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Originally Posted by
Jasper
I am just wondering if anyone knows how many pages Deathly Hallows is suppose to run?
I ask that question because after writing six prior episodes JKR has created so many different pieces to this story that I can't imagine giving a truly good wrap-up to so many different story lines in any short number of pages.
At this point I should explain: The founders for the two "premier" sites for Harry Potter (that were mysteriously referenced earlier, and maybe again later on inthis post ;)) had the opportunity to sit down with JKR just after HBP was released. She sat down with these two because she was "tired of the same old quesions". She wanted to be grilled by knowledgable people, even if her answer was "no comment". It would prove to her fans that she was infact asked certain questions that no reporter seemed to ask. (Most get stuck on "Will Harry end up with Hermione?" or some other drivel like that....) Anyway, this is the interview I keep quoting. And before long, I am going to post this whole interview piece by piece.....:D
So for the quote....
ES: If you had the opportunity to rewrite any part of the series so far, what would it be and why?
JKR: There are bits of all six books that I would go back and tighten up. My feeling is that Phoenix is overlong, but I challenge anyone to find the obvious place to cut. There are places that I would prune now looking back, but they wouldn't add up to a hugely reduced book, because my feeling is you need what's in there. You need what's in there if I'm going to play fair for the reader in the resolution in Book 7. One of the reasons Phoenix is so long is that I had to move Harry around a lot, physically. There were places he had to go he had never been before, and that took time - to get him there, to get him away. That was the longest non-Hogwarts stretch in any of the books, and that's really what bumps up the length. I'm trying to think of specifics, it's hard.
Back to me. My take on this: All of the books have all of the information that we need to find and destroy the Horcruxes. And as I stated earlier, I think the location of 3 has already been revealed. The fourth....I am waffling on. But I would bet a cool :twocents: that what I think are "the 3" are correct. But I am not JKR so I can, and probably will, be very very wrong. There is only one place left to go (where we have not gone) and that is Godric's Hollow. But it was talked about enough, that it will not seem like she is "pulling this out of a hat" just to finish the story.
Which leads to this...
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Originally Posted by
brewcrew26
One of my former co-workers, also a potter-phile, gave me this theory:
JKR introduced a horcrux in each one of the books in the series. Here are my guesses to this theory:
Sorcerer's Stone: ?
Chamber of Secrets: Riddle's diary
Prisoner of Azkaban: Peter Pettigrew?
Goblet of Fire: Nangini
Order of the Phoenix: the locket with RAB
Half-Blood Prince: Gaunt's ring (destroyed by Dumbledore), Hufflepuff cup that Tom Riddle stole from Hepzibah Smith, and the tiara that Mrs. Weasley gives to Fleur for the wedding (could be a relic from Gryffindor or Ravenclaw?
Any thoughts on this theory and what the horcruxes could be in each book?
I've seen this kicked around a lot as well. Granted, different horcruxes have been assigned to differnet books by just about everyone. But I still hold to the fact that all of our Horcruxes has been "seen" just not "noticed". So yes, I belive there is a degree of validity to your theory.
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Originally Posted by
Toughbug
I have no ideas but ya'll should read MuggleNet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7. It has good ideas, and it a couple hundred pages and with the ammount of days left, you should have enough time to buy it, and read it.
What was that website?? *cough* *cough*
Anyhoo, I will post what I think the Horcruxes are and their locations before the end of next week (maybe sooner) in spoiler-font. Just so I can ridiculed when I am completely and utterly wrong. :D But if Toughbug has read the aforementioned book, he already knows the "controversial" one.