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I guess that we will have to wait until the book comes out and then read it so that we can find out the meaning of the title. Afterall, The Half Blood Prince wasn’t real obvious until after reading the book.
DAT60A3 on December 22, 2006 at 6:57 PM

But, DAT60A3, hallows isn’t in the dictionary.

Deathly hallows

is nonsense. Maybe they picked it because it sounds compelling, looks impressively Potterish printed on the cover, but it’s zero.

Your argument would’ve held water if it was only children seeking out these books. But it isn’t – there are just as many adults as children. That is the mark of literary genius.
tickleddragon on December 22, 2006 at 2:08 PM

Yeh, one of the oddities of this “phenom” has been the lines of parents at the midnight sales debutes, with their yawning and drooping four-year olds, claiming they had to be there because their kids loved the books …
I’ve got school kids and it’s jaw-dropping how aggressively and pervasively these books and their movies/tie-in products are being hawked to them.

No one yet has helped explain exactly what that title means. Do you?

I hate to put a pin into that “old gods” thing…but Harry and all around him in these books are CHRISTIAN!!

They promote Christian values, and are stories about the triumph of good over evil. This nonsensical ravings about it being “occultish” are just oversensitive paranoia from people who obviously have WAY too much time on their hands, and too little actual adversity in their lives.

It’s just like thinking we’re safe as long as we try to “talk to” terrorists. Join us in the real world, folks. Potter is FICTION, and not a threat. And Islamic Fundamentalist terrorists are real and a BIG threat. Stop being so stupid and pick the right battles.

Comment by Wendy — 12.22.06 @ 1:46 pm

This series WILL hold up against the test of time for one reason…

It is a fantastic and well done mythological world. All the best stories last because of the gift of their writers to create solid and believable mythologies. Tolkien did it, Lewis did it, and if you want to include film here, Lucas did it.

Your argument would’ve held water if it was only children seeking out these books. But it isn’t – there are just as many adults as children. That is the mark of literary genius.

Your dry wit outwitted me! Boy! I’m a douche. Sorry about that. You sounded like some liberal jack ass. I need to go watch Blackadder to get my satire gears back on track.

FYI I have been reading since I was 3 (self-taught!). N’yah n’yah n’yah!
Neo on December 22, 2006 at 1:04 PM

Wonderful! Now, can you tell me what the title means?

Of course, someone who automatically resorts to ad hominem attacks won’t “get it” no matter what I do to coddle them. FYI I have been reading since I was 3 (self-taught!). N’yah n’yah n’yah!

That statement makes no sense. So, you’ll sit through a two-hour movie when there is suffering in the world, but not read a book. WTF? I think that’s your problem. Try reading a book once and a while and not watching a movie. Better yet, if there is so much suffering in the world (boo freakin’ hoo) why don’t you go and alleviate some of that suffering by volunteering your time reading to orphan children. You can start by reading them the brilliantly written Harry Potter Books. Maybe then you’ll discover that reading can increase your intelligence and allay suffering.

It makes no sense to someone with no sense of humor, or the capability to understand satire.

Ok…

Well it’s obvious I’m the only one here who spends any time over at Slashdot. They revealed the name of the book at 10:42PM-ET last night.

Bah. Shepard Smith over on Fox News announced it around 7PM yesterday.

(But I was trying to be mister-nice-non-spoiler-guy… Nyaaaa)(pulls down eyelid.)

If you’re speaking cockney, the “H” is silent.

‘Arry Potter, all grown up and sexy.

[pause]

See, this is precisely why I need to spend less time on the internet.

Taking it aside from likes and dislikes, The one REAL contribution outside of fiction that I see these books making will start to show in the hallowed (Or occasionally hollow) halls of education in a few years when teachers and professors will want to throw books like “War and Peace” at their students…The ones who grew up with 700+ page Harry Potter novels. The kids will weigh the books in one hand, say, “Not too bad” and then dig in without looking at the last page and groaning at the number in the lower corner. If Rowling gets no further credit beyond helping grow a young group of avid readers, she at least gets that.

And what language is that supposed to be?
Do the English use hallows as a noun?
Or is it supposed to be “gallows” ?
Deathly gallows, as in redundant?
(or in the vernacular: duh)
Is “deathly” being used as an adjective or an adverb?
deathly ill … deathly silent … versus deathly cold
maybe, deathly gallows humor …?
hallows shows up as hallow or hallowed as in sacred, sanctified, a verb: to hallow – to deify, sanctify
Does that make sense? Deathly to sanctify?

Or is it supposed to be without meaning? Muddling the waters, creating cognitive dissonance in the brain? Is that the sly point?

Well it’s obvious I’m the only one here who spends any time over at Slashdot. They revealed the name of the book at 10:42PM-ET last night.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”

Spoilerific!

Hagrid must die.

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.