Harry Potter and the.........

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 4167

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, mmarth at p... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Denise Rogers" <gypsycaine at y...> 
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> > Book 5's Name is out!  Harry Potter and the Order of the 
Phoenix!  
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> > Now, what will our group make of that?  I did like her "Jane" 
> comment, and there were a few interested items, but most of the 
> questions were "why did you write ..." "What book is your 
favorite?" 
> (4) , More on the pronunciation factor of the names, and other 
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> What was the "Jane" comment?
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> Martha
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All of this information comes from the "Today" show. (For the non-US 
group members, "Today" is a morning news/talk show in the US.) They 
did a nice segment with Rowling. First she was asked some of the e-
mail questions by the interviewer. Next, there was a segment where 
Jim Dale, the voice on the audiotape versions, read a bit from GoF. 
(This was a treat for me since I don't own the audiotapes!) Then she 
took some questions from the children in the audience.

The "Jane" comment was in response to the pronounciation 
of 'Hermione'. She said something to the effect that if she had known 
there would be pronounciation problems she would have called 
her 'Jane'. She also revealed that she borrowed the name from a 
Shakespeare character in "A Winter's Tale".

A girl in the audience asked her the title for book 5. Rowling was 
prodded on by the co-hosts of the "Today" show. Hesistantly, she said 
that she didn't think she should say because she did the last time 
and it was talked up alot online. She went on to say that she was 
thinking of 2 titles. Then uneasily, she gave the title printed here 
in egroups.

Furthermore, Rowling said she was still writing book 5 and hasn't 
finished much of it. And she repeated that it will be out when she's 
finished writing it.

:-) Milz