What if Harry dies?

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 85188

> > Tonks: Some recent posting made me stop and think for a while 
> > this evening as to what the reaction *would* be if Harry meets 
> > > > his end in book seven... or six for that matter. ... what 
> > > > kind of awful mess has Pottermania created if Harry dies?
> > Geoff: 
> > (1) I would throw the book across the room!
> > (2) This raises an interesting point. If the story is seen from 
> > Harry's POV, does the book come to a full stop at that point? I 
> > suppose we would go into epilogue mode or something similar.
> 
> Carol: (snipped)
> Your POV observation makes sense to me... young readers who idolize 
> Rowling now but would feel betrayed if she killed Harry. Yes, she 
> writes primarily forherself, but I can't see her doing that 
> ... she cried when she killed off  Sirius, who barely qualifies 
> as a major character,...she probably feels even more strongly about 
>  killing Harry. 

Harry and the twins were grounded from Quidditch in OotP to let other 
characters blossom ... so if Harry bites the bullet in #6, #7 will 
be "Neville Longbottom and the Nerds Revenge" - I think that is too 
much of a gamble for JKR .... lol