Kevin's Watch

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I would love more of Harry and the magical world. But I would be afraid of what might be produced if it was written only because of fan presure...

So would I. JKR, if the story ends with book 7, then let it end.

Y'know...with the money she has and will make with her books, she never has to do a lick of work again. Which means she'll only return to the world if she wants to. Although I'm sure people will be asking her about it for years to come.

I wonder if she will start a completely new story next. And if it will raise as much excitement after people get their hands on it and read it.

I don't think she should write anymore after this one. NO MORE POTTER BOOKS!

Well, if she could keep it fresh, I would love maybe learning more of the other schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Especially if something more serious developed between Hagrid and Madame Maxine. Can you imagine Hagrid attempting to teach Care of Magical Creatures at Beauxbatons?

Or what seems to be the inherant darkness of Durmstrang, even with the removal Karkaroff as Headmaster...

IMO, it would be distanced enough from Hogwarts and Harry to remain fresh, but familiar enough to feel like home.

Well, she's pretty much said very plainly, when the story is done, it will be done. Which basically tells me, she doesn't feel there is any story left to tell. She has said if she writes anything else in the HP world it will be school books for charity, like the Fantastical Beasts book.

She has said she is anxious to write something different, when HP is done, not sure if she meant a completely different genre, or just a completely different universe, though

Hogwarts is home to hundreds of students I don't see any problem with writing a spin-off of one of them or a lot of them... A parody site had a good name for a spin-off series called "Hogwarts Legends"
Sort of the same idea of the Star Trek and Star Wars spin-offs. As long as it doesn't involve Harry, Hermionie, Ron and the other HP cast I don't see why not?
This is a fantastic world and how it blends in with us Muggles it should continue on, irregardless of who Rowling kills off. Of course she could write in a epilogue where a deranged death-eater staggers into Hogwarts with a Muggle Nuclear Bomb and blasts it off destroying the school and everyone in it.

Nah, too much like Stephen King's The Stand.

Seafoam Understone wrote:Hogwarts is home to hundreds of students I don't see any problem with writing a spin-off of one of them or a lot of them... A parody site had a good name for a spin-off series called "Hogwarts Legends"
Sort of the same idea of the Star Trek and Star Wars spin-offs. As long as it doesn't involve Harry, Hermionie, Ron and the other HP cast I don't see why not?
This is a fantastic world and how it blends in with us Muggles it should continue on, irregardless of who Rowling kills off. Of course she could write in a epilogue where a deranged death-eater staggers into Hogwarts with a Muggle Nuclear Bomb and blasts it off destroying the school and everyone in it.

Nah, too much like Stephen King's The Stand.

The HP story is about Harry's life and fight against Voldemort, so what would be the driving force behind this "Hogwarts Legends" that would make it entertaining? You couldn't go to Hogwarts and eliminate all HP characters, unless it was set in a drastically different time frame, as many of the Professors have been there many, many years.

sindatur wrote:

Seafoam Understone wrote:Hogwarts is home to hundreds of students I don't see any problem with writing a spin-off of one of them or a lot of them... A parody site had a good name for a spin-off series called "Hogwarts Legends"
Sort of the same idea of the Star Trek and Star Wars spin-offs. As long as it doesn't involve Harry, Hermionie, Ron and the other HP cast I don't see why not?
This is a fantastic world and how it blends in with us Muggles it should continue on, irregardless of who Rowling kills off. Of course she could write in a epilogue where a deranged death-eater staggers into Hogwarts with a Muggle Nuclear Bomb and blasts it off destroying the school and everyone in it.

Nah, too much like Stephen King's The Stand.

The HP story is about Harry's life and fight against Voldemort, so what would be the driving force behind this "Hogwarts Legends" that would make it entertaining? You couldn't go to Hogwarts and eliminate all HP characters, unless it was set in a drastically different time frame, as many of the Professors have been there many, many years.

Well on the nuke I was being (or trying to be anyway) funny. You know funny? Har har har... ehh forget it.

But on the stories, well what were the driving forces behind the Rouge Leader series (STAR WARS) and Starfleet Academy (Star Trek) ? Major characters from the originals were probably mentioned at best or had a "walk-on" role to play, cameos I think they're called.

I personally can see it done. The writer in me can see it be done. Right now I want to see how the original author closes out her story of Harry and the others before picking up. At least I won't be writing about someone who supposedly died in The Deathly Hollows.

Seafoam Understone wrote:

sindatur wrote:

Seafoam Understone wrote:Hogwarts is home to hundreds of students I don't see any problem with writing a spin-off of one of them or a lot of them... A parody site had a good name for a spin-off series called "Hogwarts Legends"
Sort of the same idea of the Star Trek and Star Wars spin-offs. As long as it doesn't involve Harry, Hermionie, Ron and the other HP cast I don't see why not?
This is a fantastic world and how it blends in with us Muggles it should continue on, irregardless of who Rowling kills off. Of course she could write in a epilogue where a deranged death-eater staggers into Hogwarts with a Muggle Nuclear Bomb and blasts it off destroying the school and everyone in it.

Nah, too much like Stephen King's The Stand.

The HP story is about Harry's life and fight against Voldemort, so what would be the driving force behind this "Hogwarts Legends" that would make it entertaining? You couldn't go to Hogwarts and eliminate all HP characters, unless it was set in a drastically different time frame, as many of the Professors have been there many, many years.

Well on the nuke I was being (or trying to be anyway) funny. You know funny? Har har har... ehh forget it.

But on the stories, well what were the driving forces behind the Rouge Leader series (STAR WARS) and Starfleet Academy (Star Trek) ? Major characters from the originals were probably mentioned at best or had a "walk-on" role to play, cameos I think they're called.

I personally can see it done. The writer in me can see it be done. Right now I want to see how the original author closes out her story of Harry and the others before picking up. At least I won't be writing about someone who supposedly died in The Deathly Hollows.

Sorry, eliminate was referring to "not having the characters in the story", had nothing to do with your nuke. I don't know the Star Wars and Star trek extended universe books, I assume Star Fleet academy is exactly what it sounds like?

I would like to go back in time and end the series before it actually began. Then I wouldn't be force-fed endlees drivel every year when a new movie/book comes out. I can't explain how much I hate the whole Harry Potter concept. I tried reading the first book and was blown away at how little imagination went in to it. For a book about magicians it was surprisingly short on magic-in the figurative sense.

not only must Potter die, he must never live!

I guess everyone has an opinion.

...but even for you haters, i challenge you on this one. Name one author or series that has brought more kids to reading and literature than this one. Before HP, most kids thought reading was dumb and would rather watch TV or play on the internet, now books are cool again. There may be better authors or better stories, but certainly not more influential ones.

so reading mindless drivel is preferable to watching or playing it, eh?

Ok...first, cut the literary snob bit. Second, answer the question. Can you name someone in recent history who has influenced more children to start reading than JK Rowling?

...you can call it mindless drivel because you don't like it, that is your choice. She's not Donaldson, she's not Tolkien, she never claimed to be either.

I don't have any children of my own, but if i did, i know that i would prefer them reading something (even if i didn't think it was that good) over the tv or the net. It lets kids have an imagination, it challenges them to thick about things abstractly and actually use their minds and not have things force-fed to them.

Esmer wrote:so reading mindless drivel is preferable to watching or playing it, eh?

Have you read beyond the 3rd book? Admittedly, the first two books are very juvenile, they feature 11 and 12 year kids, and it's a magic world seen through the eyes of that 11 or 12 year old boy, who didn't grow up in that environment. By the time the 3rd book comes along, you do start seeing alot of interconnectivity to the earlier books, you start to see the mystery take shape and unfold, and the series gets darker as you go along. Sure, she doesn't use big words or write like a dictionary like in Tolkien's work, but, once you get into the story, it is very rich in foreshadowing and quite engaging.

sindatur wrote:

Esmer wrote:so reading mindless drivel is preferable to watching or playing it, eh?

Have you read beyond the 3rd book? Admittedly, the first two books are very juvenile, they feature 11 and 12 year kids, and it's a magic world seen through the eyes of that 11 or 12 year old boy, who didn't grow up in that environment. By the time the 3rd book comes along, you do start seeing alot of interconnectivity to the earlier books, you start to see the mystery take shape and unfold, and the series gets darker as you go along. Sure, she doesn't use big words or write like a dictionary like in Tolkien's work, but, once you get into the story, it is very rich in foreshadowing and quite engaging.

Well said...each book moves along in thought process and intellect as the primary character(s) do.

storm wrote:but certainly not more influential ones.

That's what pisses me off so much. You want an introduction to fantastical new worlds go read the Lord of The Rings or Dune. If you want an introduction to banality and conformity I suppose Harry Potter does the trick.

I guess everyone has an opinion.

Yer not wrong. My own personal theory is that Rowling's a government agent employed with the task of subverting the populace by dulling our natural creative enterprise. She's teaching kids to think in straight lines. Imagine how much better the world would be if SRD was as popular as Harry bloody Potter!!!!!!



And Essie---'High Five'

You confuse adults with kids. I would not let my child read SRD. Tolkien wrote in a style that could only be comprehended by the most intelligent kids. Dune, another series that is brilliant, but not something your average 12 year old can sink their teeth into.

...what's with all the high society snobbishness, i havn't seen that much on this forum. If you want to compare apples to apples, maybe compare Chronicles of Narnia to Harry Potter. The great works of fantasy fiction are not children's books, adults may like Harry Potter, but the bottom line is that she still started it out as a book for children.