Two more days
Sweet. Only two more days until the new Harry Potter book comes out. For better or worse, it will all be over.
HP is one of 4 very long series I've been reading for awhile, and it seems like they are all finally closing out. The first was Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I started that when I was in 7th grade. When I was 13 years old, I picked up the first book because it looked like fun. At that point, the series was up to 6 books with no end in site. Now, 14 years later, it looks like the 11th and final book will hopefully be out by 2009, pending the author's health. The newest addition, George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, is up to three books right now with the author swearing he'll be done in 6, or maybe 7. The last one was Stephen King's Dark Tower, and that was a disappointment. The ending was awful, and really opened my eyes up to what I can expect with the others.
Like a crack addict, though, I can't stay away. I need to know what happens, what the Creator says will happen to these people I've known half my life. My hope, in the immediate future with Harry Potter and in a more ethereal distant future with the others, is that when I get to the end of this long-winded series with its cast of thousands and intricate mythology, is that no matter how she finishes it I'll be able to look back and say "There's no other way she could have ended it." As long as it makes sense, and doesn't abandon everything she's set up, it will restore the faith that was so shattered by The Dark Tower.
HP is one of 4 very long series I've been reading for awhile, and it seems like they are all finally closing out. The first was Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I started that when I was in 7th grade. When I was 13 years old, I picked up the first book because it looked like fun. At that point, the series was up to 6 books with no end in site. Now, 14 years later, it looks like the 11th and final book will hopefully be out by 2009, pending the author's health. The newest addition, George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, is up to three books right now with the author swearing he'll be done in 6, or maybe 7. The last one was Stephen King's Dark Tower, and that was a disappointment. The ending was awful, and really opened my eyes up to what I can expect with the others.
Like a crack addict, though, I can't stay away. I need to know what happens, what the Creator says will happen to these people I've known half my life. My hope, in the immediate future with Harry Potter and in a more ethereal distant future with the others, is that when I get to the end of this long-winded series with its cast of thousands and intricate mythology, is that no matter how she finishes it I'll be able to look back and say "There's no other way she could have ended it." As long as it makes sense, and doesn't abandon everything she's set up, it will restore the faith that was so shattered by The Dark Tower.
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