The Book 6 thread!

[Atomyx]

If anyone has been to the J.K. Rowling site, then you have seen that you can explore the website looking for clues to the books coming up well this was posted on a message board earlier and they posted it on Mugglenet. HERE IT IS!!!

(HOPEFUL SPOILERS)

Earlier today, someone got behind the door at JKRowling.com without hacking, and was greeted by a surprise. As we can see from the date, this information isn't supposed to be released until the first of July. It took the person to a book, on the left page was the dark mark, and on the right page was written the following:



1st July 2004

Erm… it is perhaps time for me to reveal
the title of Book 6! I am nearing completion of the
first draft and have definitely decided upon a
title. I had numerous possibilities in mind, but
as I wrote, I realized that only one did the book
justice.

The more clever Potter fans may recognize that
the title relates directly to both 'Order of the
Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.' I will be
highly amused if one of you can guess exactly
what's going on!

On a side note, the length of the book is
growing so fast, I could swear Filius has put an
Engorgement Charm on it; an editor's nightmare!
I promised myself not to exceed the length of
'Order of the Phoenix,' but every day that passes
makes that undertaking more difficult.
Incidentally, I have much more work ahead.

Alas, the time has come! Here is the reward for
you lot that so diligently figured out all the puzzles
on the site. If you scroll down to the bottom of
this page, I will reveal to you the title of Book 6!

...

The title of Book 6 is:
Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé

The last word is supposed to be greek for Parental love from what other posters have said. This is a rumor at this point but maybe it is true since the title for book 5 came out almost a year before the book itself.

[Horror whore]

Originally posted by Atomyx
If anyone has been to the J.K. Rowling site, then you have seen that you can explore the website looking for clues to the books coming up well this was posted on a message board earlier and they posted it on Mugglenet. HERE IT IS!!!

(HOPEFUL SPOILERS)

Earlier today, someone got behind the door at JKRowling.com without hacking, and was greeted by a surprise. As we can see from the date, this information isn't supposed to be released until the first of July. It took the person to a book, on the left page was the dark mark, and on the right page was written the following:



1st July 2004

Erm… it is perhaps time for me to reveal
the title of Book 6! I am nearing completion of the
first draft and have definitely decided upon a
title. I had numerous possibilities in mind, but
as I wrote, I realized that only one did the book
justice.

The more clever Potter fans may recognize that
the title relates directly to both 'Order of the
Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.' I will be
highly amused if one of you can guess exactly
what's going on!

On a side note, the length of the book is
growing so fast, I could swear Filius has put an
Engorgement Charm on it; an editor's nightmare!
I promised myself not to exceed the length of
'Order of the Phoenix,' but every day that passes
makes that undertaking more difficult.
Incidentally, I have much more work ahead.

Alas, the time has come! Here is the reward for
you lot that so diligently figured out all the puzzles
on the site. If you scroll down to the bottom of
this page, I will reveal to you the title of Book 6!

...

The title of Book 6 is:
Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé

The last word is supposed to be greek for Parental love from what other posters have said. This is a rumor at this point but maybe it is true since the title for book 5 came out almost a year before the book itself.

Holy shit! I think that sounds true!

The only bad thing about this is I don't know how to pronounce the last word.... ;)

Thank you for posting this, it has made my day. (Or night.)

I need time to let this sink into my brain...

[Belladitz]

The writing style does sound eerily like JKR. But I don't know. Something about this seems really strange... mostly the fact that this person claims to have gotten behind the door without hacking, yet thousands of people are on the site at any given moment... aren't they? Yet this is the only person who's come out and said they got behind the door? It must have only been available for what, a millisecond?

And plus, why would they have a video (http://www.mugglenet.com/videos/screen.mpeg)? I've seen this video, and it just seems... weird. If this was such an accident, I don't understand why a vid would be available.

I hope it's true. But even if it's not, this has got me seriously thinking about Book Six - which is good.

[Atomyx]

It's pronounced "Stor-gee", hard g at the end

[Atomyx]

Why the book 6 title is probably fake

Over the past 24 hours, over 2000 comments have been left regarding the possible title of Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé for book six. Some of you have made strong cases for why the title may be fabricated:

For one, "she" uses American punctuation instead of British punctuation on this sentence: The more clever Potter fans may recognize that the title relates directly to both 'Order of the Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.'

In Britain, the ending quotation mark should go inside the period. As I was reading her biography on her site today, I noticed that she punctuated things the "British way," which leads to the assumption that either she made a typo in her book 6 post (the same problem appears in the next paragraph, except with a comma rather than a period) or that an American typed it up for her.

The first assumption seems incorrect because it is unlikely that she would make the same mistake twice in a row. The second doesn't seem likely either, because she affirmed that she is indeed the one writing the things on her website, and I'm sure Lightmaker made some easy system allowing her to update, so she could do it herself. Another reason the second assumption does not seem probable - the title of the sixth book is classified information, and she wouldn't let just any staff member at Lightmaker type that up, because then it would leak in no time.

Also, why would Jo put that information anywhere on her site prior to when she wanted to release it? She is the master of secrecy, and you think she'd be able to wait until July 1 to put it on her site. Although it's not in an easy-to-access area, it seems very non-JKRish to do that.

It is a bit strange that she would include a difficult-to-pronounce word such as Storgé in the title of her book.

This is from Mugglenet so all the research goes to them, sorry to get anyones hopes up, because I was just as excited as everyone else was.

[Atomyx]

Here is part 2 of the reason as to why the title is fake, all credit to Mugglenet for this.

One more reason: The only way that some visitors can "hack" past the door is by downloading the file to their computer, and then opening it to find this link to a book with Latin characters on the pages. Once you open the file on your computer, you can modify it however you like, which includes modifying the text on the book.

Other reasons exist for why the title may be fabricated, these are just some.

Updates: A few more reasons...
1) When watching the video, the "help" tab disappears momentarily. While perusing her site, the "help" tab never disappears from the screen.
2) The Dark Mark (what Jo uses as a spoiler warning) is on the wrong side of the page. The Dark Mark should be on the page with the spoiler, and you then have to click on the Dark Mark to reveal the text. The Dark Mark then appears as a faded image underneath the text.
3) The font used for "Book 6" does not appear anywhere else on the site. Look at the words "Book" and "Biography" (on the main page) -- the B's don't match.
4) Although the text circulating the Internet said that the date on the post was July 1, a closer look at the video reveals that the date is "22.06.04" (June 22).
5) "The more clever Potter fans may recognize that the title relates..." The correct British spelling of "recognize" is "recognise."

Sorry everyone.

[Horror whore]

I'm waiting for J.K. Rowling to personally squash this rumor. Until then, Harry Potter 6 = Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge for me. ;)

Does anyone else think it's odd that she hasn't come out and personally denied that title? If it's not true, then there should be no reason for her to not deny it...

[Atomyx]

On all the big Potter sites, they keep talking about somethin happening on July 1st so I am assuming that is whne we find out whether it is a hoax or not.

[Atomyx]

J.K. posted this concerning the title of Book 6 on her website.

JKR Confirms Rumor
JK has just updated her Rumors section saying:

"I am trying very hard not to feel offended that anyone thought this was possible. 'Storgé', for crying out loud. Come on, people, get a grip."

There you have it, hoax busted.

[Horror whore]

Well, it was fun speculating while it lasted.... I just hope that J.K. Rowling will now realize how much people want to know and actually release the title!

PS: I changed the title of this thread so it can be our official place for real book 6 information...

[Atomyx]

Some more news about the (hopeful, maybe, I really hope this is true) title of the sixth book. This has come off J.K.'s official site, I have actually done it myself this time to be sure.

When you go to her site and get to the page that looks like her messy desk there is a hair band there that when you click it takes you to a door with a "Do not Disturb" sign on the door which is where the whole fake title thing started. Well now you can actually open the door and it leads to a brick wall in which you have to click five bricks in the right order and the brick wall goes away and there is a closest there with a desk and a fan, click the fan and the papers that sit on the desk fly up and a page appears on the screen with what looks to be either the title to the sixth book or a clue as to what the title might be. Go to Mugglenet to see a picture of the brick wall itself to see the actual bricks you can click. This is the order you click them in, Click the brick in the middle first then the brick closest underneath it then the brick closest above it then the lowest brick then the highest brick and then the wall should vanish. For those who don't want to go though all of this, here is the title on the paper that is revealed....... She also updated her FAQ answering more questions about the 5th book and the future books



(HOPEFUL SPOILERS AND WHATNOT)






Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Horror whore]

That is definitely the title of book 6!

This from J.K. Rowling's website:

"Information you take directly from this site will be truthful and accurate (I might occasionally joke, but as time goes on, you'll learn to tell when I'm joking). Do not trust anybody else claiming to have found information on this site that you cannot access, however seemingly convincing the images they provide to support their story...
Anyway: if you continue to exercise patience, you will find that the Do Not Disturb Door opens again… and again… giving you further hints about book six. But as a little bonus, and compensation for having been messed around by Mr. or Ms. Storgé, I shall tell you one thing without making you shift any bricks at all: the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldemort. And that's all I'm saying on THAT subject until the book's published."

That's an edited down version of what she said but you get the jist of things...

[Atomyx]

I was very pleased to see that this morning when I checked her website. Now let the endless debates about the title, begin!

[Lexell Studios]

Actually I just woke up and in the Sarasota Tribune they had this column and it said the book would come out August 10th (no year said) and the title of the book is called:
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

[Horror whore]

Originally posted by Lexell Studios
Actually I just woke up and in the Sarasota Tribune they had this column and it said the book would come out August 10th (no year said) and the title of the book is called:
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

They got their books messed up. No release date has been set for HBP. The paperback version of OotP comes out August 10 of this year though...

[urbanlegend23]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...hmm, I think it's an alright title, its growing on me, first time I heard it I hated it. I think J.K. can do better but its still pretty good.

CAN'T WAIT FOR BOOK SIX!

[Lexell Studios]

damn they never clairfied that it was ootp that was coming out august 10th on paperback!!!

[Horror whore]

Originally posted by urbanlegend23
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...hmm, I think it's an alright title, its growing on me, first time I heard it I hated it. I think J.K. can do better but its still pretty good.

CAN'T WAIT FOR BOOK SIX!

I feel the same way. These titles grow on me. When I first heard the title of book 5 would be Order of the Pheonix, I was less than thrilled. Now I am perfectly fine with that title....

I just can't wait to read this thing. But when I finish it, I'll be really sad because there will only be one book left. :(

[Lloyd2315]

i think the second option for the title is the best...if nothing else its easily pronounced

[chinton]

so its been anounced another close w izard dies in book 6. Who is it?

[Nachokoolaid]

The half blood prince is Hagrid.

And Sirius Black dies. But, "he already died," you say? Well, did he? I say he dies for sure now. And Hagrid is the title character. Talk amongst yourselves.

[HedwigX]

HBP is gonna be released on July 16th.

I expected to find some discussion of it here, seeing as how this is "The Book 6 Thread"...

Originally posted by Nachokoolaid
The half blood prince is Hagrid.

And Sirius Black dies. But, "he already died," you say? Well, did he? I say he dies for sure now. And Hagrid is the title character. Talk amongst yourselves.

Nachokoolaid, I don't think that's true somehow. JKR has already said that Hagrid isn't the HBP. Also, all the questions JKR have answered about Sirius' death indicate that he is definitely dead and he ain't coming back.

[Khrys]

True. I was so upset when she killed off Sirius, can see she's trying to make things all dramatic. Well. First Cedric, then Sirius, now <insert name>.

I have no comment on who the half blood prince might be. I was always thinking it could be Neville, although I don't know if she has refuted the fact. In the 5th Book, Neville is featured so prominently it makes you think.