Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
BREAKING NEWS: JKRowling.com just updated, you can open the door to reveal the title of Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
What does it mean? I have no idea. But it sure is ominous and spooky. And now I’m all excited.
To open the door:
- Goto www.jkrowling.com
- Click on the eraser.
- Click on the top of the mirror to reveal the Christmas tree.
- Click on the top half of the door to reveal the wreath.
- Click on the top of the mirror to reveal the Christmas decorations.
- Click on the spider web.
- Click on the fourth windchime from the left. It becomes a key. Drag the key to the door to unlock it.
- Play a game of hangman to see Book 7’s title.
I guess we’ll be talking about this in our next episode.
December 23rd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Okay… I went a little deeper into dictionary.com and checked the encyclopedia part. Hallow as a noun means saint, or so it would seem. I don’t have any idea how that might be relevant. but I thought you’d like to know.
Also, I think you may have hit the nail on the head with your theory of the title referring to the effect of Lily’s sacrifice. although I think that would be better described as a deathly hallowing. But, I can’t see Harry using it in quite the way you described. It seems a bit grandiose and impractical. Besides which, Lily’s sacrifice was a sacrifice because she had a choice. Voldemort is gonna do his best to kill Harry whether Harry wants him to or not. I don’t think that particular spell can work under those circumstances. I think maybe it will work almost like tricking someone into swallowing a grenade. At the end of SS, Dumbledore says that the lingering protection Lily provided to Harry is love. Then at the end of GoF, Voldemort says that this protection now resides in him. So, somehow Harry activates, for lack of a better word, that love now residing in the artist formerly known as Tom Riddle, which puts him in a state weakened enough that he can’t react to whatever spell Harry throws at him fast enough to make that Priori Incantatem thing happen again.
Speaking of Priori Incantatem, if it happens a second time, does the wand regurgitate the same spells it did the last time after the ones it has done since or does it skip them and pick up where it left off?
By the way, i’m a brand itunes subscriber and I do love your podcast. Thanks a bunch!
June 21st, 2007 at 12:30 am
[...] We were all quite excited when the title for Book 7 was announced. The initial reaction (Whoah!), was followed by questions (Huh?). What is the meaning of ”Deathly Hallows?” Many have speculated, as to what it all means, we’ve proffered our theory as well. Recently, the announcement of the translations of the title of Book 7 into non-English languages led to some clues as to what the meaning might be. In this episode, we discuss some of the possibilities. [...]
April 11th, 2008 at 12:52 am
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