[HPforGrownups] Why now?

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 110718


  Bee Chase wrote:
> ...Whenever before has an author had to deal with this kind of fan 
> reaction while in the midst of writing her novels? She knows we will 
> not be happy and she is trying to prepare our minds for what is 
> coming. She has already joked about having to go into hiding when she 
> has revealed things the fan base was dreading...
>

Hmm...actually, the fan reaction is quite reminiscent of the public 
reaction that Dickens received during his lifetime.  Dickens published 
novels chapter by chapter in magazines.   The public went nuts *really 
nuts* waiting for the appearance of some of his installments too.  Of 
course Dickens didn't have to deal with the Internet, and JKR does.  
Now I am curious to whether JRK will be using the results from her 
polls to make minor modifications in her next two books?  Or is she is 
just keeping us occupied while she finishes her next book and at the 
same time put an end to our false speculations?  If the former, was the 
win of the Evans question, in reality, a messed up a fact-seeking poll? 
  This may explain her "take my family in hiding" joke. Her response to 
the win leads me to think that she may have been more interested to see 
our reaction to the other two questions.  After all she does have the 
twins doing  "market studies" in OotP, so I wouldn't be surprised if 
she is doing the same. We will see.

Barbara Roberts (Ivogun)

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