[bksvol-discuss] Re: [OT] FW: Two Characters to Die in Final Potter Book
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:11:27 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for posting this, Pratik. I prefer to be
somewhat prepared, which is why I often read the end
of a book, especially if it's one that makes me tense.
It doesn't adversely affect my pleasure in reading.
But for those who would have preferred not to know in
advance, you probably should have made your subject
line less explicit. smile
Cindy
--- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Potter heads,
>
> You might find the following interesting.
>
> Pratik
>
>
> _____
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> From: Science-Fiction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:Science-Fiction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Carole McDonnell
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:52 AM
> To: Science-Fiction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Two Characters to Die in Final Potter Book
>
>
> I think this is understandable. Plus, didn't CS
> Lewis knock off a couple of
> his characters in the Narnia series?
>
>
> LONDON (June 26) - Author J.K. Rowling said two
> characters will die in the
> last installment of her boy wizard series, and she
> hinted Harry Potter might
> not survive either.
>
> "I have never been tempted to kill him off before
> the final because I've
> always planned seven books, and I want to finish on
> seven books," Rowling
> said Monday on TV here.
>
> "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'."
>
> Rowling declined to commit herself about Harry,
> saying she doesn't want to
> receive hate mail.
>
> "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," she said.
>
> Some characters might die, but the blockbuster movie
> franchise lives on.
> Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that the fifth
> installment will be
> released in U.S. theaters, including Imax screens,
> on July 13, 2007.
>
> In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,"
> directed by David Yates, the
> teenage Harry continues to battle the evil Lord
> Voldemort (again played by
> Ralph <javascript:;> Fiennes ) and his followers.
> Daniel <javascript:;>
> Radcliffe is returning as the title character, and
> Emma <javascript:;>
> Watson and Rupert <javascript:;> Grint reprise
> their roles as Hermione
> and Ron. Oscar-nominated actress Imelda
> <javascript:;> Staunton plays the
> malicious, frumpy Professor Dolores Umbridge, who
> tortures Harry.
>
> In her Monday interview on the "Richard and Judy"
> show, Rowling said people
> are sometimes shocked to hear that she wrote the end
> of book seven before
> she had a publisher for the first book in the
> series.
>
> "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."
>
> Rowling is the richest woman in Britain - wealthier
> than even the queen -
> with a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine last
> year at more than $1
> billion.
>
> Whatever she writes next, Rowling is sure of one
> thing: It won't be as
> successful as Harry Potter.
>
> "I don't think I'm ever going to have anything like
> Harry again. You just
> get one like Harry."
>
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>
> Carole McDonnell
> The Windfollower April 2007 Juno Books
> alternate email: carole.mcdonnell (at) gmail
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