Idle musings on Book Six

[Megan]

No: HPFGUIDX 27770


> 
> Nice observation, Luke.  I'd like to hear from people who were 
> listies who had read 1-3 and were waiting for GoF.  Did JKR give 
> reall clues to to what she planned to do with GoF back then, or was 
> it mostly misdirection?  These days, I don't put too much stock in 
> what JKR says about what is coming in future books, because I think 
> she is deliberately cagey and never tells us anything really 
> important.  Was she similarly cagey in her statements about GoF 
> before it was released, or did she really give us clues back then 
> about what was coming?
> 
> Cindy (who will never get any work done if Luke keeps posting such 
> interesting theories)

*ahh, back in the days when we didn't even have the fourth Harry Potter*
I'd have to say similarly cagey.  In fact, it seems to me she's given
MORE clues about OOP (which I also don't like to use as a title,
because I think it will change) than she gave about GOF when it first
came out.  No one knew the title, cover art, plotline, and POA
contained very little foreshadowing as to the possibilities.  I do
BELIEVE some of the clues she did release was the death of a character
& Sirius having more screen time--but I'm pretty sure those were the
only significant hints.
But I have to agree with your ascertation, Cindy--JKR IS cagey about
her hints, and they usually turn out to be minor--but in turn, we tend
to focus on them beforehand (thus disabling us to accurately forsee
the true story) because they are literally all we have.
Some of my scepticism goes back to before GOF and the title.  Several
titles were speculated upon, and there was one (I believe) that was
"confimed" *cough* for a while.  Which is really why I think OOP will
not be the true title of Book 5--we all know how JKR likes to shock
her fans.

-Megan, wishing we could just have the books and be done with it!