The New York Times recently speculated when the final book in the Harry Potter saga will be released. Go here to see the article. Now I have my own thoughts on all of this. Being a literature professor, I go back to Campbell’s hero’s journey (as so many before me have), and, for me, Harry cannot live. He just can’t. Anakin didn’t get to live, so why should Harry? Arthur didn’t live. This is a tried and true formula from which she cannot break. Even Christopher Chance died. He died for a reason and had a purpose, but he died. He had to. The world could not continue with him alive, and he needed to sacrifice himself so that Lillian could eventually be born and repopulate the AfterEarth.

Going back to the whole New York Times article, they assert that Earthly Hallows will be released on 7/7/07, and that’d be kinda cool. I suppose. Why not? All of her other books came out on Saturdays, too. With Doubledore (supposedly) dead (think Obi Won Kenobi) we can only wonder what the Earthly Hallows are (is?). And as I write this, I am amazed that nothing is at that domain name. I wonder how long it’ll take to not get an error at that URL.