Harry Potter 7
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:43 am
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Rowling the reaper
JK Rowling reveals that she is killing off two more major characters in the seventh Potter adventure. Place your bets now...
[28 Jun 2006 1:32pm]
We knew that there would be more deaths in the Harry Potter universe ? hell, JK Rowling has said all along that book seven isn?t exactly a perfect happy ending. And while she?s been ready to off several important characters already (Sirius Black, anyone?), it looks like the finale will be even bloodier than we thought.
During an interview with prime-time telly chatdroids Richard and Judy, Rowling revealed more information about the book. "The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die," she said. "A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil here. They don't target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well, I do."
We can hear the whimpering from the Potter faithful already.
"I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, 'Well, I'm gonna kill them off because that means there can be no non-author written sequels?,? she added. ?So it will end with me, and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character."
As for when it will hit shelves, Rowling was typically vague. "The last book is not finished. But I'm well into it now. I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I've known exactly how the series is going to end."
Quit stalling and get writing, woman!
Rowling the reaper
JK Rowling reveals that she is killing off two more major characters in the seventh Potter adventure. Place your bets now...
[28 Jun 2006 1:32pm]
We knew that there would be more deaths in the Harry Potter universe ? hell, JK Rowling has said all along that book seven isn?t exactly a perfect happy ending. And while she?s been ready to off several important characters already (Sirius Black, anyone?), it looks like the finale will be even bloodier than we thought.
During an interview with prime-time telly chatdroids Richard and Judy, Rowling revealed more information about the book. "The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die," she said. "A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil here. They don't target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well, I do."
We can hear the whimpering from the Potter faithful already.
"I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, 'Well, I'm gonna kill them off because that means there can be no non-author written sequels?,? she added. ?So it will end with me, and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character."
As for when it will hit shelves, Rowling was typically vague. "The last book is not finished. But I'm well into it now. I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I've known exactly how the series is going to end."
Quit stalling and get writing, woman!