# harry potter #5 release announced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733 "2003-01-15T14:03:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/1 "2003-01-15T14:03:48Z")
J.K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF PHOENIX TO BE PUBLISHED ON JUNE 21, 2003 IN THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA The World’s Most Anticipated Book Is Over One Third Longer Than Previous Book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire NEW YORK, NEW YORK: LONDON, ENGLAND: January l5, 2003–Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, the fifth in the bestselling series has been scheduled for release on Saturday, June 21, 2003 in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, it was announced today by Scholastic and Bloomsbury publishers. The companies also announced that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is over a third longer than J.K. Rowling’s extraordinary previous book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In making the joint announcement, Barbara Marcus, President of Scholastic Children’s Books in the United States, and Nigel Newton, Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing in Britain said: “We are thrilled to announce the publication date. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is absolutely superb and will delight all J.K. Rowling’s fans. She has written a brilliant and utterly compelling new adventure, which begins with the words:” The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive… The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four. “Later in the novel, J.K.Rowling writes:” Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. ‘It is time,’ he said ‘for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.’ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is over 255,000 words compared to over l9l,000 words in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The new book is 38 chapters long, one more than Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/2 "2003-01-15T14:09:51Z")
Where did you find this release? Is it a credible source? Just curious whether this is for real or another rumor. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/3 "2003-01-15T14:09:53Z")
[drool] Must preorder copy… [/drool] ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/4 "2003-01-15T14:12:31Z")
Hmm… Is this going to be Wheel of Time for children? At the rate she’s going she’ll probably die before she finished the last book 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/5 "2003-01-15T14:14:22Z")
… guess I should have read all the way down the page. In [THIS THREAD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=156558) there is a link to [“CBBC Newsround”](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_2661000/2661257.stm) with similar information to the release quoted in this thread. I still don’t know the veracity of the source, though … anyone else know if this is reliable? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/6 "2003-01-15T14:15:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Realhoops \* > Where did you find this release? Is it a credible source? Just curious whether this is for real or another rumor. Very credible… ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/7 "2003-01-15T14:20:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Realhoops \* > I still don’t know the veracity of the source, though … anyone else know if this is reliable? \*\* Scholastic Incorporated Internal communications. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/8 "2003-01-15T15:05:19Z")
Here is is from Reuters: [http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2048889](http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2048889) ---
**Author:** ![spudmanyeah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@spudmanyeah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spudmanyeah)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/9 "2003-01-15T15:10:16Z")
its at [www.bbc.co.uk](http://www.bbc.co.uk) also ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/10 "2003-01-15T17:04:08Z")
Yahoo! (from the AP): [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=529&e=1&cid=529&u=/ap/20030115/ap\_en\_ot/britain\_harry\_potter](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=529&e=1&cid=529&u=/ap/20030115/ap_en_ot/britain_harry_potter) Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/11 "2003-01-15T17:19:08Z")
Just saw this on CNN. June 21 is my birthday… and I know EXACTLY what I want for my birthday present. Hooray for a bonus-sized Harry Potter for summer! Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/12 "2003-01-15T18:28:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shalmanese \* > \*\*Hmm… Is this going to be Wheel of Time for children? > \*\* It does sound like she’s suffering from Robert Jordanitis. But this book will probably have a plot. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/13 "2003-01-15T19:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FisherQueen \* > \*\*Just saw this on CNN. June 21 is my birthday… and I know EXACTLY what I want for my birthday present. Hooray for a bonus-sized Harry Potter for summer! Woo! \*\* Funny, that’s my mother’s birthday too, and my brother was born on July 31, 1980 – the same day as Harry! Weird! Can’t wait for the new one to come out. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/14 "2003-01-15T23:10:17Z")
> [@](#): > > The World’s Most Anticipated Book Is Over One Third Longer Than Previous Book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire… … and is expected to weigh in at a cool seven pounds, three ounces. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/15 "2003-01-16T00:46:14Z")
Isn’t it great that it is being released on a Saturday? I’ll have all weekend to read it! I was honestly contemplating a “sick” day for the day it was going to be released, I’m so glad I won’t have to! (Unless, of course, I don’t finish it by Monday morning.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/16 "2003-01-16T00:52:42Z")
I have seen the future: June 20th, Stonestown Mall Boarders, waiting in line for the midnight sale, stands a figure tall and proud, ME!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/17 "2003-01-16T01:05:20Z")
Its bigger!! The last one barely fit into my bag as it was. Damn now I need a new bag. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/18 "2003-01-16T01:05:52Z")
I never would have believe that I could get so excited over a children’s book. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/19 "2003-01-16T01:24:24Z")
—Hmm… Is this going to be Wheel of Time for children?— She’s immune. Every book has a structure: a school year of events. This keeps things moving along: you can’t spend an entire book with Hermione tugging on her braids, because you’d never get to the end of the school year. It’d also be pretty hard to keep things dull with Voldemort running around again. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Severus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lady\_Severus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Severus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733/20 "2003-01-16T01:31:32Z")
_happy dance_ Need I do more? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-5-release-announced/148733.md?page=2)