http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jkrowling/ en-us Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:20:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062544/posts Warner Bros. said it's bumping "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" from its planned November release into next summer. The sixth installment in the blockbuster franchise about boy wizard Harry now will open July 17 rather than Nov. 21, the studio said Thursday. Studio President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Horn said the studio has had success with past summer "Harry Potter" releases, including the fifth movie. Horn also said the Writers Guild of America strike had "impacted the readiness of scripts for other films -- changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity The Indy Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062544/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010227/posts Can you believe that J.K. Rowling is suing a small publisher because she claims their 10,000-copy edition of The Harry Potter Lexicon, a book about Rowling's hugely successful novel series, is just a "rearrangement" of her own material. Rowling "feels like her words were stolen," said lawyer Dan Shallman. Well, heck, I feel like the plot of my novel Ender's Game was stolen by J.K. Rowling. A young kid growing up in an oppressive family situation suddenly learns that he is one of a special class of children with special abilities, who are to be educated in a remote training... Linear Publishing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010227/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 14:19:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990389/posts LONDON (AP) ― Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide as she suffered from depression before her rise to success, according to an interview with a student journalist. The British writer said she had suicidal thoughts in her mid-20s, when she was a single mother and struggling to establish a literary career. "Mid-20s life circumstances were poor and I really plummeted," Rowling said, according to an interview posted online by student journalist Adeel Amini. Rowling said in the interview, parts of which were published in Edinburgh University's Student magazine, that she sought help from doctors and spent nine... ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990389/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1916336/posts In an article in the Toronto Globe and Mail we read the following about J.K. Rowling: However, during the 15-minute media conference that preceded the public appearance, the author grew testy as reporters circled back to Dumbledore and Grindelwald. "It's very clear" in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows how intense Dumbledore's feelings for the dark wizard are, she said, feelings that astute adult readers will recognize while children will simply construe as manifestations of friendship. The power of love is one of the major themes in the Potter oeuvre, she noted, and "certainly it's never been news to me... Gloria Romanorum blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1916336/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1914383/posts 'Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Opens Up About Books' Christian Imagery 'They almost epitomize the whole series,' she says of the scripture Harry reads in Godric's Hollow. HOLLYWOOD — It deals extensively with souls — about keeping them whole and the evil required to split them in two. After one hero falls beyond the veil of life, his whispers are still heard. It starts with the premise that love can save you from death and ends with a proclamation that a sacrifice in the name of love can bring you back from it. Harry Potter is followed by house-elves and... MTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1914383/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1913756/posts J.K. Rowling, author of the world-wide best-selling Harry Potter series, met some of her American fans tonight and provided some surprising revelations about the fictional characters who a generation of children have come to regard as close friends. In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft,... NewsWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1913756/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1909297/posts There’s a war brewing. A deadly enemy from the past is back and doing what he does best—consolidating power, gaining new allies and intimidating old ones into renewing their allegiance. As the enemy’s power grows, he’s content to nibble around the edges and not go toe-to-toe with his most formidable foes. But those who should be in the forefront of opposing the enemy’s murderous plans are failing to act. A government agency entrusted with thwarting the enemy suffers from bureaucratic mismanagement at the highest levels and is more concerned with maintaining high public opinion than in doing its hard duties.... Gloria Romanorum blob http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1909297/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1895414/posts It took four books, but Voldemort, the most powerful of the dark wizards, is back. And his minions, the Death Eaters, couldn't be happier. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire tells the tale of how it happened--in about 750 pages. As with the previous novels in the series, the prose is generally crisp, the dialog is occasionally goofy, and the characters are wonderfully well drawn. Though quite a long book, the plot is tight, amusing and keeps you guessing. My only major criticism of the book as literary work regards the ending. As heroes go, Harry's main virtue in... Gloria Romanorum blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1895414/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:36:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1887847/posts After another miserable summer fraught with muggle-trouble, Harry heads back to Hogwarts for his third year. As usual, things start to go wrong even before he gets there. A cold-blooded murderer named Sirius Black has escaped from Askaban, the prison for wayward wizards, and he's out to get Harry. Worse, the enforcers charged with recapturing Black--the joy-draining dementors--are almost more malevolent than he is. But Harry's got an ally in Professor Lupin, the chronically disheveled Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and with the help of his friends Ron and Hermione, a special mischief-maker's map, and a hippogriff named Buckbeak,... Gloria Romanorum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1887847/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885771/posts Harry Potter and "the Death of God" - by Michael D. O'Brien Special to LifeSiteNews.com Editor's Note: LifeSiteNews.com, the news service which first put online the letter signed by Cardinal Ratzinger - now Pope Benedict XVI - against the Harry Potter books, is proud to present Michael O'Brien's latest essay on the Potter series.  The author, North America's foremost Potter critic, has written many articles that analyze in detail the Harry Potter novels. Here he reflects on the significance of the series as a whole. Well, July 21st has come and gone and the world is muggling onward. The date,... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885771/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1884335/posts Having read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I dove into Book 2, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets anxious to see where J. K. Rowling was going to take the story. I also wanted to see if my criticisms of the first book would stand up or get flattened as the story progressed. Well, as for the story line, it really wasn’t a whole lot different from the first book. A mystery is introduced: the Chamber of Secrets has been opened by the mysterious Heir of Slytherin and whatever was locked in the Chamber has been attacking, but... Gloria Romanorum blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1884335/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1881614/posts With the release of the final book in the Harry Potter series, I have finally decided that it's time to break down and read it all start to finish. Why would I do such a thing, you might well ask, when the Pope has warned the faithful about the series, along with Fr. Amorth, the well-known exorcist? The answer is for the same reason I read the noxious and comically ill-written Da Vinci Code. The series has become a cultural phenomenon and I've been asked repeatedly for my opinion of it. Well, if I'm going to comment on it, I... Gloria Romanorum blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1881614/posts#comment Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1870295/posts Like millions of others around the world, I bought a copy of the final Harry Potter book last Saturday and promptly read it. Twelve hours later, I was finished, astonished, at the brilliance of J.K. Rowling. She has woven a universe of magic, not just in her writings, but in the fact that more than a hundred million children over the years have turned off their televisions, computers, and games and sat down to read thick books. What explains the attraction of her work? Sheer brilliance. The clarity of her vision remained unbroken despite the complexity of her creation. Readers... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1870295/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:22:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1863576/posts Like circus elephants on parade, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels have lumbered past a dazzled young public for the last 10 years. Now the beloved fantasy series is ending with the release of the seventh volume, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," at midnight July 21. Media coverage is in overdrive and millions of fans are arguing and obsessing over the fate of young Harry in his struggle with the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort. Others in the world of books and reading, meanwhile, are contemplating the end of the historic series. Besides wondering what, if anything, could take its place,... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1863576/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:05:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689235/posts For a woman who claims her life is 'mundane', JK Rowling likes a luxury holiday. In the past few years she has cruised the Galapagos at a cost of around £15,000, blown £14,000 on a holiday in Mauritius and enjoyed the comforts of a £6,000-aweek hotel in the Seychelles.Her latest outing, however, tops the lot. For, after a charitable engagement in New York, she and her family have decamped to the Hamptons, that millionaire's playground on the East Coast, to stay in an imposing seven-bedroom beachfront house. The cost - £76,000 a week.JK Rowling (and husband Neil) splashing about in... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689235/posts#comment Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:31:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1676045/posts Two of America's top authors, John Irving and Stephen King, made a plea to J.K. Rowling on Tuesday not to kill the fictional boy wizard Harry Potter in the final book of the series, but Rowling made no promises. "My fingers are crossed for Harry," Irving said at a joint news conference before a charity reading by the three writers at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The author of "The World According to Garp" and a string of other bestsellers said he and King felt like "warm-up bands" for Rowling, who is working on the seventh and last book... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1676045/posts#comment Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:55:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638408/posts Dracorex hogwartsia is Tribute to J. K. Rowling Series HARRISBURG – Visitors to the State Museum can get a taste of Harry Potter and brush with prehistoric America with a newly discovered dinosaur species that got its name thanks to the help of a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission paleontologist. PHMC paleontologist Robert M. Sullivan helped world-renowned paleontologist Robert T. Bakker come up with the name Dracorex hogwartsia in honor of the fictional “Hogwarts Academy” from the popular books and films based on Harry Potter’s adventures by British author J. K. Rowling. The scientific name Dracorex hogwartsia means “dragon king.”... Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638408/posts#comment Thu, 25 May 2006 23:58:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629938/posts Not too long ago, there was a lot of giggling on the right side of the blogosphere when it learned about a book called Why Mommy is a Democrat, which its publisher proudly boasts is “A Different Kind of Children’s Book.”  The book’s point is that, just as a child views Mommy in a saintly light, he should project that view onto Democrats because they share Mommy’s values.  For example, just as Mommies do, Democrats make sure people share.  And so that no one misses this message, the well-dressed, silver-haired, obviously Republican white folk in the background walk by a homeless... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629938/posts#comment Wed, 10 May 2006 17:20:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572803/posts The spectacle of a hapless little boy staring through the heavy mesh of a cage launched mega-successful author of the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling, on a crusade to end the caging of Eastern European tots. Referring to a 2004 story in Britain’s Sunday Times about little Vasek Knotek imprisoned in a Prague hospital, Rowling wrote in today’s Times, "If you read the piece and it’s as bad as the picture, then you’ve got to do something about it.” The story hit her hard, she wrote, especially since she has a horror of what she sees as "one unendurable terror... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572803/posts#comment Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553079/posts I am writing this urgent message because I was once a witch. I lived by the stars as an astrologer and numerologist casting horoscopes and spells. I lived in the mysterious and shadowy realm of the occult. By means of spells and magic, I was able to invoke the powers of the "controlling unknown" and fly upon the night winds transcending the astral plane. Halloween was my favorite time of the year and I was intrigued and absorbed in the realm of Wiccan witchcraft. All of this was happening in the decade of the 1960’s when witchcraft was just starting... Jesus-Is-Lord Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553079/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:57:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542385/posts Keep in mind that Time's "Person of the Year" is supposed to be the person who "most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year." Given this criteria, I scratch my head over some of these nominees. Steve Jobs Pope Benedict XVI Bill and Melinda Gates The Google Guys J.K. Rowling Rick Warren Condoleezza Rice Valerie Plame Bono Mother Nature George W. Bush Lance Armstrong Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542385/posts#comment Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:04:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534846/posts HARRY Potter may die in the next book in the series because author JK Rowling wants to kill him off, it was claimed last night. Actor Jim Dale - the voice of the teenage wizard in the US audio books - believes the seventh and final instalment will spell the end for Harry. He made the astonishing claim after meeting with the writer to discuss his characterisation of the parts. The revelation will shock millions of die-hard Potter fans. He said: "She's lived with Harry Potter so long she really wants to kill him off." Predictions about the fate of... Mirror (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534846/posts#comment Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:00:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1524854/posts The fourth Harry Potter film, The Goblet of Fire, is confidently expected to break box-office records when it opens in the UK on 18 November. Directed by Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame, it will be the fourth hit in a row for its young stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. All three have been signed up for the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, due out in summer 2007. By then, however, the series' status as Hollywood's pre-eminent fantasy franchise may be under threat from another blockbuster saga looming on... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1524854/posts#comment Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:02:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497761/posts LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A British cleric turned top-selling author of supernatural children's novels was thrown out of a school where he was delivering a talk after he told pupils that Harry Potter was "gay." Reverend Graham Taylor, who penned the novel "Shadowmancer" which, like the tales of the famous boy wizard created by J.K. Rowling, centers on witchcraft and battling evil, got his marching orders after teachers accused him of homophobia. "As for Harry Potter, well, he's not the only gay in the village," the former Anglican priest told children at Penair School in Truro, southwest England, referring to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497761/posts#comment Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:27:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1464987/posts I'm posting this because after I finished the latest Harry Potter and started talking with friends along the entire East Coast, I realized that most had a different take on the plot than I did. But first, for those persons out there that think the Harry Potter books are dangerous and should be banned, go back to your remote and ask your doctor to check the level of your meds. Its a story and if you take out all the imaginative settings and characters, its about teenagers growing up, dealing with crushes, rivalries, relationships, their futures, death of parents, realizing... schwing_wifey http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1464987/posts#comment Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:15:59 GMT