I'm new to the community and have a question...

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25188

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., scaryfairymary at h... wrote:
>  
> OH MY GOD NOOO, JULY, I'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE LAST YEAR 
> FOR THE BOOK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS COMING OUT AT 
> CHRISTMAS.......HOW CAN THIS BE. IT CANT TAKE ANOTHER 
> YEAR.....nnnnoooooooooo
> -Mary (very very distressed at hearing this awful news....going 
away 
> to find a brown paper bag in which to hyperventilate!!!)


Since someone raised this . . . 

What the heck could be taking so long?  My CoS says it was published 
in 1999; PoA says 1999; GoF was summer 2000.  I figured there would 
be a minor delay in OoF so that they don't flood the market with the 
movie and OoF in November -- but July 2002?  Why is OoF, which is 
supposed to be shorter than GoF, taking twice as long?

I know, I know, no one knows the answers.  I'm just venting.

Cindy