Harry's fate WAS: Re: RE Snape and Petunia

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No: HPFGUIDX 156017

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, OctobersChild48 at ... wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/24/06 5:33:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, juli17 at ... 
> writes:
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> > I am curious though that you intend never to read anything else JKR 
> > writes, Sandy. I know you don't like her as a person, but if I didn't read
> > books by authors I probably wouldn't much like as people, that might
> > be somewhat limiting! What if JKR writes another book as fascinating 
> > and inspired as the Harry Potter saga? You really won't read it?
> > 
> > Just trying to understand your position,
> > 
> > 
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> Sandy:
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> If JKR should write something else as fascinating as the HP saga, and it were 
> a topic I am interested in, then yes, I would probably read it. But I just 
> don't see that happening. To begin with, I think the quality of her writing has 
> dropped off exponentially in the last two books as opposed to the first four. 
> Also, I think anything she would write after she completes Harry Potter would 
> be a footnote. I'm just not sure she is capable of writing anything else, much 
> less anything that could come close to Harry Potter. It is her niche and if 
> she tries to go beyond it it could be disastrous. Of course her fan base, who 
> thinks she walks on water, will gobble up anything she writes and, I believe, 
> not be fairly critical of it. If JKR wrote it it has to be good mentality. It 
> is the best explanation I can give. I believe her celebrity status has undercut 
> her writing ability, and for that matter her writing desire. I try to be 
> cautious about what I say about JKR as I take such a bashing for it, but I think 
> any future writing she does will just be riding her celebrity coat tails. I 
> have learned to never say never, so it is always possible she will prove me 
> wrong, and if that happens I will be the first to eat crow and read whatever 
> literary gem she comes up with.
> 
> Sandy
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Sue:

Sorry, I've missed most of this thread. I do understand your viewpoint, Sandy. My thought 
is that she will probably have a nice long rest before trying anything else and then she will 
have to be very sure it's going to be good, because there will always be those who will say, 
"It's not as good as HP." 

I read Susan Cooper's THE DARK IS RISING series, which I still think is her masterpiece, but 
I am very glad that I have read the books she wrote many years later. They're smaller in 
scale, but they're also wonderful.

Sp perhaps after a few years you will at least consider borrowing a new JKR novel from the 
library. I know I will.