Harry Potter (1 Viewer)

[Anthony Moore]

some one told me you can get books 5 and 6 in the UK only. Is this true?

I didnt even know they were written yet.

Anyone know?

 

[John Berggren]

some one told me you can get books 5 and 6 in the UK only. Is this true?

That would be a lie.

Book 5 is not yet done. Book 6 is not yet started.

I've heard from several sources that we'd likely see HP5 between late summer and early winter of this year. I would have thought that if we were to, we'd see more press on this by now. The prerelease hype on 4 was tremendous. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing about it for many many months before release.

I wonder though if they might schedule it to be within weeks of Chamber's theatrical openning to allow both book and film to feed off of each other's buzz.

 

[BrianB]

some one told me you can get books 5 and 6 in the UK only. Is this true?

Definitely NOT!

There could be an element of confusion from the two 'spin off' books Rowling wrote for charity - basically the history of witches & warlocks, and the 'magical creature' books that get referred to throughout the novels.

 

[Anthony Moore]

There could be an element of confusion from the two 'spin off' books Rowling wrote for charity - basically the history of witches & warlocks, and the 'magical creature' books that get referred to throughout the novels.

are these available in the US or just in the UK?

 

[John Berggren]

They are available in the US. They are smaller, shorter softcover books. I haven't picked them up... but would be interested in knowing if they are worth it.

 

[andrew markworthy]

Just to set the record absolutely straight. There were two very short books written by JK Rowling for the Brit charity 'Comic Relief'. One is on the history of Quidditch and the other is on magical creatures. If you like the Harry Potter books, you'll like these, but if you don't read them, you're not missing a huge amount.

The next 'proper' book is supposedly called 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'. According to a BBC documentary on Rowling shown at Christmas over here, it will fill in a lot of the back story. It's due out in the summer of this year.

My understanding is that the Brit and US editions appear on or about the same day.

 

[BrianB]

My understanding is that the Brit and US editions appear on or about the same day.

Yup.

 

[MikeAlletto]

but would be interested in knowing if they are worth it.

I borrowed copies from someone's kids. They are purely kids books. I found it extremely boring and hard to get through them even though they are so short.

 

[Joel C]

Yes, I am obsessed with the Potter novels (WHERE IS #5???), but I only half read the two little books. They were, frankly, pretty boring, and full of stuff that is mostly covered in the main books.

 

[andrew markworthy]

In defence of Ms Rowling, it should be stressed that the books were for charity. She could easily have put these out for her own profit and raked in a sum which most of us could probably happily retire on. Let's give her some credit for trying to help others!