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After reading the Harry Potter prequel, I realized how much I miss the series. It doesn't take a genius to see the influence it had on culture from the spawn of a genre of music (Wizard rock) to giving ten-year-olds the hopes that a letter would come for them via owl on their next birthday. There is no mistaking the intricacy of the world created by J.K. Rowling or how someone lose themselves in it. However, I was slightly disappointed that it didn't reveal anything new. The disclaimer at the end of the short story clearly states that Rowling is not currently working on a full length book but I'm sure I'm not the only one who love to see just one more installment to show how it all began. Share what you think about the subject. How do you imagine the Harry Potter prequel would begin. Do you think another book should be written at all? |
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Posted by Jennifer A @ 8:19 PM Wed, Jun 25, 2008
I would love nothing better than for Rowling to write several prequel books. She certainly has enough where she could go back to when Dumbledore was a kid and go forward from that point in time. It's always sad to see a series that you absolutely love to come to the end.
Posted by Denise @ 3:19 PM Thu, Jun 26, 2008
I miss the Harry Potter books terribly. My two oldest kids "grew up" with them. We used to read them together. It was due to the Harry Potter books that my oldest developed a love for reading. We would all sit in the living room and read it together in the evenings. I know, it sounds Hokey... but it's true. I would LOVE to see a prequel series... a new way to introduce Harry Potter to a new generation. Funny these books really had no generation boundaries. Old and young enjoyed the series.
Posted by Kkile @ 2:54 PM Fri, Jun 27, 2008
I think should quit writing leaving people wanting more! Ending on a good note!
Posted by Joyce Saenz Harris @ 5:13 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008
I have to admit: "...Elvendork! It's unisex!" made me laugh. JKR's whimsical prequel made me realize how much I would love to read a book about Lily, James, Sirius and Remus in their school days and young adulthood.
It would be great to get more background on their families, and more details of the Order's "first war" against Voldemort, with a narrative leading right up to the point where "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone" begins.