Would you read a Harry Potter book not written by J.K. Rowling?...

Rowling was talking about "fan fiction." Sometimes when there is a popular series, movie, or comic book, fans will write their own short stories or make their own art inspired by the characters. There is TONS of fan fiction revolving around Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and many other popular series. She thinks its great that kids and adults alike want to use their imaginations, it is more like someone paying tribute to the books rather than "trying to replace" Rowling if that makes any sense. I know when I was a little kid, we would make up stories about what characters from Star Wars, etc, did on their down time, etc. to amuse ourselves. We just didn't write them down. In fan fiction, you might write them and put them on your website, or in a fanclub paper, etc etc

Nah, I don't think I'll read an HP book written by somebody else...it just seems wrong, somehow, and crazy. Or maybe I'm crazy

Ya I would do so... even I have read a couple of fanfictions and I liked all of them... Some of those fan fiction I really find better than Original ones! Its Not JK Rowwling we love, Its Harry Potter we are crazy about, If some one gives a good try than he/she is most welcome!

i would live to read Hp not written by JKR but i think i may not enjoy it that well as every writer has got his own writing style and i think after reading 7 books by JKR we are typeset to that style and we may not enjoy HP by other authors none the less i may even enjoy even more it really depends on the authoe what do you think it would be like reading LOTR by some other Author

I don't think that I could read a Harry Potter book by a different author. I love the VC Andrews books - until they started using ghost writers, so I think it would be the same with the Potter series - only the original will do!

Are you sure she really said that? Maybe she was talking only about fanfictions. A HP spinoff not by Jk? It depends. If it's a spinoff that changes tath unsatisfying ending and gives more space to my favourite character (Luna -see avatar- ) I might read it.

i havent heard any of the sort happening. i have read the harry potter books and i love the movies, but i couldnt get into the "knock off" versions if i had the chance.. i don think i could any how... i for sure wouldnt waste any money on them.. thats just like making a seqeul to a movie without the survigin chracters in it...

I think I would read them if I thought they were well written. Other authors have given permission for people use their "worlds" to write books about and generally those books have been well written and stayed true to the original. I think it would be good to give them the benefit of the doubt rather than canning them without even checking them out first.

No. Before the last book came out, my husband got his hands on a bootleg copy or so he thought. I was reading it and I could just tell something wasn't right. The character names were right, the storyline was believable for a Potter book, but the writing was totally wrong. It just didn't give me the same feeling I got with a real Rowling story. I got two chapters in and knew it was a fake. I refused to read any more of it because Rowling's writing is a large part of what I love about the Potter series.

nope...harry potter is not just an ordinary book for children..although the story might seem simple but the plot and characters are quite complicated. It takes a real genius in her craft to be able to play with the readers' imagination.

have you read it ,maybe you can tell us the content about the book first.

I loved Harry Potter and like others I fell in love with the characters. Sure I would like to know more about what happens. But lets face it, if it is written by someone else, it isn't the same. The writing won't be the same, the story won't be the same. It will be more like a ghost. I have read fan fiction before, and I have read a few books that have sequels written by other people, and it just isn't the same!

yes i would...i love to read fanfictions specially the Harry/Hermione ones...lol...they are one way to know the fan's side of the story...

No I would never waste my time reading a Harry Potter spinoff and I for one am disapointed in J.K.Rowling for giving writers permission to write spinoffs.

I haven't heard about this, but to be honest even if I had of done until your discussion gladly informed me I wouldn't have been interested. I would only read books by J K Rowling because Harry is her creation and to give it to someone else to write is not the same, it has to come from the same person. I can't understand why she would want to do this, it's a crazy idea, maybe others don't agree but Harry Potter will always be J K Rowling no one else.

Why not? It would be nice to see what other fans of the book can write about. Just like the Star Wars series, there are a lot of writers who wrote sections of the stories to fill in the gaps in the movie series. Themes like the character building years of the different people in the story between semesters would be a good read. Spin offs like how Harry's father became a wizard... How Snape became so sore at life... What was Voldemort like before he turned to the dark side... Stuff like that that is not covered by the original author would be good reads if the spin offs are as exciting as the originals. I for one wouldn't mind reading if it is as well written as the originals.

No, I don't think I would read it if I knew that it was written by some one else.

I'm sure it would be fun, but I would not read it. Hary Potter is J.K. Rowling's idea, and though some people might have new fresh ideas, I would only want to read HER ideas

Yes, once I wanted to buy some books in a very small shop I found a book about Harry Potter ,I was so excited that bought it at once. But at last I found it is not really . In that book Harry even married a Chinese girl.After that I feel very angry and sorry about it.

I would read abit and see if i like it. If i like it then ill read it.