"REHAB" discussion
Books! *Spoilers inside All*
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NEW BOOK BY J.K. ROWLING!!!!!!!!
Interesting, I had only heard rumors. Is she trying under a pen name to see if it is her name that keeps everyone buying her books?
nope. she's announced it on her sight, and there are a bunch of news articles about it. im pretty sure everyone knows its J. K. Rowling writing the book.i think she said that Harry Potter opened up new territory for her, and she wants to go with it.
Basically, she can write just about anything now, even things that aren't so mainstream, because she already knows people will buy the book...
Hopefully it will be very unique and incredible.
Oh yeah, I had heard the original announcement and then after joining in with everyone tweeting and making FB status's about how it's gonna be an adult book so "none of that childish stuff like mass genocide and torture" I didn't care as much, but yeah, it IS official. The announcement was made at the end of February.
lol, ya i saw those too :P so apparently i'm really behind on news. i had no idea till a few days ago :P
Haha It's okay, I didn't even think about broadcasting it here in Rehab
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But she doesn't really care about the money-- if she did she wouldn't have given most of her earnings to charities.
as i said before, she basically has the opportunity now to write about anything and everything, and people will buy the book and read it whatever it is. there are probably some "taboo" topics or strange writing styles that publishers dont usually accept and people dont usually read, but she can write just about anything now and the only thing thats stopping her might be her reputation :Plol, she's already done so much and made so many changes and breakthroughs. its thanks to her that so many kids are reading, thanks to her that YA authors [like Tamora Pierce] can write longer books. and its also thanks to her that movie producers can get away with splitting a movie into two parts :P
and thats just the tip of the iceberg...
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yup. you can see the change very easily in teh difference in sizes from the first and second Protector books to the third and fourth. the size jumps a couple hundred pages... and Tamora even thanks J. K. Rowling for it at the end of Squire...
Rae *PottWhoviStarGleek* wrote: "Oh yeah, I had heard the original announcement and then after joining in with everyone tweeting and making FB status's about how it's gonna be an adult book so "none of that childish stuff like mas..."Haven't seen those but that makes me smile :)
Hahah, they were fairly popular the week of the announcement. And there's also the posts and pictures and such going around about hoping that her new book is secretly about "Harry Potter, The Adult Years".
Right, and I am sure there will be more to come.
As we get closer to the release date, I'm sure there will be.
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The book is called The Casual Vacancy
Summary thingy:
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
it sounds pretty interesting.its kinda weird to think its a J.K. Rowling book though... dunno why
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Pottermore is open!!!!
i know!!!the user names are a bit annoying, but other than that its EPIC!
what house are you in?
i really liked Petunia's backstory and Magonigals. they were awesome
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k, i friended you both.hey, Klyme, we're in the same house!!!!
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It's so confusing that the usernames aren't related to our real names at all!!
it is. i'm sooo going to forget who is who :Pill add you soon, Anilee.
its also annoying that you cant send messages there...
lol, apparently you can add nicknames for your friends. check it out on the friends page...
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yup...so... what's your favorite thing on Pottermore?
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I'm going to guess the lack of messaging is also due to internet safety, although I think there could be ways to have conversations with friends in other Houses on the site. Even if it's just being able to post comments on profiles or something. They can still be moderated somehow, but I guess it's still not as safe as they would like.
I joined just to be Sorted, and then I get Gryffindor. Joy. But I think what I would change - and I think the reason why it's not like this is due to the insane amounts of traffic - is make it more interactive, like make it more like being at Hogwarts, like with classes and homework and whatnot, because that doesn't seem to be there (unless I'm missing something), but again, with the insane amounts of traffic?
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My favorite is finding stuff in the stories! And potions!
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"Books! And cleverness! There are more important things." (Although Hermione and I disagree on what exactly those things are.)
I guess...Ravenclaw just seems like a boring house to me. Not as bad as Hufflepuff, though, but they wouldn't let me in Hufflepuff. Seriously. They'd pass. Probably because I'd make them all cry....
Oh, I can't tell you what makes me happiest; it's just a Slytherin feeling. (See? I'm a Slytherin at heart.)
Oh, and it took long enough to get this first account...not going through that again....
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This "Sorting Hat" is weird. Dani got Ravenclaw, while she always got Gryffindor before. And Iolanthe got Gryffindor, while she is obviously a Hufflepuff at heart. The only explanation for the latter one is that Iolanthe some how got smarter. :D
lol, Klyme, i think she was. actually, when i think about it, Ravenclaw suits me more than any of the other houses, because i do kinda like riddles and thinking. its not that i think that learning is the most important thing, but i do think that knowledge is interesting and important... does that make any sense?
lol, i read the notices that come when you get welcomed into each house. they were all really funny
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look it up. people have posted it places. Slytherin was more, well, they're okayish, but they cheat a lot...
i think thats the house that Ravenclaw gets along best with...
the one about hufflepuff was teh funniest, and gryffindor being show offs is also a pretty entertaining notion.
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Ravenclaw!!!!question for people in the other houses:
in the common room, what are most the messages?
in Ravenclaw, its all about hints on how to win duels and telling people to go win points.
is it the same in the other houses, or something else?
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For Gryffindor, it's mostly the same content... but more... forceful feeling. And Brainless. As they say "Brawns and no brain!"
I was in on closed beta and was sorted into Slytherin- but I made a new account when it opened for all and I'm in Ravenclaw--I answered both quizzes completely truthfully but they switch the questions around :)
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as in there were different questions?whats your username, Rae?
lol, thats funny so far, that it actually kinda matches the house.
everyone wants to win, but:
Ravenclaw is mostly about the tips,
Gryffindor has the brawn
i wonder about hufflepuff and slytherin...
I haven't, Klym, no- I haven't gotten on again since I was resorted- I went through the book ages ago and they haven't opened the second one, so....Yeah, they have many different questions that they shuffle through to make completely different quizzes that are just as telling.
My usernames:
WitchSparks13796
DragonSpell142
thats good to know...and you use the Dragonspell account?
lol, i cant wait for the second book to be open. its a bit annoying that its taking them so long to do everything
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what things are there? i tried to go through it, but there doesn't seem to be THAT MUCH. I mean, have you found anything?
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So... J. K. Rowling has finally decided to pick up the pen [or quill. or computer keyboard. or whatever it is she writes on] once again and try to write something.
Annoyingly, very little is known about this new book, only that:
1. It is for adults
2. It will be published by 'Little, Brown'
3. It will have NOTHING whatsoever to do with Harry Potter.
Basically, nothing about the genre is known and there is so far no release date that I can find.
Maybe someone else knows more than I do. I only found out about five minutes ago...
What do you think?
Is there any chance that this new book will be respected in its own merits or will it only ever be compared to HP? Will the book be good or will it let down millions of fans who are probably just waiting to pre- order it the moment they can?
Will you buy the book? Are you interested in reading another Rowling novel that does not involve any Boys Who Live?
In short, what are your thoughts on the matter?