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AUGUST 1, 2006 at 12:53 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Various
Earlier this morning, Harry Potter author JK Rowling attended
a press conference ahead of her charity reading with Stephen King and John Irving. At the press conference Ms. Rowling commented that she will have to go through a bereavement process when finished writing the last book in the series.
On the one hand, I am going to feel sad. Harry's been an enormous part of my life and it's been a turbulent phase of my life and he was always the constant.
So there will be a sense of bereavement.
But there will also be a sense of liberation because there are pressures involved in writing something as popular.
Wonderful though it's been, I think that there will also be a certain freedom in escaping that particular part of writing Harry Potter.
When asked about the two deaths that she previously mentioned, Ms. Rowling said:
I guess some people will loathe it, some people will love it.
You can now see pictures here from the event.
Meanwhile, John Irving and Stephen King urged Ms. Rowling not to kill of Harry off in the last installment, but Rowling made no promises.
UPDATE: Veritaserum has posted the full audio of the press conference.
UPDATE II: Video of the press conference can be seen here.
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Head Boy
Points: 415
øffe-joe687½ says:
I stil hope that JKR will make more books in the same book-universe as Harry Potter.
Sorta like the Silmarilion and The Hobbit was a part of the Tolkien universe to the book-sereies:_ "the lord of the rings".
Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 12:45 PM EST
Witch
Points: 732
Dumbledores~Fave says:
I agree with Mr King and Mr Irving, KEEP HARRY ALIVE PLEASE!!!
I know it seems near impossible to stop follow ups if JK doesnt kill him off but I really dont want him to die!!
Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 4:46 PM EST
Witch
Points: 852
nejicanspin says:
Oh God I hope they don't kill off poor Harry!!1
Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 7:50 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 313
xKreacherx says:
I'm really sad about this being the end of the series. I think Harry will die, but I'm really really hoping that Snape is innocent.
Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 9:59 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2860
mad_eye muggle says:
I'm really curious about when she said some people will loathe it,some will love it.Wonder what she means by that.Maybe there's something big is gonna happen in the 7th book,sure we expect that there's something really big is going to happen coz,its the last and final book.But what is it?You really can't please everybody.
Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 11:16 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 485
The_Spectra says:
I understand. The Pressure would indeed be HUGE. With all the scrutiny placed apon her, all the worry about the media and fans... I'm sure she'd be glad that it sort of slows down, because she's now always going to be remembered as the HP author, its not really ever going to go away completely. I can tell though, that Harry is as important to Jo as he is to us, the fans which speaks volumes in my book! BRING ON HP7!!!!
T^o^P
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 12:08 AM EST
Squib
Points: 177
Werewolf Cal says:
I really hope that Im happy with the deaths at the end of the last book because if I dont I will cry, and I dont want to =[ Hurry Up Jo! Cal
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 6:21 AM EST
Squib
Points: 154
Luv_Me says:
I Have no idea if this is true but my mum said that in the papers it said that writers have been pleading her not to kill off harry! I dont know what that means but yeah i hope not but what else could happen but he cant die becuase it said that only one can live or whatever so if he dies does voldemort stay alive, but then she may never write anymore about harry and his world after the last book so he would have to specially as they were meant for younger people like children and all it would have to have some sort of happyness in the end wouldnt it?
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 7:37 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 503
Zauber says:
I wish there would be more than seven books. I cannot wait to read the seventh book.
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 1:20 PM EST
The Usual Suspect
Points: 3421
Orchid says:
I do understand how she feels. Although i dont want hp to end i still look forward to reading something else by her in the future.
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 4:51 PM EST
Student
Points: 260
Dan_N_Harryrmine9 says:
All I know is I will probably loathe it...if she killed off 2 people she didn't intend to it doesn't make me happy
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 9:57 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2465
undisputed760 says:
Well yeah i can see hwy she would be relieved. After all the questions are answered with the 7th book she wont be bombarded with speculation and questions.
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 10:31 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1049
thirsty4hp7 says:
Ok so some will loath it and some will like it hmm..well i hope it has a good ending cause i really am exciting and want to kno the title of the book so bad!
Posted Aug 6, 2006 at 11:24 PM EST
Half-Blood Princess
Points: 2875
Katie Bloom says:
Darn, nothing new yet. I guess we won't get too much more than this. I was hoping for some type of an annoucement. Oh well.
Posted Aug 7, 2006 at 7:57 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1763
hufflepuff_babe says:
When she says some people will be sad and some happy it cannot be Harry who dies. It must be Snape that dies or maybe Draco. Somebody that people would love to see go but others hate to see that happen.
Posted Aug 9, 2006 at 1:27 AM EST
Ravenclaw Mastermind
Points: 9743
Isilwen Ciryatan says:
some people will loathe it, some people will love it.
Now that's got me thinking as to who they could be. The first one that comes to mind is Snape, but maybe it's a bit too obvious to be him....
Posted Aug 12, 2006 at 7:49 AM EST
High Inquisitor
Points: 23483
KT Lady says:
Hmmmm, I'm really curious as to which people JKR is talking about when she says 'some people will loathe it, some people will love it'...HAHA! Seriously?
Posted Aug 12, 2006 at 10:23 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 31
wicked_ says:
Come on! HURRY pleaseeee i wanna to read dear mystery book 7
Posted Aug 16, 2006 at 12:48 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1251
padfoot'sgirl says:
I really hope she does more books about the HP world for charity. I know how much information she has said that she has but didn't get to use and I know all of us would love to get our hands on it!
Posted Aug 21, 2006 at 3:09 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1005
HP_obsessor says:
I went to the event, and I think that Stephen King wore the same exact thing! He didn't change his clothes???? Whatever...Anyway, Oh my gosh! About the two deaths, she said that "Some people will loathe it, Some people will love it." Woah! Who would love for Harry to die??? That means, HARRY WONT DIE!! Right????? Right.
Posted Sep 7, 2006 at 4:28 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1206
*Jinxed* says:
Wow, hadn't read this until now, but that's exciting... So this means that she will kill off someone controversial. Hmmm I think it'll be Snape. But I guess lots of people want to see him dead though, so it won't be too big a disappointment!
Posted Jan 12, 2007 at 7:15 AM EST
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