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DECEMBER 7, 2005 at 9:43 AM
Posted by GERI
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
We recently
told you that Harry Potter author JK Rowling and British narrator Stephen Fry would be conducting an interview for UK radio station BBC4's Living with Harry Potter, discussing all things Potter. Now the print edition of the Radio Times has some excerpts from the program:
Fry: Is it really true that you've got it [the end of the story] all planned out?
Rowling: Yes, I do know what's going to happen in the end. And occasionally I get cold shivers when someone guesses at something that's very close, and then I panic and I think "Oh, is it very obvious?" and then someone says something that's so off the wall that I think "No, it's clearly not that obvious!"
So much that happens in [book] six relates to what happens in [book] seven. In six, although there is an ending that could be seen as definitive in one sense, you very strongly feel the plot is not over this time and it will continue. It's an odd feeling, for the first time I'm very aware that I'm finishing.
You can read the rest of the excerpts here.
The program will air on December 10th at 9 am & repeat on December 24th at 5 pm.
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Professor
Points: 1013
hpotter_gweasley says:
That's interesting to read what Jo has got to say. And it's so saaaddd that she's finishing the series soon!!!!!
At the end of book 7, she better let Harry live and not kill him off.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 5:57 PM EST
Student
Points: 290
Molinex says:
I hope she'll never say enything for the book seven! Too many people have told me a lot of things i must don't know... for example... my cousin told me before i read the Order of Phoneix that Sirius is dead... i still hate him
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 6:07 PM EST
Student
Points: 239
lor_3108 says:
I will definately have a listen to that interview. To be honest I don't wont to guess to much about book 7 -I think it spoils it if your always trying to guess whats going to heppen when you read the book.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 6:09 PM EST
Witch
Points: 739
The 4th Champion says:
Ohh I can't wait for book seven but I don't want it to end..
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 6:31 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2682
hplovergurl says:
I am really nervous as to what she has planned for the 7th book. It seems like we always try to guess what is coming, like with the other books, and she really surprises us!
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 6:58 PM EST
Witch
Points: 956
harryluvsginny! says:
Well yes. I have thought about being a writer but then when you think about it writing a series is very hard work. It is hard, more over, extemely hard not to make things obvious. JK Rowling has done a very very good job in consealing the mysteries and clues in the stories and i have to congradulate her for it. I hope that we don't make her too nervious and make her think that she is a bad "consealer" by guessing some clues and stuff right off the bat. But she shouldn't worry because we love figuring stuff out! I love analyzing her books and looking for the slightest things. That is what makes her stories more wonderful that any other book i have read! Good job JK Rowling! (i hope i haven't been rambling too much, i tend to speek my mind alot :P)
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:01 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1375
'Arry + Hermy says:
J.K. Rowling said some great things and I thought it was a cool interview! Thanks HPANA for supplying us with this!!!!
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:04 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1621
*stirmycauldron. says:
I cant get it...?? Help anyone
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:12 PM EST
Half-Blooded Fooch
Points: 2447
fooch48 says:
Its scary that someone is close, that makes me thing that its too obvious and that he's going to die. How sad.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:13 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1483
DragonTattoo says:
So...some of the ideas ARE close to what she plans...hmmmm *strokes chin* I wonder which ones...there are some pretty outrageous ones...I guess we'll have to think like her to find out.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:17 PM EST
Slytherin's Golden Locket
Points: 7863
Lady oF Shadows says:
Good interview, i have many theories for book seven, and i get butterflies just thinking about it, i hardly think i'll put the book down, i didnt put HBP down but i have a feeling book 7 has way to many secrets that we didnt know and explanations and alot of things and im soo excited and cant wait till 2007 *tears* too long!!
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:18 PM EST
Chief Auror
Points: 15502
auror_potter says:
Oh cool! I wonder what she will say about the killing off thing.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:23 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 94
JenT says:
She doesn't do much interviews now. I hope she is working hard on book 7! I really want it now, its like I'm running in an endless road seeing book 7 in the distance. I'm running towards it, but I can never reach it.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:34 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1348
~*Veela Grl *~ says:
That was a good interview. I can't wait for her to write the next book! I really want ot know how she will end it!
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:35 PM EST
Squib
Points: 127
danandme4ever says:
really wow! so cool yah! Erm... what are excerpts? (just kidding)
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:36 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 539
Emma's true fan and lover says:
Thanks Orchid, I'll definitely try that site. Imagine the look on her face if someone asks if his guess is right and it really is. Miss Jo is right, she'd panic, anyone would. I hope this convinces her to start her book before people ruin the story.
I'm out.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:38 PM EST
Mrs. Draco Malfoy
Points: 27899
Arika Granger Malfoy says:
In six, although there is an ending that could be seen as definitive in one sense, you very strongly feel the plot is not over this time and it will continue
She is right, we cannot decide whether Snape is good or bad and other stuff.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:44 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2559
TonksUSA says:
We have known that she knew the ending before the first book came out. She did the ending then wrote the series.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 7:50 PM EST
Witch
Points: 711
Mealstar25 says:
Oh My Goodness!!!! I can't wait. Everything is so exciting. I'm auctually really scared about readong the 7th book cause it means that it's the end. I'm probably going to be crying my eyes out.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:04 PM EST
Student
Points: 200
hogwarts#1boy says:
OO thats awesome!!! cool!!!
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:10 PM EST
Auror
Points: 4081
RON's all up in heRmiONe says:
She knows what is going to happen at the end of the series. We should go to her house and just stand there and chant we want to know what happens and see if she cracks. She probibly won't. She said that the sixth book related to the last one, the end mostly. Dumbledore dies, maybe someone else is going to die, perhaps Harry, lets hope not. At the end at his funeral Ron and Hermione start rubbing each other, well, who knows what they will be doing in the end of the 7th book...
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:11 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1181
ImmortalSoul says:
That was a great interview. i just want to know what happens!!!! this is killing me!!!!!! i wish i lived in England, then maybe i could hear it LIVE rather than online. or maybe dan radcliffe can come here to minnesota and marry me ;)
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:32 PM EST
Witch
Points: 534
mrs radcliffe/potter says:
I hope we can download the complete interview, but I dont want her to kill harry...no no I dont want the saga to end!! I could really read for ever and ever but I gues she wont!! Too sad for all of us Harry Potter Fans!!! * tear *
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:40 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2474
Leina D. says:
She's keeping the ending on really tight lock down. It's so suspenseful...I wonder what all the guesses have been? Hmm...i'm so eager to read the seventh already, but I don't want Harry Potter to ever end!
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:43 PM EST
Seer
Points: 15207
Brittany Radcliffe says:
oh gosh, just thinking about that someone out there is right about the ending of the HP series. someone is right about who dies and who lives...and then someone is wrong as well.
but the fate is set. now we must just wait...
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:45 PM EST
Every Flavored Bean
Points: 2890
the bean says:
I think sometimes that I know how she's going to end it because of the style she writes in...but then I don't know. I would really love to hear what she has to say. I wonder if she'll say how far she has gotten in writing the 7th book.
Posted Dec 7, 2005 at 8:50 PM EST
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