JK Rowling Drops Hints of Possible Sequel for Potter Fans

by Avid Reader on January 3, 2008

in Avid Musings

British nov­el­ist, JK Rowl­ing ended her Harry Pot­ter series…or did she? In her inter­view with Time mag­a­zine, she hinted that there might be a 8th Pot­ter book but Harry wouldn’t be the cen­tral character. After 7 books, the author has her moments of “weak­ness” after hav­ing said good-bye to her char­ac­ters. Rowling’s 14 year old daugh­ter has been adding her voice to the legion of fans clam­or­ing for another Pot­ter book. Alas, harry-potter-books.jpgRowl­ing said that it would be 10 years down the road before she’d con­sider a sequel in the Pot­ter uni­verse. I’ve read only one book, Harry Pot­ter and the Pris­oner of Azk­a­ban, which remains my favorite to this day, hav­ing never read the books after it (but I plan to read them). I’ve enjoyed the films with the last one, Harry Pot­ter and the Order of the Phoenix being the weak­est film in the series for me. Rowl­ing is an excel­lent writer with a autho­r­ial voice that I enjoy very much. She is cur­rently work­ing on a polit­i­cal fairy tale for young adults and an adult novel. Maybe one of those books might blos­som into another suc­cess­ful series? Only the future and JK Rowl­ing will tell.

via [Daily Mail]

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Avid Reader January 3, 2008 at 11:22 pm

It’s com­pletely under­stand­able to want to revist these char­ac­ters since it was a huge part of her life. Who would be left to write about in the Pot­ter uni­verse? I’m look­ing for­ward to her next endeavor.

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Li January 3, 2008 at 2:33 pm

Left out ” … just because it’s been such a large part of her life” in the post above!

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Li January 3, 2008 at 2:32 pm

I saw the inter­view — when she was asked the ques­tion, there was a very very long pause before she answered “No!”. I think she would be tempted — not for the money, but just because. I think it wouldn’t be needed though, because Harry’s story is over and done with. Maybe with com­pletely dif­fer­ent char­ac­ters in the same world…

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