More Harry Potter?

The reason she gave for it being so hard to write the 7th book was that she had to deal with adolescence and still make the book readable by children... my thoughts are that she didn't need the $$$ and there was no desire for her to write it to begin with in the first place. Zelo

I agree with you and I don't agree with you. My first real book read in my life was the Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks so I am very familiar with his work and to my surprise he keeps writing and writing. I dropped off after the first trilogy. So in the respect that things just get old. That one series cheapens another I can't agree with. I can't say that Frasier is less of a TV show because it was a spin-off of Cheers. Two insanely popular shows and two shows that had nothing to do with one another. The first show about a former baseball pitcher who can't drink but owns a bar and the other about a psychiatrist and his incredible quirks. Robert Jordan is another writer who keeps writing and writing from his Wheel of Time series and again I dropped off after the 5th or 6th book. I doubt that Rowling really has the desire to write another book (or set of books) and from what I can remember it was left tied up in a pretty tight knot... off to find more books to read! Thanks for a great opinion! Zelo

I believe this SERIES is done. However... there were scenarios that were left wide open. First... Harry could become headmaster at Hogwarts (Ron & Hermione teachers, etc...) and there could be a new lead character that emerges or it could just be a continuation series. Second... what about the school from a foreign land that came by boat to visit Hogwarts? What was that? Where were they from? That is a whole series that could be independent of the Harry Potter series but more of a spin-off. Kinda how TV spin-offs work... the ones that come to mind are Laverne & Shirley (from Happy Days) The Jefferson's (from All in the Family) Frasier (from Cheers) Zelo

I know very well what a spin-off is. I've read many spin-off book series myself. I wasn't doubting that there were ideas she could go with. I was doubting that the series (as a mega-series, which is what I call a series that has spin-offs and sequel series) would continue to be good if it just kept going, regardless of how she did it. There comes a point where saving the world gets old, where the next epic quest cheapens the first one, and the rules of magic start stepping on one another. I like some mega-series, like Shannara by Terry Brooks, The Circle by Ted Dekker, and Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire by Bryan Davis... but all three are guilty of all of the above and it really cheapens them the longer they go on. I'm not into the Harry Potter franchise anyway. So if she writes more books I just don't know if I'd even read them, much less enjoy them.

What if he became the new headmaster of Hogwarts... that would be something that would start a new storyline. Thanks Zelo

I don't see him becoming a teacher, or headmaster, he's more of an action type guy

I think more important than what H.P's future job is more important that they manage to keep the same stars if new books are turned into movies. There is nothing worse than Harry Potter being played by a completely different actor.

The seventh book was like that. She was pretty much forced to write the book and get it out on deadline. Her excuse is that she had problems writing for both adults/teens/children because Harry was getting older and how to you write about love and kissing and all that and have it still be a children's story. I figure she had so much money she didn't have the heart in it like she did with the others. The last book was the only one I was not satisfied with. Thanks. Zelo

Can't agree more... read my above post and the one above that and I think you will see that you and I have the same ideas. Thanks... Zelo

I agree too--it would be too difficult to write about Harry, Ron & Hermione as adults and still keep the books suitable for kids, so she should focus on the next generation. From what I understand, she changed the ending of the series at the last minute (making it less "dark") and so left the door open for more books.

OH! That is a GREAT Idea that nobody has thought of until you thought of it. Does Harry marry a muggle and if so does his kids have powers? And if Ron marries a muggle (Hermione) then will they have powers and of course Draco's will be of pure-blood so they will have the most power... or so they think! Great great great Zelo

I would expect it would not be another book but another spin-off series of another trilogy that can be read completely independent from the Harry Potter series now and geared for a narrower (and older) age range. Thanks! Zelo

I think we all would. The characters from the books that were parts of the school of Hogwarts were getting old... who is to say that Ron, Hermione, and Harry don't become teachers (Harry the headmaster)? Additionally, there was a book where a group of students came from some foreign land... that is a complete spin-off that can be written there. And where was the oldest Weasley boy? There are multiple ways this could go. It could even be another writer if Rowling is not up for it. Zelo

Oh I think there is SO much there (stories about muggles, stories about the mysteries of the other wizardry school that came to visit, the area that Ron's brother went to... a LOT of stuff). I doubt that it WILL continue but if it were to continue there's plenty of material to write about for sure. Thanks Zelo

True that is... what makes some things great is that are the memories that they leave. Zelo

I am of the same mindset. If it happens it happens and I'll read it. If it doesn't I'm not sitting on the edge of my chair waiting for the next rendition of Harry Potter to come out (like I was when the series was being written). Thanks Zelo

If there was a prequel it would have to focus on Hogwarts and not on Harry (remember he is told he is a wizard in the first book). There are flashbacks to the time of Tom Marvolo Riddle so I don't know if you could go there. Maybe somewhere in between there. Maybe back to the time when the teachers were students themselves. There were hints of that in books but not details. Thanks Zelo

I HIGHLY doubt it would be milking it for the money. She didn't even have the heart to write the last book and I presume it's because she didn't have the heart for it. She said the last one was the last one and then all of a sudden she comes out and says she's open for another. Not sure what that is all about but do agree it has to be done for the right reasons! Thanks Zelo

I think that is a very general statement and it depends if she actually WANTS to write or if she is writing for the joy of it. It would definitely not be for the money. Zelo

From what I hear about the movies is they did #6 and #7 at the same time because the kids were getting too old to fill the parts in the book. The first of the two-part ending is out on Blu-Ray and the second is out like in December or something. Some of the Harry Potter movies have been fantastic and others I really could have passed on. Thanks Zelo

I am absolutely positive it got a lot more kids to sit down and read than would otherwise have done so... hands down. Zelo

Yes I don't think the world will end either way. If there are more books than great if there are not then that is fine as well. Thanks Zelo

I believe there is a lot more to write and even make it kinda a spin-off series... he grows up and becomes headmaster or something like that but it's not part of the Harry Potter series per-se. A lot of science fiction writers have done that. Thanks, Zelo