be hilarious when you're torn limb from limb by a horde of enraged 12 year old girls. ..>mmmm i had a dream like that once :S

Re:Cue spoiler t-shirts.

[rucs_hack]

A reasoned response with well thought out arguments? On Slashdot?

Dude, I mean really, that's just not the way its supposed to happen....

Summary of the story

[Frogbert]

1. Harry goes to school.
2. After a few weeks something weird starts to happen.
3. Ignore it until just before the school year ends.
4. Find out what was causing whatever was weird to happen.
5. Defeat it/Showdown with Voldemort.

But seriously I love the books.

Re:Summary of the story

[Broken scope]

I think you for got 2 steps. N: ?????????? N: PROFIT?!

Re:Summary of the story

[ocbwilg]

1. Harry goes to school.

Ha! You're obviously wrong, as Hogwart's was closed at the end of book 6 and Harry wasn't planning on going back anyways! Loser!

Re:Summary of the story

[Anonymous Coward]

Missed one:
2.5 Harry stars in the school production of Equus, and gets rave reviews.

Re:Summary of the story

[melikamp]

GP is spot-on.

1. Harry goes to school. 2. After a few weeks something weird starts to happen.

The doors are locked, teachers and students are nowhere to be found, Quidditch match seems to be canceled.

3. Ignore it until just before the school year ends.

Harry wonders the halls and checks the owl-mail every half an hour.

4. Find out what was causing whatever was weird to happen.

After adding up all of the clues he gathered throughout the semester, Harry decides to check the Message Board. It reveals that the school is not in session. Harry suspects that Voldemort is to blame, but no one believes him.

5. Defeat it/Showdown with Voldemort.

To confirm Harry's fears, Voldemort finally shows up. He explains that he spent all this time looking for Harry, but he never expected him to be in a closed-up school, out of all places. He is tries to cast Avada Kedavra, but fails because he cannot stop laughing. Harry escapes victorious once again.

What? NOT a Vista article?

[GFree]

Unless this new Harry Potter book has some gratuitous Microsoft/Vista-basing incorporated somehow, it has no place on Slashdot!

Since when do books have more than one edition?

[Anonymous Coward]

"A deluxe edition for collectors and enthusiasts is also planned with a simultaneous release."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Deluxe Edition
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ultimate Edition
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Home Premium Edition
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Home Basic Edition
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Business Edition
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Enterprise Edition ...

Don't think it won't happen.

Re:Spoilers

[taustin]

Page 608? I would think she'd wait until the last half of the book, at least.

s/wand/wang/g

[frogstar_robot]

http://www.bash.org/?111338

Re:Gotta give her credit

[Bwana Geek]

I'm guessing we go 2 or 3 years with nothing, then out comes Harry Potter Jr. and the Redundant Storyline of Destiny.

Spoilers...

[penguin_dance]

I've got the scoop the story:
"The school and Harry's friends are scandalized when he shows up to the prom naked on a horse."

Ooops...sorry, wrong story.

Re:Spoilers...

[ralphc]

Must...resist...magic...wand...jokes...

Re:Regardless of the release date

[SoulDrift]

Dumbledore dies?!

You insensitive clod!!

Re:in the future

[Duct Tape Jedi]

have you read any of the books? they are good! I don't care how old you are! Yes I might be a little drunk right now cause I discovered a liquor store that lets me make my own 6pack of beer but these books are great! I sure I'm not being as coherent as I usually am due to my BAC but yeah . . . . . . oh yeah I would also go as far to say that reading these books might be considered at least a little bit nerdy and therefore might explain why its on /.

The release date will be delayed 17 times

[Anonymous Coward]

And when it's finally released, the middle 300 pages that promised all kinds of things will be missing.

That'll make it a Vista article.

Re:in the future

[SEMW]

have you read any of the books? they are good! I don't care how old you are! Yes I might be a little drunk right now... Woah... An increase in teenage drinking... Record-setting Harry Potter book sales...

I think I spot a connection!

Re:Sweeeet!

[Anonymous Coward]

omg you should do that while dressed up as wizards, having sex

Robot Chicken: Harry Potter battles Pubertas

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjLBCH6VTvQ

Re:Harry Potter and the Grammar Nazi?

[dbIII]

Is this a difference between (UK) English and American English

Yes, and it tends to "loose" something in translation :)

Re:Regardless of the release date

[Rebelgecko]

Warning: Spoiler alert!

Re:Good news for OOTP movie

[Frogbert]

Wow what an amazing and fortunate coincidence!

Re:Gotta give her credit

[R_Ramjet]

Welcome Back Potter?

Re:Regardless of the release date

[bladesjester]

So's the guy who played him.

I know the guy was a method actor, but dang, that's just taking it a little too far...

Re:Ma-Fi???

[User 956]

We already have a genre for "Magic Fiction." Fantasy.

I thought that was the genre for those novels at the supermarket with Fabio on the cover?

Re:Sweeeet!

[aaza]

I put on my robe and wizard hat...

Re:Ma-Fi???

[rblancarte]

We already have a genre for "Magic Fiction." Fantasy.

I thought that was the genre for those novels at the supermarket with Fabio on the cover? No that is called Trash.

RonB

Re:Sci Fi

[Mateito]

Harry Potter is neither. That's fantasy.

No. Daniel Radcliffe with his shirt off is fantasy.

Re:Gotta give her credit

[halovaa]

Yeah, but has she helped the Doctor prevent the destruction of the Earth, like those guys did? I didn't think so! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shakespeare_Code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unquiet_Dead

Couldn't resist.

[Kadin2048]

The problem with the Harry Potter books is that my wife cheats ...

To be fair, I'm not sure why that's Harry Potter's problem.

Re:Harry Potter and the Grammar Nazi?

[mrchaotica]

"Deathly" is a perfectly good word.

Are you sure you don't mean "cromulent?"

You didn't hear?

[jd]

On page 421, it is revealed that Salazaar Slytherin was actually a secret co-founder of Microsoft and contributed Clippy to Windows.

Re:Regardless of the release date

[geminidomino]

Snape shot first!

SPOILER

[csrster]

I have it on good authority that Dudley Dursley turns out to be the last horcrux. Harry cleverly kills Voldemort by stuffing Dudley down Voldermort's throat.

Re:'scifi'?

[MindKata]

"SF has now been re-labeled as Speculative Fiction" ... "At least that's what my Literature professors at college claim"

Sounds like your Literature professors are living in some soft of Fantasy world. ;)

Re:Sweeeet!

[mu22le]

On the other hand if you don't need a reference then you should definitely read this Little Gamers strip.

Re:Sci Fi

[plankrwf]

Oh dear, another Slashdotter who doesn't know his literature. A true Slashdotter, believing everything he (or she???) reads at slashdot, would immediately know that in a recent slashdot article (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/ 01/2049239) an article was mentioned (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id= 116&art_id=qw1170340561317B216) in which this quote was made:
"It is a machine mechanism that is going to take molecular machines a step forward to the realisation of the future world of nanotechnology. Things that seem like a Harry Potter film now are going to be a reality."
So, obviously the tagging of thís story as "SciFi" is indeed wrong, as it should by "SciFu" (Science Future) ;-0
(Yes, this is a joke, pun intended!)

Excerpt from page 608

[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed]

[Harry enters Godric Hallow where Lord Voldemort awaits and casts an unforgivable curse]
Voldemort: "Crucio"
Voldemort: "Good heavens ... are you still trying to win? You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. It's going to get you into trouble someday."
[curse missed harry]
Harry: "My name is Harry Potter, you killed my, father prepare to die"
Voldemort: "Stop saying that"
Harry: "My name is Harry Potter, you killed my, father prepare to die. Avadacadavera"
[Voldemort dies]

Re:Gotta give her credit

[SuiteSisterMary]

Harry Potter: The Next Generation. Starring Wil Wheaton as Wesley Potter. Make sure you watch for the school councillor with the huge tatas. "I sense....frustration. Deep frustration and confusion. And...an obsession with wands."

Then: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Brine, wherein Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft opens a new campus, deep under the ocean, near a magical portal to a different world. Make sure you watch for the local wife (with huge tatas) of the muggle arcade owner.

Soon to be followed by Harry Potter: Voyager, wherin a group of students, attempting to prank some townies/muggles, accidently transports themselves, and the townies/muggles, to a distant land, and they must make their way back. Make sure you watch for the evil alien who they try to convert to Hogwartsim, but it turns out that she was the daughter of a Hogwarts-funded research expedition; she has huge tatas.

Lamentably followed by Harry Potter: Dumbledore, wherein we find that Dumbledore used to be headmaster at a DIFFERNET school, that was NEVER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED as existing, and infact CANNOT have existed given the existing canon, where they teach magic that is somehow MORE ADVANCED than what is later taught at Hogwarts. Make sure you watch out for the muggle school administrator with the huge tatas.