Well it's about time

[ivyblossom]

I'm sure this is probably all over lj by now, but if you haven't heard about it yet, check this out! Pasted below for your reading pleasure:

Potter Author Makes Unusual Post-Publication Edit

Bloomsbury announced today that J. K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter books, has had a change of heart about how she ended the final book in the series.

"The epilogue was totally unnecessary," Rowling said in an interview. "I see that now. Not only is Harry not cruel enough to dump a name like 'Albus' on one of his own children, but there's no way Malfoy would be balding."

Rowling acknowledges that she heard some criticism of the epilogue after the book was released, but her change of heart was entirely unrelated.

"Harry and Ginny? I mean, come on," Rowling said. "If you give that any degree of thought you realize that union would never work. Sure, the might have hooked up briefly, what with Harry's Weasley family fetish, but it would get old pretty fast. And who is this Astoria that Malfoy married? Where did she come from? I blame all the gin I was drinking at the time."

Bloomsbury will be sending out teams to major cities across the UK, Europe, and North America to physically excise the epilogue from reader's books, replacing it with a short story about Neville Longbottom.

Last Updated: 01 April 2008 10:53 AM

Comments

[xena-2001de.livejournal.com]

Happy April Fool's day to you too! ;)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

:P

[xena-2001de.livejournal.com]

Have you read this article (http://media.www.anchorweb.org/media/storage/paper1224/news/2008/04/01/CanchorArtsEntertainment/Curse.Of.The.HalfBlood.Prince-3293975.shtml)?

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

hee!

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Best. Icon. EVAR.

And GREAT joke, Ivy!

[race-carrigan.livejournal.com]

...I totally believed this for, like, the entire first time I read it. Then I looked at my calendar >.>

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

We can only hope! Maybe she'll save the announcement for april 2nd, so no one thinks it's a joke. ;)

[treehavn.livejournal.com]

I blame all the gin I was drinking at the time.

Pass JK the strong black coffee. Astoria is the name of a music venue, not a beard wife.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Poor JK.

[trinity_clare]

(here via heidi8

See, I would totally accept a story about Neville in place of the epilogue. *sigh*

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

Hee! Awesome!

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Hee.

Bwahahaha!

-Beth, following Heidi's link.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME, JO. *takes away her gin*

[aome.livejournal.com]

The link takes you to a serious, genuine article. Or is that part of the joke?

The joke itself was funny, though. I nearly bought it, right up until the H/G and gin comments. :D

How're you feeling?

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

I'm okay, starting to feel a little more human, thanks for asking! :) And yes, the real article is part of the joke, I was thinking about the thingy that shows you little tiny preview of links so I thought if it were a real article it would look more real on rollover. But really I should link to that Rick Astley video.

[aldiara.livejournal.com]

Thanks, this made my morning :D

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I seriously believed this was an actual article. And then I went....oh. But it was a good one! XD

[alsha.livejournal.com]

lol! Shame on you for putting such perceptive and necessary words in the mouth of a fictional JKR and making me wish it were true. Cleverly done!

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

♥

You're brilliant.

[bombaygin.livejournal.com]

*dies a million times* hahahaha... I love Jo. Seriously, she just needs to give us all what we want -- HARRY/DRACO BUB CHIKN LUV.

I still have that in my memories, you know. :D

[maruchina.livejournal.com]

Ahaha! :D Awesome.

Wish it was true, though.

PS: how are you doing now?

[bansheeqwn.livejournal.com]

I was totally hyped about this until Jo admitted to the Gin.....*sigh*

LOL

[airemay.livejournal.com]

Awww if only this were true!!!

[nightbluesprite.livejournal.com]

If only... *sighs*

Why don't you write us a fun story about Neville to make up for the fact that this isn't true, and then we can all mend our copies as suggested?

[ninja-tech.livejournal.com]

Wow. I was so hopeful this was true. *sigh*