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J. K. Rowling says good bye to Harry Potter

jkrowling.com — Rowling says the last book in the series, 'Deathly Hallows' is her favourite, and that she is simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric.

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  • Jonjonr6, on 10/12/2007, -28/+96I can't wait until all the movies come out, so I can be done with Harry Potter too!
    • daRoach, on 10/12/2007, -212/+9Spoiler Alert:






































































      Snape likes Dumbledore.
    • sphinx13, on 10/12/2007, -10/+137That site burns my eyes.
    • izaic3, on 10/12/2007, -130/+7Snape kills Dumbledore in the 6th book.




















      Spoiler Alert: ... wait a second, oops.
    • mickeyknoxxx, on 10/12/2007, -27/+5@sphinx13

      yellow on Black?

      "Amateur."
    • ryodoan, on 10/12/2007, -25/+84You would think that with all the money she has made she could hire a website designer.
    • NiGHTSChao, on 10/12/2007, -18/+1-edit- Ack, I hit the reply button by mistake
    • Gordin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+76@ ryodoan
      http://www.jkrowling.com/en/ is the "real" version of her site. This is just the text-only version but as you can't link to individual articles in the flash version most links point to the text-only one.
    • knuckles, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16You are viewing the text only version (which does leave traces of burn-in on the retina). The professionaly done site and comment can be found here:

      http://www.jkrowling.com/en/index.cfm
    • mickeyknoxxx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@sphinx

      The comment above getting dugg down, wasn't meant like that,.

      I was reffering to web designer being an amateur. I was agreeing with you. I was the first person to digg you up.

      oops. lol

      God I wish you could delete posts.
    • kingkilr, on 10/12/2007, -12/+8"You'll never make any money out of children's books, JO. Keep your real job."

      Editer to J.K. Rowling

      . . .moron
    • ipodsweatshop, on 10/12/2007, -24/+2"Author" steal characters, makes a ton of money, pretends to be sad.

      BTW, you all know these are kids books right? I have no problem with anyone reading anything they want, just don't be that adult who thinks they accomplished something by reading a Harry Potter book because it has a lot of pages. We have a special name for people like that: 'mericans.
    • terrab0t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I guess this is a lesson in accessibility. You can make a lovely flash app to show off to your visitors, but nobody will be able to link directly to anything within it, so it will eventually become obscure and other people writing about you will become the definitive sources on you.

      If you make a text-only version of your contents for link purposes, it will become the definitive set of pages on your site. Eventually nobody will see your flash app and they will not browse around your site because they will think it's ugly.

      The answer is to make the accessible HTML version of your site attractive and maybe don't even bother with the flash version in the first place.
    • EatingPie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7She has actually discussed her mixed feelings about finishing the series before. While not terrible attractive, her "blog" has been a very good source of information straight from the source. (Never buy a "signed" J.K. Rowling book on E-Bay!).

      She has said she's considering ONE additional book... but don't get too excited. A Harry Potter Encyclopedia. I believe she mentioned it would likely contain notes and backstory that never made it in to the series. Why Hermione's cat is so intelligent, for example, is never really explained in the books.

      She also said that if she does write an encyclopedia, she will likely donate its earnings to charity. Very commendable IMHO, as it will sell well, and probably continuously.

      -Pie
    • palmer, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2The title makes no sense. "Hallow" isn't a noun; it's a verb. So how can you have multiple of it, and how can those multiples be "deathly"?

      The books are well crafted and entertaining, but occasionally poor editing takes you out of the story. And this title is erroneous.
    • stormgren, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@palmer

      Three words:
      "All Hallows Eve"
    • MatthewWilkes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5hallow (plural hallows)

      1. (archaic) a holy person, a saint
      * All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").
    • MacsBaine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@palmer:

      'The title makes no sense. "Hallow" isn't a noun; it's a verb. So how can you have multiple of it, and how can those multiples be "deathly"?'

      My understanding in that Britain the word Hallows can be used as a noun to refer to saints, gods or objects relating to them. You can find clarification here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows#The_meaning_of_.22Hallows.22
    • cwl157, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1yea that site sucks
    • stardustwd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Do you really think the designer thought the yellow and black looked good? Or could it be that their knowledge of cognitive accessibilities is better than yours and the colour scheme and large fonts helps the visually impaired?
    • noreturn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1While I do love the series and think that Rowling is an incredible writer, every interview I've ever heard or read, every encounter I've seen in the news has left me feeling that she's incredibly pretentious and takes herself too seriously. Sure, she's a great author, but when it comes down to it, it's only an entertaining book.
    • missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2For all of you who say that yellow on black is for contrast, and it's better for blind people: Uhhhhh, no. White and black give you the best contrast possible.
    • mrtorok, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"YOU BITCH!"
  • Easty, on 10/12/2007, -24/+11She was later seen retiring to her castle made of the souls of little children, platinum, virgins blood and Van Gogh paintings.
  • shertzerj, on 10/12/2007, -3/+49It's been a great book series, I'm definitely looking forward to it (although a little sad that there won't be any more, as well).
    • rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -13/+7I'm hoping for more stories in the same universe...
      Perhaps some stories on James & Lily?
      Maybe some Snape chronicles?
      Sirius?
      Hell, Dobby??
      Something...please?!
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5@rstarr

      One word:

      Fanfic
    • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I was hoping for a spinoff series with Harry, Ron and Hermione as grownup aurors but I don't think it would be as appealing or fun.
    • deucer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I wonder if she'll take the George Lucas route and in 20+ years decide to write or finish some prequels/sequels. Only time will tell...
    • Ellsass, on 11/05/2008, -1/+2Or the whole 7 years told from another character's point of view, such as Snape's or Draco's.
    • noreturn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You know you're a TV nerd when you see "James and Lily" and instantly think Lost's Sawyer and Lily Evangeline.
    • idigital, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ deucer

      You mean take the George Lucas route and claim that it had always been a series of nine stories that had been planned from the beginning and yada yada, then polish it all off with three new stories that come before the original stories and introduce flaws that weren't there originally and then make a tv series. R2D2 can fly? O...k... Actually maybe this will eventuate when that "harry potter encyclopedia" is fleshed out.
  • jamt9000, on 10/12/2007, -8/+118Of course, we're more interested in another character *cough* http://www.jungstars.net/jungstars/emma-watson/galerie/21-emma-watson.jpg *cough*
    • DurkaMcDurk, on 10/12/2007, -31/+4mmmm she sure has grown up...

      gasm
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+115This moment of pedophile lust brought to you by jamt9000.
    • jamt9000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+86Well, she is actually older than me
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+42Pics of your mom, stat.
    • elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28You know.. it's not really pedophilia once they've past puberty. As a 17 year old myself, oggling a 16 year old really isn't pedophilia at all.
    • etandrib, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23It may be in Georgia. Tread carefully.
    • MatthewWilkes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25Of course, in the UK the age of consent is 16. Therefore I can say I'd do terrible things to her.


      And she'd love it, the dirty minx.
    • truegodofwar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1It's Hebephile not pedophile. Replace that word with witch and you have an excellent analogy of the world today. If you are going to start and angry mob and call me ppl names at least use the right ones.
    • litlem17, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"Of course, we're more interested in another character *cough* http://www.jungstars.net/jungstars/emma-watson/galerie/21-emma-watson.jpg *cough* "

      that picture looks reminds me of the show heroes. i dont know.
  • Paroparo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17It's always respectable when an author has the proverbial balls to kill of a favorite character, not to mention a veritable gold mine. Then again I hear she's well off enough to do stuff like this nowadays.
    • anymir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What makes you think she's going to kill him?
  • meshman, on 10/12/2007, -5/+71If my big star started banging horses I'd abandon the series too. ;)
  • mrdebonair, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I am simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric as well. :-/
    Twas a good series. Saying goodbye to good trilogies and series is always tough.
    • undergrace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Except "trilogies" implies there are only 3... You were correct the first time calling it a "series" :)

      7 is the number of Completeness in literature, so I'm glad she never planned to write past a seventh book. C.S. Lewis did the same with The Chronicles of Narnia. Very few authors have the guts to dedicate seven books to the same story, so she should be commended for that. You're correct, twas (and is!) a VERY good series.
    • undergrace, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Digg that first one down, I noticed you mentioned "series" again, and then the editing box timed out... this was my REAL comment:

      You're correct, twas (and is!) a VERY good series.

      7 is the number of Completeness in literature, so I'm glad she never planned to write past a seventh book. C.S. Lewis did the same with The Chronicles of Narnia. Very few authors have the guts to dedicate seven books to the same story, so she should be commended for that. Seems like the best literature comes from Britain :)
  • naio21, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10It remembers me "Misery" from Stephen King...
    • DurkaMcDurk, on 10/12/2007, -16/+5the book misery remembers you? that's amazing!
  • flashboy131, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5all that money you'd think she could get a better site designed for her.
    • izaic3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15That's the text version of her site, the flash version is actually pretty cool.
    • monosyth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12still. i didn't even realize it was her site until you mentioned it. i just thought it was some gawdawful fansite. seriously, my eyes!
  • Bikil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I have loved the Harry Potter journey and am sad, but am happy to see it come to a conclusion at the same time.

    It will be interesting to see if she writes something NON-HP and how that is.
    • tygut1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I would expect to see some non-HP stuff from her. She has already said that she has many short stories and ideas that are unpublished and could easily be expanded into novels.
  • mizzouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Harry Potter will definitely be missed. However, it's a good choice to end now, as opposed to releasing more books to continue the story that could potentially damage the quality of what she has already written (about 800 corny sequels to good movies come to mind).
    • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+76What's wrong with Harry Potter 16: Wizards in Space?
    • endersadvocate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who's to say that harry potter 9: harry jumps the shark


      wouldnt be the best of the series?!
  • doocefan, on 10/12/2007, -11/+14This saddens me so. I'm a fan. I want a Harry Potter Wedding! I want to play Hermione. Now if only my boyfriend didn't look like Hagrid :(
  • btgoss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6oh Graystache
  • trer, on 10/12/2007, -21/+5Luke Skywalker pwns Harry Potter in the realm of fairy tales.
    • bluebonics, on 10/12/2007, -22/+4lord of the rings "pwns" everything in the realm of everything :P
    • bluebonics, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2seriously, i don't know who dugg me down or why, but lay off the potter books and go read a real book (lord of the rings) and learn what fantasy is all about. (ok, so the potter books are good too, but without tolkien there would be no rowling)
    • Gordin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15The Lord of the Rings is definitely great but I get why some might not like it. Not everyone likes to read pages of poems/songs which have nothing to do with the main storyline.
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Tolkien was hardcore. He pretty much devoted the entirety of his life to creating that entire universe surrounding The Lord of the Rings. It's amazing literature, but I'll admit, the average vocabulary, imagination, and attention span of the average American isn't enough to truly appreciate it. The hundreds of pages in which Legolas and Gimli ride around aimlessly in Rohan for no particular reason were pretty painful to read for me. What's amazing is that there's so much more to that universe that Tolkien created beyond Lord of the Rings that most people will never see.
  • tobsterius, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42The euphoria must come when she recieves the royality check from the publisher.
    • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25The euphoria is caused when you close her webpage and your eyes stop bleeding.
    • noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -11/+17Oh noes, an author making money off of her work.

      She can't be happy to have created something millions of people enjoyed?
    • tobsterius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25You seemed to have misread my comment.. I was trying to be a little humorous. I apologize. I swear, I won't do it again.
    • noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1You comment contained no mention of humor... we need to revise the english language specification to include the [joke][/joke] tags.
    • undergrace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6JK Rowling is one of the most financially generous billionaires in the world. She was a dirt-poor single mother going to coffee shops to write the first drafts of Harry Potter because she couldn't afford to heat her apartment and she didn't want her baby to freeze. She had nothing, and she hasn't forgotten what that is like. She's already written 2 books for charity ("Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through the Ages") - she took the popularity of Harry Potter and expounded on it for kids in need. If you occasionally read fansites as I do to keep up with HP news there are constantly stories about her making "generous donations" to various childrens literacy and battered women's groups. She doesn't even allow the organizations to publicize how much she gives them - she doesn't want the attention. I think it's wonderful how humble and generous she is. She's a testament to the notion that people *can* use their wealth to help the world. There's very little of that being reported nowadays. So instead of comments insinuating that she's this greedy woman rolling around in her money, do a little research on where her money actually goes. You'd be surprised.
  • bryan4, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1I'm willing to bet that most of the story(either false or true) will be leaked on digg. So i'm excited to see what us diggers can come up with in the next few months.
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7I read an advance copy.

      It turns out the prophesy was about Neville, who was "Marked" by Voldemort when his parents were tortured into insanity.

      Potter dies saving Ginny, and Neville kills Voldemort.

      Snape is, of course, a double agent who's been playing both sites. The thing is, he isn't really loyal to anyone. Ron kills him, as it was Snape who tried to kill Ginny.

      None of the characters find this out, but the reader learns, that Dumbeldore trusted Snape because Snape took an "Unbreakable Vow" to never try to Kill Harry Potter. Killing Potter doesn't violate that vow, because he was trying to kill Ginny.
    • SEMW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Halleyscomet: fanfic != canon.
    • Ellsass, on 11/05/2008, -1/+1(just speculation)
      Snape sacrifices himself to save Harry so that Harry can kill Voldemort.

      Harry = Luke Skywalker (hero who finds out late that he has powers)
      Snape = Darth Vader (bad guy, but ultimately good enough at heart to redeem himself)
      Voldemort = Emporer (big bad boss)
      Dumbledore = Obi Wan (teacher who dies too soon at the hand of the thought-to-be enemy, before his apprentice thinks he has learned enough to go on)
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Vader was the only real good guy in Star Wars. He kicked ass.
  • thejwac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Here is my theory for Deathly Hallows so possible SPOILER alert:

    One of the horcruxes is hidden at Hogwarts in the caved in secret passage shown on the Marauder's Map. The only secret entrance out of the school that the Weasley twins never used couldn't have been caved in at the time of the Map's creation because it is shown as being usable. This means that some time within the years after the Marauders were at Hogwarts through the twins discovery of the map, something significant enough happened to cause a cave in. Rowling never brings up details like this without expanding on them or coming back to them at some point...
    • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15My theory:

      Horcruxes require a murder to create and are supposed to be special murders. The last murder Voldemort committed before vanishing was going to be the prophesied child who could defeat him. Horcruxes can also be alive, like Nagini the snake. Hence, Harry is the final horcrux and must destroy himself in order to save the world from Voldemort.
    • dextroz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Hence, Harry is the final horcrux and must destroy himself in order to save the world from Voldemort"

      Sounds a lot like Terminator 2 where Arnie had to take the dip in to the smelting pot himself to kill the last 'remnant' of mercury boy.
    • saska, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9My pedestrian theory is that with the death of Voldemort, whose power was transferred to Harry upon the death of his mother, Harry loses his own powers and becomes an accountant.
    • undergrace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ SkeletaLlama

      From what I understand in the books there is a spell to be performed right before or immediately after the murder to actually *create* a Horcrux... otherwise every murder would produce one. Clearly Voldemort had no way of accessing Harry before that night at Godric's Hollow and when the spell backfired he was instantaneously reduced to "a vapor, a mist, a shadow" (loosely paraphrased). He could not even hold a wand, so logically he could not have turned Harry into a Horcrux after he attacked Harry. As I'm writing this though... I'm thinking about the time between his mother's death and his attack. I guess theoretically Voldemort *could* have taken the death of Lily and used it to turn Harry into a Horcrux before attacking Harry. I guess we have no real way of knowing how much time elapsed before the Wizarding community became aware of Voldemort's demise. However, it would be incredibly silly to create a Horcrux and then attempt to destroy it yourself. But I don't feel like deleting all that :) My assumption is that the death of Lily wasn't significant enough for Voldemort to want to use it to create his seventh Horcrux... he would have been holding out for Harry. And since he was "defeated" that fateful night, he would not have been able to create another one until his "revival" in Goblet of Fire. And he, personally, hasn't done much killing since his return; it's mainly been his Death Eaters causing all the fatalities. I highly doubt Amelia Bones meant that much to him. So I would hedge a guess that maybe he never succeeded in making his Final Horcrux... maybe he's STILL saving it for when he defeats Harry?! So much to think about!
  • jaxshores, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2She may be bloody brilliant, but she's not humble about it.
  • elck03, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1www.artdungeon.net
  • MicheBel, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Well, the real question here is why hasn't Kevin Rose READ even one of these books yet? ;-)
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8So Alex has something to read him when he tucks him in at night.
  • cffury13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4i cannot wait for this, but i guess its a bad thing. always sad to see the ends of a series, but i wonder if jk will continue writing and if she will do any good in any other series
  • NiGHTSChao, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I think Harry might die, just to follow some sort of "tragic hero" kinda o' death (note: Don't digg me down just because I didnt use the "tragic hero" term right, I said "kinda")
  • imanihilist, on 10/12/2007, -24/+1It's already been leaked.

    HARRY POTTER DIES








    ***SPOILER ALERT***
    • mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Kind of defeats the purpose of going through school if he eventually dies doesnt it?
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Then why did you go through school?
    • n00bst3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Your right, I mean, everyone knows when they're going to die and all.
  • dnields, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Its about time. I never saw what the big deal was with Harry Potter. The books were okay and all, but nothing special.
    And I never saw the correlation to works by masters like Tokein and Lewis that the masses seemed to have made.
    • bluebonics, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2tolkien i'll agree with, but lewis has nothing or j.r.r
  • Disease, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2About time
  • Unclekoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Is this the one where his wang finally breaks?
  • Lostangel, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5Just thought I'd post and say why the site looks as crummy as it does. (this could be entirely wrong, but this is the story I've heard in the web industry)

    She paid a gross amount of money to Adobe/Macromedia and a flash firm to develop a usability friendly flash website. I believe the guesstimate for the price was around $1.7 million for the flash site. Once it was complete or near complete they came to the conclusion that they would never be able to make it completely accessible nor SEO compliant in it's flash state. Since there was no more money left in the contract and they still had to be able to work with screen readers and search engines etc. they built a purely text based site to satisfy the accessibility requirements of the contract.

    To me it just goes to show why you should never build an entire site in flash and instead use HTML to deliver flash as media nuggets like http://www.hellgatelondon.com/. It's WAY to expensive and the end result isn't even that great to use. For instance I constantly use the text site to find news, as it takes much to long to navigate the ridiculous interface they built in flash for the main site. And as this news article proves, it's impossible to link to the interior content within the flash site as well.
  • Alexandrian, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0After years of writing crap, is understandable why she's so euphoric!

    Thanks god there's not going to be another Harry Pothead book!
  • lolsmiff, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4J.K. Rowling is a girl?
  • loganhid, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0freeedom
  • foxmajik, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1File this with the "last Star Trek movie" and "last Star Wars Movie" claims.
  • bourneagain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Bonus points for linking to the text only version so we don't kill the site.
  • MaximegalonInfo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0I hope something cool happens, like a red herring that makes you think Prof. Snape is the bad guy. When, in reality he's actually helping Harry Potter. Oh, and a twist at the end! Perhaps Harry Potter could save Hoggwarts? That would be cool.
  • guitarromantic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I thought this was a Maddox page for a minute, crazy.
  • gutistg, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2J. K. Rowling need to simultaneously stfu and die.
  • saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5For those seeking something in the realm of Potter to read -- for yourself or with your children -- I recommend you pick up Susan Coopers "The Dark is Rising" series when Harry's all said and done. For older kids and adults, Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy is high on that list too.
    • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'd second the His Dark Materials trilogy for teens or adults. It's one of the few fantasy series I feel was worth reading a second time. They're working on a movie of it too, hopefully it will be able to capture the unique oddity of Pullman's imagination without coming off as hokey.
    • Lilitou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Seconding the recommendations for both of those series. Wonderful books, even if you're not a kid anymore.
    • saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@SkeletalLlama: The film adaptation of "His Dark Materials" is going to be junk, I promise you.

      1. It isn't animated, which is frankly the only way to deal with the fantasy world and all the talking, shapeshifting animals that won't scream "***** CGI."
      2. Tom Stoppard wrote the original draft of the script for "The Golden Compass," but he walked out on the project when the film production company decided they wanted to scrub the story of all references to God and religion.

      My two cents: Hayao Miyazaki ought to get the rights to it.
    • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@saska, that's a shame. Scrubbing HDM of references to God would be like removing wizards from Harry Potter. Certainly HDM's concept of god might cause a Davinci Code-like backlash but since when was that bad for sales?
  • Tarnum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The million dollar question: Will Harry finally grow a backbone or a deux ex machina will intervene?
  • cajungator2, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2now that Harry Potter is over back to living in a car you go J. K. Rowling
  • sebnukem, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6I don't understand why Harry Potter is so successful. I had the feeling I was the only person in the world who didn't read Harry Potter so I started reading Harry Potter to be a good Earthling. Well I had the impression to read the same young adult book over and over. I gave up in the middle of the 3rd book.

    I can digg me down now. I confessed.

    +Edit: Harry Potter is also a loser, which doesn't help.
    • seany231, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2JK Rowling has said that she writes for her kids, so each book she writes progresses up a reading level or so because she usually tries to keep them on the same track with her kids. So yes, the first few book are childish, but as the books advance so does the reading level
  • jpop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I imagine that if the money starts getting slim, that we'll have future books, at the very least in the Potter universe... I wouldn't blame her for taking a few years off though, to avoid burnout.
    • missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Somehow, I doubt the money's going to start getting slim. She's a billionaire, and that's a lot of money even if you give away a lot.
  • cajungator2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2digg me down but what else is she going to write? Soduko books?
  • blizzardice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Her next series......A stapler dragon.
  • blizzardice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Its true.
  • tarellel, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Only one possible outcome...Harry Potter Dies!
    And after another year of Harry Potter hype, we'll be done with this crap forever.
  • aserer511, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No...harry just completes his quest and leaves the magic world
    • bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2harry dresden > harry potter

      and i mean the original not the watered down sci-fi ***** version
  • DEADLYNITESHADE, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0why is it with you lames HARRY MUST DIE? if your that sick of the story, get over it!
    go back too playing with you G.I.-DON'T KNOW DOLLS and leave it alone!
    do any of you BUTT PIRATES really think that ROWLING would come all this way without a positive ending for HARRY? then you don't know WITCHES.
    maybe an ambiguous ending, but hey that's life... as a prosecutor, I'm all too familiar with the theme.
    get over yourselves, losers.
  • MalDON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Am I the only one who couldn't stand Happy Potter?
  • Jakerius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If JK Rowling doesn't want to stop writing Harry Potter, then why will she? It seems like she's deliberately making herself miserable...
    What's she going to do after? If she isn't happy with Harry Potter, and she CLEARLY isn't happy with the hundreds of millions of dollars it has brought her, who is seriously going to buy a different JK Rowling book? She set the bar so high with Harry Potter, she'll never write something better.
  • has2k1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Haven't read the article and I have no time for a childrens book. I can't wait for the movie.
  • chetanw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think she forgot that Harry Potter is after all a fictional character. I found nothing worth reading in that diary entry. No digg.
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