Remember the book of fairy tales Dumbledore gave Hermione in HP7? Well, look at this!
LONDON (AP) — J.K. Rowling has completed her first book after her wildly popular series on teen wizard Harry Potter — an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard."
Only seven copies of the handwritten book have been made, Rowling said Thursday. One will be auctioned next month to raise money for a children's charity, while the others have been given away as gifts.
"'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' is really a distillation of the themes found in the Harry Potter books, and writing it has been the most wonderful way to say goodbye to a world I have loved and lived in for 17 years," Rowling said.
Yeah, yeah, we know, she's sentimental. Cut to the chase! All I need to know is, Is my gift copy arriving by air mail, or is JKR delivering it personally? Because if she's on her way, I'm going to need to steam-clean the carpets and stuff. Just wondering. Well, I'm sure she'll call ahead. I can't wait!
Look, all I care about is where the Cloak, the Ring and the Wand are. The rest is just sentimental camoflage.
So if Harry and Voldemord were both descended from the Peverell Brothers, that kind of makes them related and really turns all the HP novels into one giant, unpleasant family feud. Sort of like what happens at family Thanksgiving dinners except there are death spells and giant snakes involved.
Which brings us to HP 8: Harry Potter and the Long Standing, Barely Articulated Resentments Which Erupt Over The Second Helping Of Stuffing.
It should be on the store shelves just about the time when JKR realizes that no-one is interested in her other writings.
Posted by: Anthony | November 02, 2007 at 05:41 AM
Darling, maybe this new book will have the Bombadill scene in it. Wouldn't that be refreshing?
Posted by: pam | November 02, 2007 at 06:20 AM
Haven't you heard? In the new Stanley Kubrick DVD collection the "director's cut" of "Eyes Wide Shut" supposedly contains the Bombadil scene! With female nudity (hopefully Goldberry).
Imagine if Kubrick had filmed LOTR! They'd still be shooting (SK was notorious for doing take after take of even the most tiny scenes)!
Posted by: Anthony | November 02, 2007 at 10:36 AM