Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin admits he was only joking about J.K. Rowling working on a crime novel.
“This is a joke that got out of hand,” said Rankin, describing how the remark was made on stage during the course of a [Edinburgh] festival event.
“There were 600 people in the audience, and only one person didn’t laugh,” he added.
The AP and other wire services picked up the story, and it was all over the news last weekend. Good one, Ian, but you should have gone for romance novel!
Ah, China. Always the wild and wooly frontier of copyright infringement.
This time, some industrious souls are selling an eighth Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Chinese Empire.
They don’t limit themselves to just Harry, though. It also includes rip-offs from Lord of the Rings and many Chinese characters.
Um, maybe. J.K. Rowling is reportedly taking to the cafes of Edinburgh again, this time penning a crime novel.
Thanks to HollywdLiz for the find!
Again. This time Stephen King writes for Entertainment Weekly about the impact of Harry Potter, why most reviewers missed the point, and, perhaps most interestingly, the talent of J.K. Rowling.
Maybe it’s the British prose. It’s hard to resist the hypnotism of those calm and sensible voices, especially when they turn to make-believe. Rowling was always part of that straightforward storytelling tradition (Peter Pan, originally a play by the Scot J.M. Barrie, is another case in point). She never loses sight of her main theme
(Warning: LINKS ARE SPOILERS for those who have not finished Deathly Hallows.)
Be sure to click through to see the whole thing.
Moving Forward by Deisi, is a really wonderful image of characters getting on with life after the events in the book. Be sure to check out other recent work in her gallery if you are a fan of red-headed twins. Angst and spoilage ahoy!
J.K Rowling answered fan questions in a web chat at Bloomsbury.com today. At the link, Leaky’s transcript.
Be sure to click through to see the whole thing!
Draco dressed as Legolas (with Ginny as Mara Jade) by Nicole Lokstadt. I’ve had this in my favs for months, how did I forget to include it in Harry Potter week? D’oh.
The new Entertainment Weekly is chock full of Potter, including Daniel Radcliffe’s thoughts on the new book.
The HP week in review
Y’know, I’m starting to suspect that Dunc has a secret yearning to be crafty, in the Hobby Lobby kinda sense, at least. She keeps coming across this nifty stuff that really has to be shared. Since there are many crafty types on Club Jade (who are actually out of the closet, that is), we present them to you here:
Still reluctant to turn back into a Muggle after the hype of the past few weeks?
– An entire blog devoted to the knitty side of the Wizarding World, or
– Counterfeit some Wizard coinage for the next time you hit Diagon Alley.
Okay. You’d rather stick with the needle arts?
– Ease yourself out of Harry Potter and back into the Star Wars galaxy by knitting your favorite baby a felted Yoda hat
– Money woes preventing you from buying that new game system? Embroider your own!
– Don’t forget to crochet some games to go with it, while you’re at it
– Is sewing more your thing? How about hitchhiking across the galaxy with this really nifty Planetoid Purse?
Alright. Your skills lie elsewhere. Like food maybe?
– Make your favorite geek’s snacktime special with Circuitry Snacks
– Or ramp up the classiness of your wedding with this Mario cake or an entire XBox!
If you are geekily crafty, we’d love to share it. Just drop us a line!
The first part of the Today Show’s interview with JK Rowling has aired. The second part airs on Friday.
Summary article (for those of us who are still at work ::cough::) and video can be found on their website.
Here there be SPOILERS. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you.)