Two main characters perish in Rowling's final Potter book

[SoCalBronco]

Harry Potter may perish in last book, author hints
Jun 26 7:24 PM US/Eastern
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Harry Potter may perish in the final installment of the boy wizard series in which two main characters die, author J.K. Rowling hinted in a television interview.

Speaking on Monday evening, Joanne Kathleen Rowling, 40, said she was well on the way to finishing the eagerly-awaited seventh Potter book.



"I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I've known exactly how the series is going to end," she told a chat show on Channel 4 television.

"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," Rowling 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."

Asked whether one of the casualties would be Potter himself, Rowling said she had never been tempted to kill off the magician before the finale.

At the same time, she added: "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. So it will end with me and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."

The author said she did not want to commit herself either way on Potter's fate, telling interviewers Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan: "I don't want the hate mail, apart from anything else."

Speaking of her life as a famous writer, Rowling admitted to having been in denial during the unprecedented success of her first three books on the adventures of Potter and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"That's where my reputation for being po-faced comes from. I was like a rabbit caught in the headlights," she said.

Rowling, who shot to fame from humble roots, also revealed that she still writes in cafes and based the character of Potter's good friend Hermione on a combination of herself and her sister when they were young.

As for the future after Potter, Rowling said: "I don't think I'm ever going to have anything like Harry again. You just get one like Harry."

The first six books in the series have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide and been translated into 63 languages.

The first four have also been made into blockbuster movies.

The seventh novel is reportedly due to be published next year at the earliest.


http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/26/060626232443.lhc6qc94.html

[-Slap-]

Say it ain't so.

[Pezman]

Ok, I'm guilty. I've never seen a stitch of celluloid on film nor read one iota of Harry Potter books. Is that following like the Anne Rice thing? Guess I must be missing out or something.

[Kaylore]

I'm willing to bet that Harry and Voldemorte both kick the bucket. Either that or Harry, Snape and Voldemorte.

[SoCalBronco]

I'm willing to bet that Harry and Voldemorte both kick the bucket. Either that or Harry, Snape and Voldemorte.

I've always found it disturbing that Bob's real name- "Clayton" can be made out using letters from only the following words:

Voldemort

Lucius Malfoy

Satan

[Taco John]

I liked the Vampire Chronicles, until it started turning into a story about having gay sex with vampires. I'm not too interested in romance novels, and that's what it turned into. And then when the book about Armand came out, I could only get so far before I was utterly repulsed by the whole series. I can't even look at the book The Vampire Lestat the same, and I loved that book the first time around.

[Pezman]

I liked the Vampire Chronicles, until it started turning into a story about having gay sex with vampires. I'm not too interested in romance novels, and that's what it turned into. And then when the book about Armand came out, I could only get so far before I was utterly repulsed by the whole series. I can't even look at the book The Vampire Lestat the same, and I loved that book the first time around.

First of all... about the siggy Ha! Classic bro..

As for Anne Rice, from what I remember, wasnt she that author who always wanted to off herself after writing one of her books? Freaking eccentric types man... I'm not suprised her material turned gay like that. I have a feeling that the Harry Potter author isnt quite as bad.

[Taco John]

She was subtle about it in the beginning... You know... Fellas with deep passion who happened to really enjoy eachother's friendship and company. But then came The Tale of the Body Thief, and things started to get pretty squeemy (not a real word) when reading it.

I'd still reccommend The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned to anyone. Those two books back to back made for some entertaining Summer nights back in 95 (living in a house with no cable).

[Kaylore]

She was subtle about it in the beginning... You know... Fellas with deep passion who happened to really enjoy eachother's friendship and company. But then came The Tale of the Body Thief, and things started to get pretty squeemy (not a real word) when reading it.

I'd still reccommend The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned to anyone. Those two books back to back made for some entertaining Summer nights back in 95 (living in a house with no cable). My boss is gay and he loves the books. He pretty much told me that it's the gay love scenes. Whatever raises your flag, I guess.

[Kaylore]

I've always found it disturbing that Bob's real name- "Clayton" can be made out using letters from only the following words:

Voldemort

Lucius Malfoy

Satan
:~ohyah!:

[Ray Finkle]

She was subtle about it in the beginning... You know... Fellas with deep passion who happened to really enjoy eachother's friendship and company. But then came The Tale of the Body Thief, and things started to get pretty squeemy (not a real word) when reading it.

I'd still reccommend The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned to anyone. Those two books back to back made for some entertaining Summer nights back in 95 (living in a house with no cable).


yep, that did it for me as well....that book was man o man.....

[Pat Bowlen]

At the same time, she added: "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. So it will end with me and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."
Screw this lady.

[Arkansas Bronco]

DOesnt matter to me I dont like the Potter stuff but I bet this is just hype. 2 will die but it probably isnt going to be the main dude.

[bendog]

Snape's gotta go, though my guess is he offed Dumbledore on Dumbledore's own instructions (after Dumbledore started turning to stone from one of Voldmort's curses). I'm gonna go with Ginny finally taking the fall. She's overdue. Ron and Hermione live happily ... well, Ron will be miserable like all married sods. Harry lives on, sort of, like a broken Frodo in LOR.

[ludo21]

I admit, im a dweeb. I read the books, my name actuallly comes from a character in the 4th book.

I dont get real into it, but the books are good reads.

[Kid A]

Snape's gotta go, though my guess is he offed Dumbledore on Dumbledore's own instructions (after Dumbledore started turning to stone from one of Voldmort's curses). I'm gonna go with Ginny finally taking the fall. She's overdue. Ron and Hermione live happily ... well, Ron will be miserable like all married sods. Harry lives on, sort of, like a broken Frodo in LOR.

That sounds about right to me. I could see Hagrid and maybe mcgonagall getting killed.

[bendog]

That sounds about right to me. I could see Hagrid and maybe mcgonagall getting killed.
I can see that. I can also see Snape living, and becoming the Head of Hogworts, assuming he isn't really "a bad guy." My only guess on Ginny is that she's "obviously" the girl for Harry, and to be true to the genre, Harry cannot "live happily everafter."

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Originally Posted by SoCalBronco
At the same time, she added: "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. So it will end with me and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."


Screw this lady.
Good for her. I haven't read the books or seen the movies, but they're obviously of her own invention and she feels somewhat protective of the work. Why should her publishers and no talent heirs be allowed to piss in the gene pool she created? Just so they can keep the cash cow alive after she's gone?

[No1BroncoFan]

Good for her. I haven't read the books or seen the movies, but they're obviously of her own invention and she feels somewhat protective of the work. Why should her publishers and no talent heirs be allowed to piss in the gene pool she created? Just so they can keep the cash cow alive after she's gone?
Amen. After all, we've seen what happens when the kids try to make a living off the legacy ala Tolkein.

Ben

[No1BroncoFan]

Rowling has been hinting that Harry will die since the fourth book was released (if not earlier). Won't suprise me at all if Harry buys it.

Ben

[Old Dude]

I liked the Vampire Chronicles, until it started turning into a story about having gay sex with vampires. I'm not too interested in romance novels, and that's what it turned into. And then when the book about Armand came out, I could only get so far before I was utterly repulsed by the whole series. I can't even look at the book The Vampire Lestat the same, and I loved that book the first time around.

Actually, if anyone is interested in something Harry-Potter-esque + vampires and all that stuff, with good old fashioned pulp-butt-kicking action, I would strongly recommend The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

Bob, the Skull, is one of my favorite fictional characters.

I guess the rights have been picked up by the Sci-Fi channel, and Nicholas Cage is producing it.

[barters]

It's such big news over here right now. I just picked up the Times and it was on the front page! :o

[Crushaholic]

I watched the Sorcerer's Stone on TV, but I really don't have any interest in seeing the other movies...

[Pat Bowlen]

Good for her. I haven't read the books or seen the movies, but they're obviously of her own invention and she feels somewhat protective of the work. Why should her publishers and no talent heirs be allowed to piss in the gene pool she created? Just so they can keep the cash cow alive after she's gone?
I guess I just don't like the idea that creative control of the characters and story-line, as well as the royalties that go with them, should take precedence over the plot or even dictate whether the main character lives or dies.

[Crushaholic]

I guess I just don't like the idea that creative control of the characters and story-line, as well as the royalties that go with them, should take precedence over the plot or even dictate whether the main character lives or dies.

Read the article again, Pat. She said that she has envisioned what the end of the Harry Potter saga will be for about 16 years...

[Arkansas Bronco]

Read the article again, Pat. She said that she has envisioned what the end of the Harry Potter saga will be for about 16 years...
Hmmm maybey her thoughts were if I get rich I'm going to kill the ****er.

[Pat Bowlen]

Read the article again, Pat. She said that she has envisioned what the end of the Harry Potter saga will be for about 16 years...
She also said she could understand killing off Harry Potter so there would be no possibility for non-author sequels.

[Man-Goblin]

Hmmm maybey her thoughts were if I get rich I'm going to kill the ****er.

ROFL! Torture him Jack Bauer style, Rowling! Do it! Make him wish he never picked up a wand!

[BroncoFanCam]

Harry Potter may perish in last book, author hints
Jun 26 7:24 PM US/Eastern
Email this story

Harry Potter may perish in the final installment of the boy wizard series in which two main characters die, author J.K. Rowling hinted in a television interview.

Speaking on Monday evening, Joanne Kathleen Rowling, 40, said she was well on the way to finishing the eagerly-awaited seventh Potter book.



"I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I've known exactly how the series is going to end," she told a chat show on Channel 4 television.

"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," Rowling 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."

Asked whether one of the casualties would be Potter himself, Rowling said she had never been tempted to kill off the magician before the finale.

At the same time, she added: "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. So it will end with me and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."

The author said she did not want to commit herself either way on Potter's fate, telling interviewers Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan: "I don't want the hate mail, apart from anything else."

Speaking of her life as a famous writer, Rowling admitted to having been in denial during the unprecedented success of her first three books on the adventures of Potter and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"That's where my reputation for being po-faced comes from. I was like a rabbit caught in the headlights," she said.

Rowling, who shot to fame from humble roots, also revealed that she still writes in cafes and based the character of Potter's good friend Hermione on a combination of herself and her sister when they were young.

As for the future after Potter, Rowling said: "I don't think I'm ever going to have anything like Harry again. You just get one like Harry."

The first six books in the series have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide and been translated into 63 languages.

The first four have also been made into blockbuster movies.

The seventh novel is reportedly due to be published next year at the earliest.


http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/26/060626232443.lhc6qc94.html


Now if we could only persuade her to kill them ALL off... then we might have something.

[Arkansas Bronco]

Ha!

[GonzoLays]

What is the big deal about Harry Potter?

Is it like The Never Ending Story?

http://www.draconian.com/movie/nes1.jpg

If so, sign me up! That was a damn good movie.

[Kaylore]

I guess I just don't like the idea that creative control of the characters and story-line, as well as the royalties that go with them, should take precedence over the plot or even dictate whether the main character lives or dies. "JK Rowling has no obligation to anyone - especially her 'fans'. These characters are hers and hers alone and she would be wise to ruin them for everyone just to prove her point!"
http://www.starwars-union.de/hinterdenkulissen/diemacher/lucas/bilder/lucas2.jpg

[No1BroncoFan]

I've always found it unsettling that people can actually get upset enough about the death of a fictional character to actually call the author out.

When Cedric Diggory was killed I got upset. Not at Rowling, but at Voldemort. When Dumbledore was killed I again got upset. Again not at Rowling, but at Snape and Voldemort. The only thing I get upset at an author for is bad story. Not bad writing. Some very good stories have been written by bad writers. Bad story is the second gravest sin an author can make. The gravest is changing the outcome of they story to satisfy the fans. An author must remain true to their story! If Potter dies, so be it.

Ben

[Bronco Billy]

75 more days 'til kickoff!!!

[Kid A]

What is the big deal about Harry Potter?

Is it like The Never Ending Story?

http://www.draconian.com/movie/nes1.jpg

If so, sign me up! That was a damn good movie.

haha that brings back some memories. thos movies were crazy, but no, not very much like Harry Potter.

[SoCalBronco]

I'm sorry Bob, but your not going to be featured in the final Potter book.

I'm pretty sure Ms. Rowling is financially savvy enough to realize that there is no market for a Harry Potter and the 24 year old virgin

[No1BroncoFan]

I'm pretty sure Ms. Rowling is financially savvy enough to realize that there is no market for a Harry Potter and the 24 year old virgin
Hilarious!

Ben

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Haven't read the books but my kids have read them all at least 3-4 times each. I have seen all of the movies. Can't kill Hermoinie - She's going to be the next Bette Davis.

[listopencil]

I haven't read the books but I've seen all the movies with my kids. I purchased the first five books as a set fotr my daughter and she really liked them. I'm glad I did-I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Lexile system but it rates books on a scale of complexity and my daughter is way up there for her age. The Harry Potter books score really well on the Lexile list and it's hard to find stuff that is at her reading level but is also age appropriate. I'll be getting more of them soon, her 11th birthday is coming up in July.

[Taco John]

I get a kick out of grown people talking about characters named "Dumbledore."

[Bob's your Information Minister]

I've always found it disturbing that Bob's real name- "Clayton" can be made out using letters from only the following words:

Voldemort

Lucius Malfoy

Satan

Sweet.

[Bob's your Information Minister]

By the way, I LOVE Harry Potter. I had only seen the movies until a few months ago...I read all six books in about a month...
























.........I'm never getting laid.

[SoCalBronco]

.........I'm never getting laid.

I don't think that was ever in dispute.

[Clockwork Orange]

I've always found it disturbing that Bob's real name- "Clayton" can be made out using letters from only the following words:

Voldemort

Lucius Malfoy

Satan

Yes, but you can do the same with the words:

Elton John

Ryan Seacrest

Liberace

[Arkansas Bronco]

.........I'm never getting laid.
Save up your allowance and you may find a desprate hooker, who knows....

[Cool Breeze]

Ginny and Hagrid are toast.