Friday, January 19, 2007

Death Knell for Harry Potter??

There’s been a lot of speculation about whether or not the latest Harry Potter novel will be the last.

Speculation has come about due to the novel’s title ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, and J K Rowling reportedly hinting that two characters are expected to die in the finale - and Harry himself might not survive - saying: "We are dealing with pure evil here. "They don't target extras, do they? They go for the main characters - well, I do."

Personally, I’m not going to be so quick to add my voice to the speculation. I may be a cynic, but come on, if you were on to such a money spinner, would you be so quick to call it a day? Still the rumours have been great for pre-sales which have gone through roof, pushing it to the top of Amazon’s chart since December 23rd, and of course for the bookies who are taking bets on who might kill Harry. Is this nothing more than a good PR stunt? Well we might have to wait a while, as publishers Bloomsbury, are keeping very quiet about the publication date, which might not even be this year…

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