Ah yes, how well I remember. When the last one finally, after seeming eons of anticipatory agony, was released, my mother only purchased two copies for the five of us and we all tore into them like so many starving ravenous dogs. Having to surrender my precious novel to my mother for a few hours was torture.





I'd disagree. This is art, not mass-production. Art's main function is beauty, not efficiency. The books take so long to write because obviously that's how long it takes Rowling to perfect her work. I'd rather wait a long time for something of quality than be given crap in a timely manner. Something done fast is not necessarily something done right.

I agree, I'd rather JK takes her time to write something of quality than turn out shit every year for someone who is impatient.

I agree, I'd rather JK takes her time to write something of quality than turn out shit every year for someone who is impatient...

How can you say that she turns out shit every year, the 3rd book was very good, but then I can understand where you are coming from. The 5th book was incredibly long and very boring in some parts, I think I dropped pasta in it at one point. But now i han hold Count Of Montie Cristo in one hand and eat at the same time, so I think its an achivement.

...Toddles...



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Y'know....Elizabeth Peters churns out a couple books a year, and I find her writing is actually the worse for it. I much prefered her earlier works, which, I believe, were a wee bit less assembly line in their production. So, much though I want and need to feed my Potterholism, JK can take as long as she needs in my view.

I will say this for her timing. releasing the book in June is a good idea for the kids, who are of course the target audience. Catches them right at the beggining of summer break, so they can enjoy their book without it harming their studies. or, for that matter, my studies.

In fact I'd call it selling out if she were to start churning out books faster just to satisfy snotty impatient fans. Because if the speed of book releases is the only thing that matters, then the actual art or craft of it is long gone.

I really hate when fans feel they have a right to state how a writer or artist should be spending their time. I've seen people be really rude to writers/artists, bitching at them for not having the time to, for example, read and blurb their manuscript, and then complain to the writer when said writer states in their blog that they took their family away on a weekend trip or something. It's just not done. As long as the writer keeps writing or the artist keeps making art, you really should just shut up. It's not your place to dictate how they spend their time, anymore than it's anyone elses place to tell you how you should spend yours.




Lilith

July

Though still in summer break.


Anne Rice's quality was already starting to suffer anyway, but it definitely nosedived even more when she started putting out a novel and a novella a year.

But then her problems run a bit deeper than just mass-production at this point.



Lilith

*appears unbothered*

So much the better. Although that DOES mean I must wait a month longer than I thought.....










fuck.

Maybe you should learn to read before accusing people. I never said that any of JK Rowlings books were shit. Nowhere at all. If you read any of my post properly you'd see that I said I like her taking her time to write her books than simply churn out books as fast as she can for the impatient because the quality can drop if she's worrying more about the time than spending time on working everything out and not missing plot holes that may appear so she can straighten them out.

I absoutly cant weight till it comes out. I am dieing of antiapition!

Well, I liked the forth book best, since the 1st and 2nd where sortta annoying and the third wasn't all that great, and then I waited a year or two for the 5th book and I got very disapointed reading it. I mean, nothing really good happens until pages 500 or so. So I'm hoping that this book won't be as disapointing.

But still, I think that books are really good and the movies aren't bad ( although the 3rd one missed a lot of details )

I agree, I'm sure I would rather JK Rowling took longer to make the book better, than it be published early but not be up to standards. I'm looking forward to the character development of Ginny in this book, she's quickly becoming my favourite character and now the twins have left (in great style may I add) she's my favourite Weasley left at Hogwarts.

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Utterly thrilling!

I agree with all of you patient dears. I'm ever so glad that she takes the time to write a good book rather than churning out rubbish.

As for all you impatient sorts... haven't you better things to do than whinge about how someone chooses to go about their line of work? Tsk.

It won't be long now until it's out - July 16th. It's released the same weekend as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! What a great weekend that will be!

series of HP have something that I cannot describe... I can't wait for new book.

So the real question is....

How many of us are actually planning to go to the Midnight book release parties going on this friday?

I have no plans, and the hubby will be in bed, so I may go to the old B&N I worked at and hang out with the crew. Who knows, it might even be fun.

~spidey