The Harry Potter prequel written by J.K. Rowling that has been in the news recently is now available online. Before you get too excited.... I should warn you that it's not an excerpt from an upcoming book. It's a stand-alone short story that was auctioned off for charity.
To read the story, go to the Waterstone's website, click on "read our authors' stories" and then select "J.K. Rowling" at the top of the list. It's two sided, so after you finish the first half, be sure to click on the arrow on the right-hand side to read the second half. It's hand-written, so it takes a little while to read. After you read it, come back to Wizards Wireless and vote in the new poll in the sidebar.
J.K. Rowling posted a short account on her website about writing the story (she says she felt like a relapsing addict) and confirmed that she is NOT working on a Harry Potter prequel book.
I thought it was a great little vignette of Sirius and James on the motorbike. It takes place a few years before the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and it's delightful to see Sirius and James having so much fun. It whetted my appetite for more about the pre-Harry days, but it sounds fairly definite that there are no plans in the works for that. Alas.
The Order of the Phoenix has T-shirts? I thought they were a (relatively) secret society.
Very cute... like a good fanfic! Is that wrong to say? I mean they *are* her characters, but that's what I think of-- just drabble, no commitment, having fun with characters we don't see much of otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Lisa; this was very much like a drabble. And she has the nerve to sue the HP Lexicon... *rolls eyes*
ReplyDeleteThe website no longer has a place to view author's writings. I tried searching in the story database for 'Rowling' as you can do a surname search and it does not come up.
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