[HPforGrownups] Re: Red Herrings and Reconciliation

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 173624

Jim Ferer:
You speak of the frustration of the many, many threads JKR left hanging out 
of the tapestry. There are endless stories left to tell in this universe, 
and we're going to tell them, which leads to a prediction: Within a year or 
two, there will be officially sanctioned volumes of fiction written by us, 
the fans, published by Bloomsbury / Scholastic et. al., perhaps selected and 
even introduced by JKR. There's plenty of precedent for it.


Shelley:
I think you are right in that the fans will indeed take over- heck, you see 
by the proponderance of fanfiction already out there that Rowling has 
inspired a large writing movement already, but I am not so sure that Rowling 
would "endorse" such a book or story. I think, and this is my prediction, 
that she will see the fanfiction and rather than to be able to "pass that 
torch" mentally to the fans, that it will instead inspire her to "take back 
control" over her world to continue the story. I see the Rowling of the 
future unable to let Harry go. So I see the road forward as people divided 
into two camps- the Rowling purists, the ones who will only consider to be 
canon the items that Rowling wrote or said in an interview, and those that 
embrace the entire scope of Harry Potter works, to include the really good 
fan books that continue Rowling's works in a solid connective and meaningful 
fashion (versus those nearly meaningless Mary-Sues that place the author 
firmly in bed with one of the main characters in the story.)