# Harry Potter 6: Any idea when? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011 "2004-06-01T03:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/1 "2004-06-01T03:27:13Z")
Okay, the one-book-per-year rate is long gone, a victim of fame and length. I can understand that. But at this rate, the movies are going to catch up long before the apocalyptic battle in which Harry defeats You Know Who. Yes, I know it’s unfair, she spends years now per book and we finish them in hours. So, tell us, are there any good rumors as to when J.K. is going to get the 6th book out? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/2 "2004-06-01T04:15:04Z")
I haven’t heard a peep on this one. As silly as this sounds, at my age, I really, _really_ want to see this book, so it can’t be too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/3 "2004-06-01T04:20:02Z")
Latest I heard was Autumn Solstice. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/4 "2004-06-01T04:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Monday 15 March 2004 > > PROGRESS ON BOOK SIX > Book six is well underway, hooray, though I am still at the stage where I have a large and complicated chart propped on the desk in front of me to remind me what happens where, how, to whom and which bits of crucial information need to be slipped into which innocent-looking chapters. Source: [www.jkrowling.com](http://www.jkrowling.com) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/5 "2004-06-01T05:19:59Z")
I think a reasonable guess is sometime next year, maybe when the next movie comes out, which will be Christmas 2005. But there’s no projected date scheduled, so who knows really? I do know she has less interruptions from fame and movie commitments than she did during the last one. And she’s been working on it since about December 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/6 "2004-06-01T17:02:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Monday 15 March 2004 > > PROGRESS ON BOOK SIX > Book six is well underway, hooray, though I am still at the stage where I have a large and complicated chart propped on the desk in front of me to remind me what happens where, how, to whom and which bits of crucial information need to be slipped into which innocent-looking chapters. Maybe I’ve watched too much MST3K, but when I read this I pictured Ms. Rowling with a giant Dr. Z style wheel chart. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/7 "2004-06-01T18:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Reporter: “So when’s the next book coming out?” > J.K. Rowling: “Ohh, not too long… but I don’t like to give deadlines because then I’ll miss it and everyone will get upset.” From [http://mugglenet.com](http://mugglenet.com) Not really all that helpful, but it sounds like the end is in sight. I’d say next winter/spring if they rush the publication schedule is the soonest we could possibly see it. I think that’d puts her on schedule to just barely stay ahead of the movies by finishing book 7 before movie 6 comes out and movie 7 starts pre-production. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/8 "2004-06-01T19:05:01Z")
In a recent unscheduled interview (at the premiere of HPPA) she said “half way through book 6” so it’s anybody’s guess. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/9 "2004-06-29T12:42:46Z")
Well, it’s not news on a release date, but a title - supposedly confirmed through [jkrowling.com](http://jkrowling.com), but I haven’t found it yet - the link below has directions to where it’s supposed to be though. [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](http://www.wizardnews.com/story.20040628.html). I’m kind of doubtful, but maybe it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/10 "2004-06-29T12:45:50Z")
It’s definitely true. I found it there myself. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/11 "2004-06-29T12:47:59Z")
CNN has it on their site: [http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/29/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htm?cnn=yes](http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/29/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htm?cnn=yes) So it seems to be true. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/12 "2004-06-29T13:00:30Z")
Ok, I found it (I was having trouble with the bricks behind the door), so I believe it now. I don’t _like_ the title at the moment, but perhaps I will once the book comes out. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/13 "2004-06-29T13:31:16Z")
Hmmm… that brick puzzle is difficult… anyone want to spoil how to do it for me? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/14 "2004-06-29T13:34:37Z")
If from the top down they were A B C D E, it would be C D B E A ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/15 "2004-06-29T13:44:27Z")
Woot! Thanks! That must have been the one combination I didn’t try :D. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/16 "2004-06-29T14:41:39Z")
OK, let’s speculate. I assume “half-blood” means someone who was born of a Muggle parent and a Wizard parent. But I don’t think any wizard royalty have been mentioned previously. Is this an existing character or a new one? My guess is probably a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/17 "2004-06-29T14:47:28Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > OK, let’s speculate. I assume “half-blood” means someone who was born of a Muggle parent and a Wizard parent. But I don’t think any wizard royalty have been mentioned previously. Is this an existing character or a new one? My guess is probably a new one. Perhaps it’s Mark Evans? He was mentioned only briefly in _Order of the Phoenix_ as someone Dudley liked to beat up on. Since his last name is Evans, there’s a possiblity that he’s a relation to Petunia and Lily Evans, and therefore to Harry. He might start his first year at Hogwarts (if he’s going to be a character) in the sixth book. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/18 "2004-06-29T14:55:32Z")
It could be a possibility, but the ‘Prince’ part in the title makes me think that may not be it. It seems it’d be royalty of some sort, and I’d think Evans wouldn’t be getting all beat up if he were actually royalty and Harry would have been told something about his mother’s royal past. I think it’ll be a new character entirely. It should be interesting though… I wonder if the Half-Blood Prince will be targeted by Voldemort as being all that is wrong with the wizarding world. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/19 "2004-06-29T15:16:00Z")
Just a theory: Maybe Harry is the Half-Blood Prince? We know he’s a half-blood, and maybe the plot will revolve around whether he’s some sort of magical royalty. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/20 "2004-06-29T15:33:33Z")
My guess is that there’s some prophecy about a half-blood prince that Voldemort thought (or still thinks) he’d fulfill and now Harry appears poised to do so. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011.md?page=2)