Harry Potter Sequels in the Works
After selling 8.3 million copies in the US in just 24 hours, Harry Potter 7 is billed as the “the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s magical series.” We, however, having read the novel, could not agree less with J.K. Rowling and her publisher Scholastic’s publicity-drumming campaign of artificial supply restriction. For we believe that there will be more Harry Potter novels in the future.
Now, if you haven’t finished the series yet, go away because we might ruin the ending!
A mashup of HP covers
There are two reasons that an author continues a series. One is the fun of writing the characters he’s dreamed into life. The other is money. For JK Rowling, Harry Potter offers her both opportunities, a temptation that we believe will be too hard to resist.
One of the Guardian Book blogs argues the financial point indirectly. They claim that over time the Harry Potter series will generate decreasingly exponential interest, and thus revenue. They hold out for a bright spot, but it’s true that Harry Potter is a series of big bangs and a short “long tail.”
The real indicator is that Harry Potter is still alive at the end of HP7. That last chapter, 19 years in the future, indicates that the world of Muggles and Magic still exists in basically the form it had before Voldemort emerged. The whole point of the Harry Potter series is a fight against evil, and once that evil is vanquished–as it is in HP7 without lasting consequence–the world returns to normal, fertile grounds for a sequel. After all, why introduce us to Harry and Ginny’s spawn unless you plan to develop them in the future?
This entry was posted on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 at 8:05 pm and is tagged with harry potter sequels, j k rowling, jk rowling, rowling harry potter, harry potter novels, harry and ginny, harry potter series, magical series, harry potter 7, fertile grounds, hp7, mashup, muggles, 19 years, scholastic, bangs, sequel, harry potter, restriction, temptation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback.
One Response to 'Harry Potter Sequels in the Works'
Leave a Reply
Please take time to enjoy the archives: June 2008 (2) May 2008 (1) April 2008 (1) February 2008 (1) January 2008 (3) October 2007 (2) September 2007 (1) August 2007 (3) July 2007 (4) June 2007 (3) May 2007 (2) April 2007 (5) March 2007 (3) February 2007 (3) January 2007 (1) December 2006 (3) November 2006 (4) October 2006 (1) September 2006 (3) August 2006 (2) February 2006 (3) January 2006 (2) December 2005 (3) November 2005 (2) October 2005 (4) September 2005 (1) August 2005 (5) July 2005 (4) June 2005 (1) May 2005 (3) April 2005 (8) March 2005 (8) February 2005 (8) January 2005 (11) December 2004 (6) November 2004 (6)
Fresh, related resources:
- Junie B Jones
Right now I just have the Harry Potter series but will be uploading Junie B. Jones and maybe even Spiderwick Chronicles. Before we had the iPod, we had a portable DVD player. We lugged that thing around with at least 5 different movies ... - Copycat Book List
His Dark Materials - I was loaned these books as an alternative to the devil-worshipping Harry Potter books. Ha! They were OK, but the stories were too disjointed, and I ended up not caring about the characters at all. ... - His Dark Materials
Harry Potter had more bite than this thing-which, let?s face it, is just kind of sad. But whatever. You can let your kids watch this thing without worrying that they?ll immediately become atheists, but having them get bored and wander ... - 2001 Part III
As I mentioned earlier this week, "Harry Potter I" was a decent movie, but didn't seem to have a lot of magic to it. It sure wasn't a movie I planned on revisiting with any type of regularity. Some of the early reviews of "Fellowship of ... - dating an independent woman
Harry Potter books - 7 = 10 3. His Dark Materials - 3 = 13 4. Little Women - 8 = 21 [direct sequels 3 = 16] 5. Complete Works of Shakespeare - 38 (only counting plays as books) = 59 [51] 6. The Hitch Hikerapos;s Guide to the Galaxy - 5 ...
on July 27th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Of all the books, this is -by far- the most mature depiction of Harry Potter. He doesn’t think, behave and fear like a kid anymore, he’s definitely become a good read for adults too — hence the huge number of readers.
If more Harry Potter books were to be published, the “grown-up version” of the hero would make for a whole new set of scenarios.