NEW YORK - No word yet on when the next Harry Potter book comes out, but at least there's a title: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince."
"Well the door opened at last and I showed you the title of book six — the genuine title, the title that will appear on the published book, the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages," author J.K. Rowling wrote on her Web site.
The British author's U.S. publisher, Scholastic, confirmed the title on Tuesday
(And let the fic speculation begin)
The Half-Blood Prince? Please tell me that's a joke.
The Half-Blood Prince
Maybe it's the Half Blood-Prince, who was largely dismembered in a freak accident.
(I believe I mentioned my hypenation issues. Apparently they haven't gone away.)
Nope, that's a story from Yahoo News.
Yarg. CNN confirms it too. I can't pinpoint why, exactly, but that strikes me as a really dumb title.
She also said that "Half-Blood Prince" refers to neither Harry nor Voldemort.
I'm guessing Hagrid, for some reason.
Oooh, a Royal Muggle-Wizard cross. This can't be good news for the Malfoy types.
I'm guessing Hagrid, for some reason.
Yeah, that was my first guess. I mean, he's the only half-blood we know, isn't he?
Maybe Draco's mom's a Muggle. And alliterative.
Ugh. I don't want a book all about Hagrid. He could be a prince of whatever he's mixed with, though, couldn't he?
Ick.
I hope it's either a new character, or we discover something about Neville.