Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has revealed the title of her seventh and presumed final Harry Potter novel. She’s buried the answer at jkrowling.com, where you can click several “secret” links and solve a hangman puzzle to find the answer. (Yahoo! News has the solution, as well as the title, if you don’t want to take the time.) There’s no publication date set, and Amazon.com isn’t taking pre-orders yet, but you can get on an e-mail list to be notified when it is available.
Though there’s nothing remotely hinting at same-sex relationships in the Harry Potter books (how realistic is that at a boarding school, I ask you?), I think the series’ themes of being an outcast and self-discovery resonate with many in the LGBT community. I’ve loved the books since they first appeared (and being the purist that I am, make a point of getting the UK editions, rather than the Americanized ones). I’m not sure what I’m looking forward to more: the publication of the last volume, or my son being old enough to read them for himself.
OMG you buy the British editions too?! That’s wonderful!