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JK Rowling drops hints of possible eighth Harry Potter book

dailymail.co.uk — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. Rowling, 42, admits she has 'weak moments' when she feels she will pen another novel about the boy wizard.

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  • JeffreyLloyd, on 12/31/2007, -17/+287Another few billion wouldn't hurt, eh?
    • EatingPie, on 12/31/2007, -28/+115Why do you assume this is all about the money?

      She has proven time and again that her main motivation is telling a good story. She has even said that, when she writes the HP Encyclopedia, she will earmark the earnings for charity.

      She made a lot of money off HP, but she deserved it. It was a good story that millions of people enjoyed. It's not like she's out there acting like Paris Hilton, so why begrudge her this?

      -Pie
      • JeffreyLloyd, on 12/31/2007, -6/+87I didn't. All I said was it wouldn't hurt, and it wouldn't.
        • AROZ, on 12/31/2007, -9/+3Well it could if people were to think that she only does it for the money.
          • spudnic, on 12/31/2007, -3/+9He didn't say that though... quite the opposite, he said that it would be a convincing extra factor.
          • Charlotte_Web, on 12/31/2007, -4/+35"Harry Potter and the Quest for More Money"
        • akimbo, on 12/31/2007, -0/+11I Guess thats when the /NotSarcasm tag is applicable
      • adminmatt, on 12/31/2007, -20/+4the fact that before writing the books she was poor... yeah, i would think money is a big deal
        • turpenine, on 12/31/2007, -1/+11but she didn't write them to become rich and she wasn't poor, just lower middle class.
        • scabbers, on 12/31/2007, -12/+4She was never poor, you gullible muggle.
          • gemmakicn, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3To my understanding she was not exactly monied when writing the Philosophers stone...
      • Incomp3tnt, on 12/31/2007, -8/+20If she told people her motivation for writing books was to become a multi-millionaire, she wouldn't be half as popular (as a person) as she is.

        Forgive me if I'm not impressed that she's donating profits to charity now she's already stinking rich.
        • Jones82, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Well at least we still have morally superior people like you left in the world
      • houndeyex, on 12/31/2007, -1/+9Flame on?
      • infinitus64, on 12/31/2007, -14/+4she kind of borrowed (stole) elements and plots from other films/books but they plagiarized earlier works too
        • shakin, on 12/31/2007, -1/+13Let's call this new practice "art".
          • vuke69, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Good writers copy, great writers steal.
      • consonance, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8I refuse to believe the words of anyone who claims they are a pastry.
      • KingGorilla, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Yes you made a good point but he was just joking
      • stklaw, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2That's what she said.
      • thepretext, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0I'm eagerly awaiting the day J. K. Rowling tells a good story.
    • lormahoykyd2007, on 12/31/2007, -4/+3If her kids do go the Paris Hilton way she can always donate it to charity.
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    • Encablossa, on 12/31/2007, -14/+9When is she gonna hint the whole series is gay?
    • tybris, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2I don't think she would do it for the money.
    • chubbybubba, on 12/31/2007, -5/+2It's not for the money, it's because she's an attention whore.
    • jordn, on 12/31/2007, -9/+3In all fairness, she is a literary genius.
    • leonhyral, on 12/31/2007, -3/+2I wasn't aware that she was good at her work. She destroyed any chance of having a good end to the series when she released the sixth book.
      • zwaldowski, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3Elaborating not one of your strong argument points, eh?
    • mxmj, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1 The money/attention is not what motivates here to write. How many of the great writers of the last 50 years started writing to get rich? They write to express themselves, to entertain, and to pass their stories on. She has immersed herself in this world for something like a decade and now it is over. Wouldn't you have a hard time letting that big of a part of your life just end?
    • donniedark0, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1I guess if she enjoys it and it fulfillls her then she has every right to go for it. But, I'm sure the money will be a big motivator as well. If I was in her position, I would probably continue to write them (or spinoffs) and donate all of the profits to good causes!
  • Commodore84, on 12/31/2007, -25/+8Yeah, she's already got more money than the Queen. (No, seriously, she does.)

    P.S. Anyone notice how much plastic surgery she's had? She looks like a different person from when she first started appearing in the media.
    • Diggtatorship, on 12/31/2007, -1/+11Maybe: http://adelineandhazel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007 ...

      Still, to me it just looks like she lost weight, got some skin treatments and a staff of 100 people making her look rich and famous. A little photoshop here and there doesn't hurt either.
    • flipcritic, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3If you can afford it (and she definitely can), why not?
    • AntzNZ, on 12/31/2007, -3/+9She deserves it more than the queen.
    • Icyfenix, on 12/31/2007, -6/+2The queen dosen't actually have a fortune. She's just taken care of by the state. I have more money the the queen.
      • gemmakicn, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6queen has a asset value of between 1.2 and 1.8 Billion pounds
    • AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -5/+3The Queen has Her own monetary printing factorys, and enumerable priceless estates. JK is NOT richer than the Queen. It's a common misconception.
    • Skooma714, on 12/31/2007, -1/+14JK Rowling made her money by offering a product on the marketplace, then people voluntarily purchased it, when they liked it they came back for the other books. She made her money through voluntary exchange and satisfying customers.

      The Queen won the lottery of birth and came into money that was stolen over centuries from the exploitation of the private sector through taxation and in history feudalism and colonialism. Some of her possession were plunder from military conquests going back to the Dark Ages.

      I hope Rowling does have more money, even if she doesn't she certainly can say she earned it.
  • NoteWriter, on 12/31/2007, -14/+2Definitely an interesting article for any HP fans out there.
  • BassMastr, on 12/31/2007, -22/+10I'm way too old to be this excited about this. (If it happens.)
    • stalefries, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8How many years has it been since the first book? A lot of people probably grew up on this.
      • ipodman715, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21st book came out 10 years ago (still one day left in '07!) :P
    • mirrorkills, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1and yet; i'm guessing you still are.. I wouldnt mind seeing it happen.
    • Skooma714, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3I'll probably pick it up to complete my collection, but the only reason I'll ever get in line for it is to hit on the older chicks that like it.

  • EatingPie, on 12/31/2007, -14/+197"If - and it's a big if - I ever write an eighth book, I doubt that Harry would be the central character. I feel I've already told his story... But these are big ifs. Let's give it ten years."

    She proves right here why she's a good writer. Harry's story was told, and told well. It would only damage what's already gone to write more with him as the central character. But she has a whole universe already built, with tons of great characters, and tons of good opportunities.

    -Pie
    • Gemfinder, on 12/31/2007, -0/+24Yeah, let's hear about Teddy Tonks and Victoire. Flesh out the epilogue a little. There was nineteen years that went completely unaccounted for.
    • adminmatt, on 12/31/2007, -0/+32i bet she'll do a series of prequels about Harry's mom or dad when they were young
      • riggs32, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7yeah i thought that at first too but in the books there was never really anything mentioned that they did that was too great, other than his dad being a badass at quditch.
      • MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5Right, that's the obvious choice, and while I'm sure it would be great, prequels are sort of annoying. Maybe a better story could revolve around the new orphan Teddy Tonks, Harry's kids, or perhaps better yet, an all new character. Of course having Harry make a cameo appearance here or there is not unexpected.
      • b3mus3d, on 12/31/2007, -0/+12Spoiler: They die
      • jon30041, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I'd always hoped for Harry being an Auror sorta thing. Him going through the extra schooling, beasting Darkies all over the place, eventually surpassing Dumbledore... etc. The books grew up as they went, and I was looking forward to more badassery.
        • idleminded, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1"beasting darkies" lol

          I know what you meant to say, but it just came out funny.
    • sobe86, on 12/31/2007, -8/+91Is there really any need to sign a digg comment?

      -Sobe
    • Pritchard, on 12/31/2007, -3/+20I'd like to hear about Dumbledore's story. His encounters with Grindelwald are never very well explained. His whole life just kind of skips by. I understand that this would be difficult though - Dumbledore's quite old and has been through a lot, and I'm not sure just how she would order his story, or how far back she would go. I don't even know if Dumbledore would make a good central character. He outwitted his way through life, and seems to have gotten into work at an early age, and somewhere in early/mid-life, dealt with Grindelwald.

      Eh. Dammit. Who, who who? Harry's Father was a dick (just like Harry). Hrm. Who does she have in mind?
      • Puppetfunk, on 12/31/2007, -2/+49You just want Dumbledore because you want a gay sex scene. Admit it.
      • steelclash84, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1If she tried to make Dumbledore's story into a series, that would be difficult, but she could just go the way that the Elminster books were written.
    • Chompy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9I disagree. I want to read about Harry and Ron's adventures as Aurors.
    • Rodalli, on 12/31/2007, -6/+2Signing every digg comment makes it really easy to pair up all your comments in the same thread. That way we can more easily notice trends in what you're writing, like how I noticed what a huge HP fanboi you are.

      -Rodiddles
    • Konrad9, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10She could easily pull an Orson Scott Card and write another 7 books about a character that shadows Potter.
      • tech42er, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2And then another 3 prequels,short stories, and a bridge between the parallel series. I'm amazed the Ender's series keeps expanding. Card is a very proficient writer.
        • jon30041, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2His Ultimate Iron Man comic series is pretty kickass too. It's in the Ultimates universe, so preconceptions about Iron Man don't apply. Which is good, because the regular Iron Man is a bastard.
        • oneangrypossum, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Lets say he's a very prolific writer. He hasn't really done much in the Ender series worth talking about since the original Quartet. Flawed as the last two are, they're a hell of a lot more interesting than the pseudo-intellectual military thrillers that the last few Bean books are.
      • end3rthe3rd, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I wish more writers would make parallel series.
    • AdrewMc3, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1I'm a movie watcher so I've not read the book, kind of waiting for them to finish the movies then read it, but a book about the Rise of Tom Riddle would be nice i think.
      • sullyz0r, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Unnecessary if you've read the books, though there is a bit unexplained, I don't think it'd be a great read.
    • djgump35, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1Misleading topic,8th book, not Harry Potter really.
  • MJG2007, on 12/31/2007, -28/+14Suggested titles for future HP novels:

    Harry Potter and the Child Support Payments

    Harry Potter and the Cubicle of Boredom

    Harry Potter and the Golden Colostomy Bag

    • WaltDismal, on 12/31/2007, -1/+9Harry Potter and the New Global Threat That Necessitates Another Seven Books
      • Skooma714, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Osama Bin Voldemort?

        Harry Potter and the War on Terror.
        • WaltDismal, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1If I were to write more Potter books, I'd need to come up with a greater villain and a greater threat to humanity. Perhaps something even darker and more Satanic than Voldemort. Voldemort, after all, was only a badly misguided human. There could be worse evil in the universe. The problem would be though that this would not be fit for children's books. Too dark.
    • dxgg, on 02/05/2008, -3/+8Harry Potter and the Digg Down Button
    • unreg, on 12/31/2007, -10/+3Harry Potter and The Election Of Ron Paul
  • Error601, on 12/31/2007, -10/+86Harry Potter and the Desk of Middle Management.
  • rhiannon915, on 12/31/2007, -2/+43The depth of the "world", the characters, culture and background is one of the reasons that these books are so successful. We have heard about one character and gotten hints about the lives of several others. There are a number of story lines here. It would not surprise me a bit if she decides to use them. The question is if she will give it the attention that it will need to live up to what has come before.
    • lormahoykyd2007, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Sorry I can only Digg ya once.
  • jmpeagle, on 12/31/2007, -6/+6dailymail journalism at its best
  • evilpoptart, on 12/31/2007, -5/+23she may be cashing in, but i will read it immediately.
  • mooseontheloose, on 12/31/2007, -3/+178Any chance she could be convinced to write in a Hermione nude scene?
    • swanny89, on 12/31/2007, -3/+79Write one? Here let me help you out: "Hermione let slip her robe revealing a pair of marvelous voluptuous breasts...". You're imagining it anyways, just fap to your own fantasies.
      • muniak, on 12/31/2007, -2/+57Yeah but when it's made into a movie maybe Emma Watson will be old enough to take part!
        • RoboRay, on 12/31/2007, -2/+34If there's grass on the field, you can play ball.
          • RoboPimp3000, on 12/31/2007, -6/+12The correct saying is "If there's grass on the mound, it's time to play ball." Mound is the operative word. You can't leave it out.
          • novask, on 12/31/2007, -1/+30Grass has been growing on that field for quite a while my friend.
          • pwnies, on 12/31/2007, -1/+20Old enough to pee is old enough for meOH GOD IM A HORRIBLE PERSON
      • grammarpolice, on 12/31/2007, -2/+14You mean small pint sized breasts.
      • 0crabby0, on 12/31/2007, -1/+11"Hermione Grainger and the Stripper Pole?"
      • BedPost, on 12/31/2007, -5/+4Woops. Digg this down.
      • NeoCortex, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4...And then Harry put on his robe and wizard hat.
    • allenobendorf, on 12/31/2007, -1/+85Hermione puts on her robe and wizard hat.
      • rayxtime, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1No, she needs to keep them off this time.
    • lormahoykyd2007, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1You are gonna see that soon anyway. Maybe the Universities of the UK, Playboy edition.
    • Ao4Jo, on 12/31/2007, -0/+20Just take a seat over there ..
    • Jennifurret, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2That's what fanfiction is for.
    • soulpiercer7, on 12/31/2007, -3/+3and turn it into a movie? Ema Watson = hot as hell
      she's 17 right now. She'll be 18 in April.
      MAKE IT HAPPEN!
      • Coffeedemon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Just wait.... in 10 years time some ***** movie will turn up with her ro some other girl everyone is currently lusting after in a series of nude scenes. It happened with Alyssa Milano and Embrace of the Vampire. Although I think Watson has more financial security built up at this point.
  • whatthefu, on 12/31/2007, -15/+5If she was a "good writer" she wouldn't revisit the story. There is nothing more that can be done with it. If she wants to explore new themes she ought to write a different book. This is especially important because if the Harry Potter series ends up being the only thing people like, she won't be considered a good writer.
    • klarthlester, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6I would agree if it was literally involving Harry, but didn't she suggest it would just be in the same universe? I think it's kind of sad that no more stories in that world can be told in its past or future just because the main sequence has ended.
      Wouldn't that be like saying the Expanded Universe of Star Wars is irrelevant because the main storyline from the original trilogy is done? (And in no way am I comparing the two franchises, so don't waste time flaming me over it.) I only mean that the original conflict was concluded. Clearly there was a lot more to tell, and people have done it. Why can't JK do the same? If it's crap or you're ont a fan, leave it alone. Otherwise, stop hatin'.
    • shakin, on 12/31/2007, -2/+5You mean like how Tolkien kept revisiting Middle Earth? Yeah, he was a terrible storyteller.

      Actually, that's an important distinction, writer and storyteller. I'd rather read a book by a good storyteller who's an average writer than by a good writer who's an average storyteller. Rowling is a good storyteller, but an average writer.

      I think the Potter world is nearly as deep as Middle Earth, There are lots of story lines that would make good books without harming Harry Potter in any way. I could go for a book about the goblin rebellions (as described in Harry's History of Magic class) or a book about medieval witch burning from the perspective of witches in the Potter world.
      • Skooma714, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Middle Earth was an entirely new world with it's own mythology.

        Harry Potter is just a slight expansion of existing mythology tacked on to the current world.

        • Coffeedemon, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2"Middle Earth was an entirely new world with it's own mythology"
          *****, Tolkien even made his own languages for the world.
        • shakin, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1The fact that it expands on real mythology and history makes another case for there being lots of possible story lines.

          I think Middle Earth is a more marvelous creation even though it does in fact borrow a lot from Earth's mythology and history just like Potter's universe. Maybe Potter isn't as expansive, but it's still quite large. In a way it's like how The Lord of the Rings is a detailed snapshot of a very small portion of The Silmarillion, the Potter books are a small portion of what is in their world.
      • Herostratos, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Harry Potter world is nearly as deep as middle earth?
        Are you high? For one, does the Harry Potter world have its own language?
  • JoeBaynham, on 12/31/2007, -14/+6When will she stop milking it!
    • muniak, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6I don't think she's milking it... there are other reasons than money to write a book. She's rich enough I'm sure she's not exactly worried that she will run out of money; or even her children's children!
    • Kurisuto, on 12/31/2007, -2/+0When pigs can fly!
      ...Nah, that would be too easy since it's all about magic. -__-
    • Protoss, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5Milking it? She just wants to expand the story. She built a universe, and wants to write more about it.
      • Jugalator, on 12/31/2007, -4/+3Yeah, and I suppose she'll donate the revenue to charities too. ;-)
        • JamesMorris, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3She has a charity trust, and shes not milking it, the fans want it...
  • maretten, on 12/31/2007, -15/+8Harry Potter and the Silly Penis
  • seldon452, on 12/31/2007, -12/+4I say this as a reader of harry potter, just no. Please no.
  • evilestoreo, on 12/31/2007, -9/+3Best news all week. I really hope she does write another, even if Harry's not a main character, it could at least be in the Potter Universe. I just finished rereading Deathly Hallows the other night... ITS SO INSANELY GOOD
    • seldon452, on 12/31/2007, -9/+4No, its really not. I mean, sure its good for a comfort read but I would not say its really good. Read George Orwell or Mark Twain or Tolstoy or Cervantes. Those are great writers with great books. Harry Potter is ***** compared to their books.
      • Firehed, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8I've read Twain, and I think it sucks. While I love the story behind many of Orwell's books, I hate his writing style. Books, like music and art (among countless other things) are highly subjective.
      • j77j, on 12/31/2007, -2/+0I wish i could give you many more diggs for that comment.
      • evilestoreo, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3I do read literature. I read Lolita not too long ago and think its one of the greatest books ever. Sometimes its just fun to read light stuff and enjoy it rather than analysing and interpreting the themes, symbols etc continuously.
      • Skooma714, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3Hey guys, let's compare a largely children's series to books that have risen above decades and centuries of time to distinguish themselves even in the modern day.

        It's not a fair comparison, you only see the really good stuff from back in time because that's all anybody cares to carry on. This is why modern art sucks so bad in comparison to the older stuff because there is all the ***** that hasn't been forgotten yet. For every Mona Lisa there were 1000s of paintings that got thrown away in the intervening amount of time.

        Not saying HP is high literature or even all that great, but you have to have some kind of perspective.
  • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+127Harry Potter and The Midlife Crisis.
    • rolf, on 12/31/2007, -4/+1The sad thing is that he'll still will be at Hogwarts as a student.

      I never read the books, but if the movies are a fairly close adaption - I think she already dragged them out a bit. It's not so much the number of books, but that Voldemort keeps coming back... and back... and back. This kind of lack of imagination is a symptom of commercialization --- you don't want to take as many risks as a sucessful author and keep going with the tried and true formulas -- as a fan I sort of been through this with other authors primarily in the science fiction of the Dungeons & Dragons vein. That's also the reason I check up on amateur authors on fictionpress.com -- some good stuff there.

      Anyway, the best of luck to her - perhaps she can break new ground now that she felt Harry's story is told.
      • sicgamer, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4You're using the movies as a basis to judge her storytelling abilities?
        • rolf, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1I'm using the reoccuring plot of the movies (Voldemort coming back again and again) to make an observation. Is it different in her books?
        • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1What the hell- So when Sauron kept coming back, was that still poor storytelling? How about when Darth Vader wasn't killed off in the first movie?
          Come on, you're saying it's bad when the principal antagonist stays through the end? Plus, it's not like he's ever killed by Harry and was actually a "voldemort-bot".
          And there was loads of imagination, she built a whole new world!
          How the hell would Harry still be at Hogwarts when he effing graduated?
          Hey, know what you're talking about first before you sound like an idiot.
    • steelclash84, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1$40k broom and a young bitch...I mean witch.
  • iDiggIt42, on 12/31/2007, -3/+69I'd like to see this idea touched on a bit more: http://bash.org/?111338
  • blitzer, on 12/31/2007, -14/+5Harry Potter and his Midlife Crisis
    • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -5/+3Brilliant job copying me. I like the creative angle though, taking away the prescribed form of "Harry Potter and The _____", it really adds to the artistic variance of... wait a second no, you're just a douche.
      • Puppetfunk, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4That idea has been done more times than A Christmas Carol.
        • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -4/+1Oh, crap. Uh, your mom's been done more times than A Christmas Carol. You know what, just digg me down. Touche.
      • unreg, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3Not to point out the obvious but we've got about a dozen or two prior posts with the same theme.

        Guess that makes you a douche too.
        • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -3/+1Yes, I agree. There are a dozen or so posts with that say Harry Potter and His Midlife Crisis. Spot on, brilliant.

          Observe how I haven't dugg down nor placed a similar comment on those comments below me who also use the same form.
          • unreg, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1You seem unduly sensitive to your posts position in history.
          • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Well, it happens to make me right.
      • xtc46, on 12/31/2007, -3/+1according to digg it was at the same time.
        • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2According to Digg, mine was a full 2 minutes earlier. I don't get it.
          • Coffeedemon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1You both start writing at the same time. You finish and post. Person 2 is still writing . If person 2 does not refresh they will not see anything written by anyone who wrote while they were coming up with something to say. Maybe they went to pour a coffee. This means we get two of the same post (which are already redundant and overused - you would both be well served to find some new material).
  • amarketingman, on 12/31/2007, -6/+21I'm a little scared that if she writes another book it may feature a scene with Dumbledore boinking Snape
    • whahaa, on 12/31/2007, -7/+2homophobe
      • Nick519, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1people are digging you down, but your point is valid: people "scared" about such a thing are saying more about themselves than rowling. while clearly supportive of the gay community, she would never write such a thing. teenage snogging is as steamy as the potter world was ever going to get, according to her.
    • RG13, on 12/31/2007, -1/+21She said Dumbledore was gay, not a necrophiliac.
    • Hitpoint, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Dugg. For saying "boinking"
  • blitzer, on 12/31/2007, -6/+2What ever happened to going out on top?
    • Durinthal, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1That was just Dumbledore.

      ...in more ways than one.
    • Skooma714, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1He WAS on top of the school when got he got killed.
  • DjOverEZ, on 12/31/2007, -14/+3THAT LYING *****!
  • dojonz, on 12/31/2007, -13/+4Oh christ, Harry Potter is to literature what McDonald's is to fine dining.
  • gibler, on 12/31/2007, -10/+5Harry Potter and the STD clinic.
  • HimThatSpeaks, on 12/31/2007, -3/+13When you have the pleasure of finding a good writer and a great story, keep going with it. There have been so many times that I have wanted to read more and more of a story Lord of the Rings, Eragon/Eldest, Looking Glass Wars, The Dark is Rising, and then it is over. I would gladly, more than gladly dish out more money for another book that perpetuates a good story further, even if it diminishes the story that was already created. I think she was more upset with the way the fan community treats her story line and sense of ownership of her story. It is her story and I am sure she is just wanting to be free to do as she chooses and given enough time she can do as she chooses. Right now everybody, media included think they are critics and have some say in what the story is, and feel the right to criticize her decisions. She will have her freedom and she will write again because that is her love. She loves to write and she loves to write Harry Potter, it is evident in everything that she does. I think she will write more, maybe not so much Harry Potter. Maybe. I think she will though. My reason is that when you have an addiction to a creation, you must always move it forward.
    • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+8I digged you up, but Eragon sucked.
      • houndeyex, on 12/31/2007, -2/+2He's digging in the present tense, and sucking in the past!
      • ihascheezburger, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1No, but the movie was horrible. They totally butchered it.
        • HimThatSpeaks, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0I have never seen a movie killed so bad. It literally pissed me off. And of course the directors botched that movie so bad they can never do Eldest because one of the main plot elements in Eldest involves how they ended Eragon. Do not expect Eldest the movie. Aside from that, the ending in the book was way better than that crap that ended the Eragon movie. LIke they took a good idea and made it suck. I understand you have to take certain liberties from a book to make a movie marketable to the "unreading" public, but... That movie still really sucked.
    • HimThatSpeaks, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3The movie sucked hardcore but the book was adequate. It was not great but in these times of published ***** it really stood out. Eldest was awesome and sometimes a sequal to a modest book make the modest book better.
      • sixsidepentagon, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4I agree (and I actually haven't read Eldest, I might read it now if it actually makes Eragon seem better). My biggest problem was how cliche the book was.
        • HimThatSpeaks, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0The whole Star Wars / Lord of the Rings rip off. If you ever get around to reading Eldest some of it will blow you away. You will be reading it and then you will literally say to yourself "Holy *****. I cannot believe that. That is freaking crazy." Well worth it.
    • joshuabowers, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Not sure if you know, but throwing this out here anyway: there is another novel in the Looking Glass Wars series (Seeing Redd), and supposedly it shall be a trilogy later on. Also, there are, like, 5 books in the Dark is Rising series.
  • MaidenFan2358, on 12/31/2007, -14/+10The book will be about Harry in college:

    Harry Pothead and the Gravity Bong
    • gibler, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13Hmm, well the University I went to had the title "Harry Pothead gets the Philosopher stoned" as the name of its capping show.
  • 28dayslater, on 12/31/2007, -10/+8Homosexual diaries of a young Dumbledore?
    • Muligan21, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0Nah... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone (sorry I couldn't resist... lame right?)
  • stackered, on 12/31/2007, -9/+1doesn't matter - Dumbledore is gay.

    Harry Potter and the Fairy-Wizard
  • echofactor, on 12/31/2007, -8/+1Someone wants a new boat.
  • fudged71, on 12/31/2007, -9/+1bitch needs funds
  • PastorEd, on 12/31/2007, -2/+4Harry Potter and the Oppressive Mortgage Payment of a Private South Sea Island
  • Jon08CO, on 12/31/2007, -1/+27http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1tcqy_lindsay-lo ...

    this is the closet you are going to get to a Hermione nude scene
    • completerobot, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10Dugg up for the video, not for the crushing of hopes.
  • camkerr, on 12/31/2007, -3/+2diaf
  • Chairboy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+20Prequel. WWII and it's links to the sorcery world, for instance. That could be interesting. Young Dumbledore, the timing works out for his big battle...
    • ihascheezburger, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1That would be tedious to write...
  • klarthlester, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7The world is only real and alive when there are still people working with it. Sure, there are people who haven't read it, but to JK and the rest of her fans, the door is closed. Can you really blame her for wanting to open it again. She is a writer. To her, these are real people in a real world of its own. Maybe creating the stories for her is like revisiting that world and its people. Maybe she misses them as much as her fans do. Why does it have to be about the money? As I stated above, if it is well done and doesn't detract from the original series, what harm can it do? And she stated herself that she wasn't going to milk it by tacking additional content onto Harry's story. Just sit back and see what happens. Remember, this is all hypothetical until someone catches her at it. Chill.
  • LadyJanuary, on 12/31/2007, -6/+1It doesn't matter much because if it takes her as much time to decide whether to write it or not, by the time she does people will have lost interest. I sure lost interest waiting for the last couple of books to be written.
  • tlow, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9I'm not sure how many of you are Orson Scott Card fans, but I absolutely loved his Ender's Game books. Then I read the other series which takes place in the same time about a different character. If J.K. did this with the Harry Potter universe I think it would be highly successful.
    • AdaAstra, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Bean's Saga was better than Ender's Saga IMO. I don't know if I would like that concept with the HP franchise. I would like to see her talk about Harry's parents and their friends. About their fight before their unfortunate death.
    • klarthlester, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2That is a very good point. I didn't even think of that. Of course, that took place within the time line of the original books because of relativity. If JK used a side character, say Neville (who is sort of the Bean of this series, right?), it would be contemporary to whatever Harry was doing at the time, even if she didn't mention him. The Shadow quartet not only doesn't change the original storyline after they diverge, but it actually explains some things that happened between the first and second Ender books. (IIRC; it has been a couple of years since I read the new books). For JKs book to be like that, she would probably have to set it well before Harry was born. There were no gaps within the storyline to explore because the books were years in sequence. The book could be after, but it's not supposed to be another HP book, so I'm not sure who/what it would be about. Here's an idea though. What were the other schools of wizardry doing/going through during the main sequence? For a long while, you only hear about Hogwart's and its students.

      Anyway, dugg up b/c OSC has mad skills. above reply uncovered b/c I don't see why it was buried.
  • aceakm, on 12/31/2007, -2/+4Just make a central story around SIRIUS BLACK. Nuff' said.
  • whahaa, on 12/31/2007, -2/+64"Rowling, 42, admits she has 'weak moments' when she feels she will pen another novel about the boy wizard."

    yeah occasionally i too have 'weak moments' when i lose all self control and write 600 page novels. i need to get some better discipline.
    • adhiza, on 12/31/2007, -1/+0fo sho brudda!
    • klarthlester, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1What is your problem? If you are a HP hater, what are you hanging around here for? Dugg down (not that it matters....)
  • mattd, on 12/31/2007, -9/+18Talk about a media hog. First dumbledore is gay, now she _might_ make an 8th. You had your fame. Quit making up stuff and let the Harry Potter geeks get back to real life.
    • Wolfcaster, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2but i don't want to go back to real life, it's much nicer at hogwarts, minus all the killings and stuff.
  • lormahoykyd2007, on 12/31/2007, -5/+18Star Trek was cancelled after it's third year. The stars were upset, but never thought there would be anymore. She has created a culture that is growing as fast as the Trek culture did. There are fan novels starting now with the grown-up characters, there are stories of the children that were "never" told. There is no way to put the Genie back in the bottle.

    Yes money is s strong pull, but I know 4.0 college students that never read a book all the way through till Harry Potter, my daughter never read book until Harry Potter. now she reads all the time, and not friggin Hannah North Dakota. Real books, current and historical. If any book she writes about anything changes someone life I am all for it, and so what if she gets paid.
    • aupolaris, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4I couldn't agree with you more! I didn't a speak a word of English when I first moved to Canada. It made me hate reading until I finally picked up my first Harry Potter novel.
  • tjlsmith, on 12/31/2007, -2/+23She set this up. The 19 year gap at the end of the last book SCREAMS for a filler.
    • dudefaceguyman, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Yeah but knowing the outcome of, "Well no matter what 19 years later everything ends up ok" really kills any suspense she trys to build up in the 'filler'.
  • Dylson, on 12/31/2007, -3/+13WWAANNTT MMOOAAARRR!!!11
  • quez, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8I'm pretty sure this is the only time I'll digg anything from the Daily Mail.
  • FearFactory, on 12/31/2007, -2/+13Harry Potter and the Fountain of Moneyz
  • rikkdbomb, on 12/31/2007, -7/+2Yeah, I think I'll give myself 10 years to spend all my money, and by then I'll probobley be all spent on crap I don't need, and write a spin-off story about how dumbledore was a fag. That's totally controversial, and I'm popular already!
    I love money!
  • manicdvln, on 12/31/2007, -8/+4JK Rowling hints she likes money.
  • ronaldmonster, on 12/31/2007, -4/+6She'll do it. There's millions more to made, and just like Stephen King she (or her readers for that matter) won't know when to stop.
    • specialK16, on 12/31/2007, -3/+2You are comparing J.K Rowling with Stephen King?
      • ronaldmonster, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1I believe I am. Ahitty books that sell millions with a cult following to boot.
  • 2point71, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1WHAT WHAT OMG WHAT WHAT?
    that was my first reaction.
  • absurdist, on 12/31/2007, -4/+3Harry Potter and the Amazing Cash Cow?
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