HBP -- possible spoiler (but probably just rumor)

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" 
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Joywitch Z. Curmudgeon (is that Joysie for short?) wrote:
> 
> > I was listening to NPR this morning, and they had a news report 
> > about the attempt to steal the 2 copies of HBP which happened in 
> > England yesterday.  The reporter stated (after pronouncing JKR's 
> > name wrong) that the reason why the books were so coveted was 
> > because the author said that one of the main characters would be 
> > killed off in this book.  Um, have I been asleep?  Did JKR say 
> > this?  Have you all heard this, or did NPR just make it up?
> 
> It's not a spoiler, really, I don't think, and I struggle with it 
a 
> bit myself.
> 
> I think all JKR has said is that there will be deaths as the 
series 
> progresses and that the series will get darker.  The fandom has 
> deduced that there must be at least *one* death of a character at 
> least equivalent to Sirius in importance.
> 
> But I'm a bit rusty on the chats - particularly the World Book day 
> and the Edinburgh ones which gave quite a bit of information - so 
> there might be something more specific.


Hmmmmm.  I think I've read both those chats, and they don't seem to 
indicate anything of the sort.  Where are they getting this stuff?  
NPR isn't usually prone to sensationalism, althought they are prone 
to pompousness.

It is kind of nice to be back here.  <<Takes a minute to look at the 
new furnishings and decorations.>>  The main list has become too 
crowded for me, but this is still nice and cozy.

--Joywitch Z. "don't call me Joysie" Curmudgeon