pendell
2016-02-11, 09:35 AM
As seen in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/02/10/j-k-rowling-announces-8th-harry-potter-book/)
When die-hard “Harry Potter” fans first heard that J.K. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved seven-part series, they couldn’t wait to get their hands on the book. Then they realized the sequel wasn’t going to be released in book form — she had turned it into a play.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is set to debut in London at the Palace Theatre on Harry’s birthday, July 30.
But today, Rowling announced that the script of the play will in fact be released as a two-part book, at 12:01 a.m. on July 31, 2016.
Okay, so let me see if I understand this correctly. She wrote a story, which another author -- Jack Thorn -- converted into the script for a play, and now the script is itself being back-converted into a novel. Do I have that right?
On the one hand , I'm always glad to see more HP. On the other hand, it's a bit depressing that she has to keep going back to this 'verse. She's tried her hand at a couple of other writing ventures, but none of them were as successful as the Potterverse. I guess even wealthy authors need to eat.
A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the casting of Hermione for the story, and it appears that it will now be directly canon in the Potterverse. Should be interesting to see how that works.
Respectfully,
Brian P.
When die-hard “Harry Potter” fans first heard that J.K. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved seven-part series, they couldn’t wait to get their hands on the book. Then they realized the sequel wasn’t going to be released in book form — she had turned it into a play.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is set to debut in London at the Palace Theatre on Harry’s birthday, July 30.
But today, Rowling announced that the script of the play will in fact be released as a two-part book, at 12:01 a.m. on July 31, 2016.
Okay, so let me see if I understand this correctly. She wrote a story, which another author -- Jack Thorn -- converted into the script for a play, and now the script is itself being back-converted into a novel. Do I have that right?
On the one hand , I'm always glad to see more HP. On the other hand, it's a bit depressing that she has to keep going back to this 'verse. She's tried her hand at a couple of other writing ventures, but none of them were as successful as the Potterverse. I guess even wealthy authors need to eat.
A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the casting of Hermione for the story, and it appears that it will now be directly canon in the Potterverse. Should be interesting to see how that works.
Respectfully,
Brian P.