mailin 0 #1 August 29, 2005 I'm blaming DZ.com... over the last 18 days I have lost sleep, concentration and jumps to Harry Potter. I'm managed to read all 6 books and am now looking for more. Its like a crack fix, I need more! Must have more! *looking around the room manicly* They're so incredible - best series I've read in ages. The last one finishes in such a way that its left open for lots of room for the series to grow - can't wait to see where it goes. Thanks alot DZ.com JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 August 29, 2005 Hee. I remember that feeling - I didn't start reading them till #4 was out and I devoured them all on a two-week vacation. I then joined the rest of the world in waiting (im)patiently for the next editions...."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmittar 0 #3 August 29, 2005 I was dissapointed in the ending of the last one. Not the death(knew who it would be from basic deductive reasonging), but the other part with harry. |>.<| Seriously, W.T.F. mate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #4 August 29, 2005 That's about the time I started reading them too. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. JK Rowling is brilliant. Other books have captured me, but none like this! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #5 August 29, 2005 The first four were quite addictive and a good read... but the latest one is more of a disappointment IMHO. dunno why. But very good series though, a lot of clever plots which hook the reader in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpjunkie2004 0 #6 August 29, 2005 Imagine reading them as they came out! It was an eternity between books! I agree about the last book - it was a little disappointing. Have you seen the movies?Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #7 August 29, 2005 The last one was such a change from the other books that its bound to disappoint people who were looking for her to finish this point in the characters life. The fact that its not going to do what would be typical is really interesting me. I'm excited to see where it goes - its so open right now that I could easily see this dragging on for as many as 12 more books! I really hope another one comes out soon! I need my " 'Arry Potter" fix JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #8 August 29, 2005 QuoteThe last one was such a change from the other books that its bound to disappoint people who were looking for her to finish this point in the characters life. The fact that its not going to do what would be typical is really interesting me. I'm excited to see where it goes - its so open right now that I could easily see this dragging on for as many as 12 more books! I really hope another one comes out soon! I need my " 'Arry Potter" fix Jen I dare you to go to work dressed as Prof. Mcgonagall... Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4WayXena 0 #9 August 29, 2005 Total Harry Potter geek chiming in.... JK Rowling is going to write one more Harry Potter book and that's it. Sorry folks :^( I love those books too. I bet anyone $100,000 that Harry finds one of the horcruxes in Grimmauld Place. Kreacher's stashed it with some other Black family heirlooms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #10 August 29, 2005 I've learned to clear my schedule when a new book comes out, because frankly, if I have plans, I'll break them to read, and if I can't break them, I'll get out asap. I called in sick once for the Goblet of Fire. psst, Kirsten, I think you're right about the horcrux being in Grimmauld Place, but I think Mundungus Fletcher nicked it and fenced it... or at the very least, that will be one of the trails Harry has to follow... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #11 August 29, 2005 I view the last two as essentially the beginning of the end. A lot of questions resolved, more raised and its all leading up to Harry's final confrontation with Voldemort. Maybe if I read it as a stand alone book, I *might* have felt disappointed, but as the second to last installment of the series, I think it delivered exactly what it needed to. Could it be you are already feeling the let down of a) knowing it will be at least 2 years before the next one and b) the next one WILL be the last? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #12 August 29, 2005 QuoteJK Rowling is going to write one more Harry Potter book and that's it. Sorry folks That's not what she said in an interview I saw on TV last spring... she didn't give specifics but said that she has many ideas for continuing with the HP story line for as long as she can sustain it... I hope its true! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #13 August 29, 2005 Cool! Next tunnel camp, we'll bring DVDs and watch the movies after camp while eating every-flavor beans Quotea) knowing it will be at least 2 years before the next one The last book has already been written, so it's up to the marketing people to figure out how long before releasing it. Speculation is that it might only be one year.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #14 August 29, 2005 In more recent interviews, she says she loosk forward to completing the series and her life "post Harry Potter". When Ann Rice tried to stop writing about Lestat, she claims that "he" would not let her. Maybe Harry and company will haunt JK until she gives in and starts writing about them again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0nes 0 #15 August 29, 2005 i also enjoy Harry Potter. It's nice light reading before bed. and gmittar QuoteNot the death(knew who it would be from basic deductive reasonging ... I bet you're one of those people who is 'never suprised' in movies. "Oh yeah, I knew Bruce Willis was dead the whole time in Sixth Sense" You're so full of crap. looking back now, there is some foreshadowing early in the book regarding Dumbledore's death but to say you knew about it is B.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #16 August 29, 2005 QuoteCool! Next tunnel camp, we'll bring DVDs and watch the movies after camp while eating every-flavor beans Quotea) knowing it will be at least 2 years before the next one The last book has already been written, so it's up to the marketing people to figure out how long before releasing it. Speculation is that it might only be one year. In interviews she said she hadn't really started writing the last book, she had only started making notes. Anyway I thought this one was a good one, maybe my favorite. As to the Horcruxes I'm sure you are right. It was however mentioned in another thread or an article I read that she said she would be eager to write more books under a pen name after the HP series. She did write herself a loop hole into her earlier statement that she would write only one book per year at Hogwarts, 7, by having Harry leave school. Because he can always take a couple of books off to fight Voldemort and then go back and finish school, but I seriously doubt she will take that path. Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #17 August 29, 2005 Hey - I like that idea! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #18 August 29, 2005 I'm excited to see where it goes - its so open right now that I could easily see this dragging on for as many as 12 more books! I really hope another one comes out soon! I need my " 'Arry Potter" fix Quote Noo not another 12 !!!!!!!! Lol i see what you mean, but IMHO the Goblet of fire should have been the last one. im sure if the monet keeps raking in... so will will the books continue to be produced Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Mike111 0 #19 August 29, 2005 Erm.. i think thise two point come into it abit... but i just wish she resolved it before.. voldemort has escaped so many times and come back.. its all gets a bti repetitive IMHO. but a lot of people like it that way, just down to personal taste really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyla 0 #20 August 29, 2005 IMHO the Goblet of fire should have been the last one. There has to be 7 books for harry's 7 years at Hogwarts, saw an interview with Rowling saying she wrote the last chapter for the last book really early on so that she knew where the story was going...exciting stuff!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riddler 0 #21 August 29, 2005 QuoteIn interviews she said she hadn't really started writing the last book, she had only started making notes. Yep - you are right - got my info from a web site a few months ago, and it turned out to be rumor.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #22 August 29, 2005 Voldemort's escaped because only Harry can defeat him. And that's also why the death had to happen. Harry could not realize his full potential in the shadow of such greatness. Now he knows and understands that he is the one who must do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Mike111 0 #19 August 29, 2005 Erm.. i think thise two point come into it abit... but i just wish she resolved it before.. voldemort has escaped so many times and come back.. its all gets a bti repetitive IMHO. but a lot of people like it that way, just down to personal taste really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyla 0 #20 August 29, 2005 IMHO the Goblet of fire should have been the last one. There has to be 7 books for harry's 7 years at Hogwarts, saw an interview with Rowling saying she wrote the last chapter for the last book really early on so that she knew where the story was going...exciting stuff!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #21 August 29, 2005 QuoteIn interviews she said she hadn't really started writing the last book, she had only started making notes. Yep - you are right - got my info from a web site a few months ago, and it turned out to be rumor.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #22 August 29, 2005 Voldemort's escaped because only Harry can defeat him. And that's also why the death had to happen. Harry could not realize his full potential in the shadow of such greatness. Now he knows and understands that he is the one who must do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
