Potter 7...

[kennahijja]

Bloody hell!

Nah, I'm *not* happy with the news - the Book 7 release date of July 21 2007. I could've well waited 'til 2008 or 2009. Especially not with the OotP film coming out at just the same time - it's way too much Potter at once, and I won't be able to savour and digest either properly. And fandom probably won't be either.

Am also in distinctly two minds about being at Sectus while it happens - I prefer to bury myself in a room/secluded spot and read through a new book, and wouldn't that be a waste of time, in London with so many people to chat to? On the other hand, it could perhaps even be fun? So hard to imagine what it might be like...

Still, it's way too bloody early! I don't want speculation to end yet! *wails*

Comments

[ex-ms-katoni171.livejournal.com]

Despite the squeeage, I too was a bit surprised: so close to the movie? And will the movie, Sectus and book all at the same time be too much for me, I wonder?

OTOH, I went to a fandom all-nighter when HBP came out and it was brilliant! There's loads of people to squee and hyperventilate at when you're finished.

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

I wondered about the 'too much for me' too :).
Though if it's as heavy as the price seems to imply, it might be an all-out all nighter :). Or they're just trying to *really* capitalise on the last book...

[hphaeton.livejournal.com]

I think the price will go down rapidly over the next months. It did so for OotP and HBP...there are too many booksellers trying to catch the reader's attention.

And didn't JKR say that book 7 wasn't that long/thick? Less pages than OotP and HBP? Cannot remember where I read it, though...