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The new Harry Potter book, due to be released June 21, apparently clocks in at 255,000 words.

NaNoWriMo, eat your heart out.

Date: 2003-01-15 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fadethecat.livejournal.com
From what I've heard, about 1/3 bigger.

On the one hand, I keep thinking, "I can wait a little longer, get this woman an editor!"

On the other hand, I keep thinking, "Oooo, good, this means it'll take longer to read, and have more bits I can go back and reread a second time or third for fuller appreciation of them."

Date: 2003-01-16 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmccurry.livejournal.com
Well, it still needs to be edited so that word count could drop considerably. And I wouldn't insult her by comparing her to Jordan; She can finish a story.

Date: 2003-01-16 05:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edg.livejournal.com
Oh, really? I'd understood that 255,000 words was the final, edited count.

(The King James Bible, by contrast, weighs in at 181,000 words, IIRC.)

I remember reading about Piers Anthony thinking that Macroscope was huge at 100,000...

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