The End of Harry Potter?

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Tor Publishing Group, Mar 20, 2007 - Literary Criticism - 208 pages

The publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, is probably the most eagerly anticipated event in the history of publishing. Even the smallest hints from author J. K. Rowling about what may happen to Harry and his friends have been major news stories.

In The End of Harry Potter?, David Langford—Potter fan and award-winning writer—delves into the many mysteries which remain unsolved. Is Albus Dumbledore really dead? Whose side is Severus Snape really on? What are the remaining horcruxes, where He Who Shall Not Be Named has stashed his soul? Does Harry bear a part of the Dark Lord's soul in his scar, and is this why he understands Parseltongue?

J. K. Rowling is the only person who knows the answers to these questions. But in this highly entertaining book, Langford uses his deep knowledge of the six published Harry Potter novels to explore these and other mysteries, and to present a selection of possible outcomes.

Only the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will lay these questions to rest, but in the meantime, fans of the series will find David Langford's book entertaining and thought-provoking, and a perfect way to refresh their memory of the first six books in readiness for the last.


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Contents

What Is All This?
1
Harry Potter and the Something of Something
5
The Wheels of Plot
9
Guns on the Wall
17
Seven Green Bottles
26
Naming Names
30
Smoke and Mirrors
50
Casting Spells
62
Shadows Before
94
PureBloods and Crosses
113
Unfinished Business
117
The Lives of Lord Voldemort
134
Slips and Falls
142
Echoes from Outside
150
These Things Shall Be
162
The End of Harry Potter
169

Muggle Studies
71
Muddle at the Ministry of Magic
80
Awkward Consequences
88
Acknowledgements and Thanks
193
The Reference Library
195
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About the author (2007)

Onetime nuclear physicist David Langford has been writing about science fiction and fantasy for several decades. He has won the science fiction world's Hugo Award 27 times.

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