New Magical World (WAS: Will Harry go to Egypt in OoTP?)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 46276

Katze wrote:

> Rowling did make the comment you quoted above, but she also made 
> this comment:
> 
> "In book 5, we go into a whole new area, physically, an area you've 
> never seen before, a magical world"
> 
> You can find this in this Entertainment Weekly interview:
> http://www.ew.com/ew/daily/0,2514,3590,00.html
> 
> I've often thought we'd go see Azkaban, but I'm not sure if we've 
> seen it before or not. Harry hasn't seen, but it has been 
> described. I wonder if Rowling is going to take us somewhere that 
> has never been mentioned. I would love to go see Durmstrang though. 
> I find that concept fascinating.

Now me:

Thanks for reminding me about that interview - I had read it before, 
but wasn't making the connection.  

It seems to me that "a magical world" wouldn't be another country 
(like Egypt).  This sounds more like a Diagon Alley or a Platform 9 
and 3/4 concept to me.  And if she said we've never seen it before, I 
would take that to mean that it hasn't been mentioned in the books 
yet.

JKR has also said that Voldemort's first goal is European domination, 
with the rest of the world following.  So a change of locale to Egypt 
may well happen, but if it does, it probably won't be in Book 5.

~Phyllis