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Sensationalist headlines abounded across Britain's tabloid press yesterday, after a sneak-preview copy of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" sent shock waves through literary circles. Publishing house Bloomsbury was forced to send out the editions after newspaper rumour-mongers questioned the book's existence, alleging that Rowling had spent the years since the last book making ruffty with her new husband. Top internet book seller, Amazon, then threatened to withdraw the book from its lists leaving Bloomsbury with little option but to release an initial copy, or risk decimating pre-release sales figures, already dwarfing some countries' GDPs.
Bloomsbury's hesitance appears to have stemmed from the book's more mature approach to the Potter character. Author JK Rowling has always insisted that Harry Potter would grow up with his readers, avoiding the age-vortex limbo suffered by many of Potter's rivals, such as Jennings. However, concerns have been raised over Rowling's judgement of Potter's development. Earlier in the year eye-brows were raised following the signing of Irvine Welsh to co-write the book with her, though doubts were temporarily assuaged when Welsh commented "Aye, I'm a right cun.. ahem.. cunning fellow aren't I? I mean I always considered myself as a foo.. ahem.. fun Kiddies' writer".
Welsh's influence is visible from the opening page, in which the word .............is mentioned an astonishing 3,576 times, as Potter suffers an aborted attempt to roll a cigarrette containing illegal substances. Asked if this was really the ideal opening to a children's book, Rowling vehemently defended her character saying "I did my research and like it or not, children Harry's age smoke pot, have sex and swear. A lot. Irvy took me to a Glasgow housing estate made entirely out of heroin, where the children had to invent swear words every ten minutes because the old ones were so out of date. And they were burning piles of Harry Potter books saying that he wasn't keeping it real anymore! I was shocked, and so I took Harry's character forward. Of course I'm not mush of a cusser myself, and that's where Irvy came in."
As Rowling suggested the book does indeed contain sex scenes between Potter and his friend-cum-lover Hermione. The graphic nature of these have threatened the Karma Sutra in its position as literature's top sex manual. Speaking about these co-writer Irvine Welsh said "Aye, we wanted the sex to be as graphic as possible, so we took pictures, 'cause let's face it, when was the last time you saw a child reading? But the pictures stopped the flow of swearing, I mean writing, so I just wrote as many swear words as I could think of around the page's border and we thought that was good. You know ghetto realism."
Parenting organisations last night expressed concerns about the book's suitability for young readers, who make up the bulk of the Harry Potter sales figures. Top chef Anthony Worrall Thompson commented "I know JK might want to be an *enfant terrible*, but I'm worried that people will find this book terrible.. You see what I did there? I'm ginger and clever. Look at me!". While Bloomsbury refuses to censor its writers the signing of one JK Rowing to write "Harold Potté and the League of the Phoenix" could spell trouble for Rowling, unless she contemplates a re-write. The author, however, remains resolute that Harry must reflect his readers' characters to maintain his popularity, even if this results in Potter giving up magic to work in Sainsbury's.
Despite all the doom and gloom in Potter land this week, one ray of sunshine did come through. The production of the Harry P-Opera moved up a gear yesterday after the signing of chunky cornetto sensation Pavarotti to play the lead role of Harry. Hopefully with the right conditioning, the difference in appearance between the young thin wizard and the fat bearded singer will be negligible.
Bloomsbury's hesitance appears to have stemmed from the book's more mature approach to the Potter character. Author JK Rowling has always insisted that Harry Potter would grow up with his readers, avoiding the age-vortex limbo suffered by many of Potter's rivals, such as Jennings. However, concerns have been raised over Rowling's judgement of Potter's development. Earlier in the year eye-brows were raised following the signing of Irvine Welsh to co-write the book with her, though doubts were temporarily assuaged when Welsh commented "Aye, I'm a right cun.. ahem.. cunning fellow aren't I? I mean I always considered myself as a foo.. ahem.. fun Kiddies' writer".
Welsh's influence is visible from the opening page, in which the word .............is mentioned an astonishing 3,576 times, as Potter suffers an aborted attempt to roll a cigarrette containing illegal substances. Asked if this was really the ideal opening to a children's book, Rowling vehemently defended her character saying "I did my research and like it or not, children Harry's age smoke pot, have sex and swear. A lot. Irvy took me to a Glasgow housing estate made entirely out of heroin, where the children had to invent swear words every ten minutes because the old ones were so out of date. And they were burning piles of Harry Potter books saying that he wasn't keeping it real anymore! I was shocked, and so I took Harry's character forward. Of course I'm not mush of a cusser myself, and that's where Irvy came in."
As Rowling suggested the book does indeed contain sex scenes between Potter and his friend-cum-lover Hermione. The graphic nature of these have threatened the Karma Sutra in its position as literature's top sex manual. Speaking about these co-writer Irvine Welsh said "Aye, we wanted the sex to be as graphic as possible, so we took pictures, 'cause let's face it, when was the last time you saw a child reading? But the pictures stopped the flow of swearing, I mean writing, so I just wrote as many swear words as I could think of around the page's border and we thought that was good. You know ghetto realism."
Parenting organisations last night expressed concerns about the book's suitability for young readers, who make up the bulk of the Harry Potter sales figures. Top chef Anthony Worrall Thompson commented "I know JK might want to be an *enfant terrible*, but I'm worried that people will find this book terrible.. You see what I did there? I'm ginger and clever. Look at me!". While Bloomsbury refuses to censor its writers the signing of one JK Rowing to write "Harold Potté and the League of the Phoenix" could spell trouble for Rowling, unless she contemplates a re-write. The author, however, remains resolute that Harry must reflect his readers' characters to maintain his popularity, even if this results in Potter giving up magic to work in Sainsbury's.
Despite all the doom and gloom in Potter land this week, one ray of sunshine did come through. The production of the Harry P-Opera moved up a gear yesterday after the signing of chunky cornetto sensation Pavarotti to play the lead role of Harry. Hopefully with the right conditioning, the difference in appearance between the young thin wizard and the fat bearded singer will be negligible.
Well, the film's from Quentin Tarantino.
But they could turn in it into an American High School rom-com.
Starring, Josh Hartnett as Harry, Jeniffer Love Hewitt as Hermione and the guy who Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo film as Ron. With Robin Williams as Dumbledore.
But they could turn in it into an American High School rom-com.
Starring, Josh Hartnett as Harry, Jeniffer Love Hewitt as Hermione and the guy who Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo film as Ron. With Robin Williams as Dumbledore.
allardini wrote:
> I think you'll find it's actually titled "Harry Pothead and the
> Philospher's Stoned."
By J. Rolling?
> I think you'll find it's actually titled "Harry Pothead and the
> Philospher's Stoned."
By J. Rolling?
As funny as always, Mister Happy :-)
I think you'll find it's actually titled "Harry Pothead and the Philospher's Stoned."
Brilliant. The bit with the 3,000 swear words on the first page made me laugh especially.
Sensationalist headlines abounded across Britain's tabloid press yesterday, after a sneak-preview copy of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" sent shock waves through literary circles. Publishing house Bloomsbury was forced to send out the editions after newspaper rumour-mongers questioned the book's existence, alleging that Rowling had spent the years since the last book making ruffty with her new husband. Top internet book seller, Amazon, then threatened to withdraw the book from its lists leaving Bloomsbury with little option but to release an initial copy, or risk decimating pre-release sales figures, already dwarfing some countries' GDPs.
Bloomsbury's hesitance appears to have stemmed from the book's more mature approach to the Potter character. Author JK Rowling has always insisted that Harry Potter would grow up with his readers, avoiding the age-vortex limbo suffered by many of Potter's rivals, such as Jennings. However, concerns have been raised over Rowling's judgement of Potter's development. Earlier in the year eye-brows were raised following the signing of Irvine Welsh to co-write the book with her, though doubts were temporarily assuaged when Welsh commented "Aye, I'm a right cun.. ahem.. cunning fellow aren't I? I mean I always considered myself as a foo.. ahem.. fun Kiddies' writer".
Welsh's influence is visible from the opening page, in which the word .............is mentioned an astonishing 3,576 times, as Potter suffers an aborted attempt to roll a cigarrette containing illegal substances. Asked if this was really the ideal opening to a children's book, Rowling vehemently defended her character saying "I did my research and like it or not, children Harry's age smoke pot, have sex and swear. A lot. Irvy took me to a Glasgow housing estate made entirely out of heroin, where the children had to invent swear words every ten minutes because the old ones were so out of date. And they were burning piles of Harry Potter books saying that he wasn't keeping it real anymore! I was shocked, and so I took Harry's character forward. Of course I'm not mush of a cusser myself, and that's where Irvy came in."
As Rowling suggested the book does indeed contain sex scenes between Potter and his friend-cum-lover Hermione. The graphic nature of these have threatened the Karma Sutra in its position as literature's top sex manual. Speaking about these co-writer Irvine Welsh said "Aye, we wanted the sex to be as graphic as possible, so we took pictures, 'cause let's face it, when was the last time you saw a child reading? But the pictures stopped the flow of swearing, I mean writing, so I just wrote as many swear words as I could think of around the page's border and we thought that was good. You know ghetto realism."
Parenting organisations last night expressed concerns about the book's suitability for young readers, who make up the bulk of the Harry Potter sales figures. Top chef Anthony Worrall Thompson commented "I know JK might want to be an *enfant terrible*, but I'm worried that people will find this book terrible.. You see what I did there? I'm ginger and clever. Look at me!". While Bloomsbury refuses to censor its writers the signing of one JK Rowing to write "Harold Potté and the League of the Phoenix" could spell trouble for Rowling, unless she contemplates a re-write. The author, however, remains resolute that Harry must reflect his readers' characters to maintain his popularity, even if this results in Potter giving up magic to work in Sainsbury's.
Despite all the doom and gloom in Potter land this week, one ray of sunshine did come through. The production of the Harry P-Opera moved up a gear yesterday after the signing of chunky cornetto sensation Pavarotti to play the lead role of Harry. Hopefully with the right conditioning, the difference in appearance between the young thin wizard and the fat bearded singer will be negligible.
Bloomsbury's hesitance appears to have stemmed from the book's more mature approach to the Potter character. Author JK Rowling has always insisted that Harry Potter would grow up with his readers, avoiding the age-vortex limbo suffered by many of Potter's rivals, such as Jennings. However, concerns have been raised over Rowling's judgement of Potter's development. Earlier in the year eye-brows were raised following the signing of Irvine Welsh to co-write the book with her, though doubts were temporarily assuaged when Welsh commented "Aye, I'm a right cun.. ahem.. cunning fellow aren't I? I mean I always considered myself as a foo.. ahem.. fun Kiddies' writer".
Welsh's influence is visible from the opening page, in which the word .............is mentioned an astonishing 3,576 times, as Potter suffers an aborted attempt to roll a cigarrette containing illegal substances. Asked if this was really the ideal opening to a children's book, Rowling vehemently defended her character saying "I did my research and like it or not, children Harry's age smoke pot, have sex and swear. A lot. Irvy took me to a Glasgow housing estate made entirely out of heroin, where the children had to invent swear words every ten minutes because the old ones were so out of date. And they were burning piles of Harry Potter books saying that he wasn't keeping it real anymore! I was shocked, and so I took Harry's character forward. Of course I'm not mush of a cusser myself, and that's where Irvy came in."
As Rowling suggested the book does indeed contain sex scenes between Potter and his friend-cum-lover Hermione. The graphic nature of these have threatened the Karma Sutra in its position as literature's top sex manual. Speaking about these co-writer Irvine Welsh said "Aye, we wanted the sex to be as graphic as possible, so we took pictures, 'cause let's face it, when was the last time you saw a child reading? But the pictures stopped the flow of swearing, I mean writing, so I just wrote as many swear words as I could think of around the page's border and we thought that was good. You know ghetto realism."
Parenting organisations last night expressed concerns about the book's suitability for young readers, who make up the bulk of the Harry Potter sales figures. Top chef Anthony Worrall Thompson commented "I know JK might want to be an *enfant terrible*, but I'm worried that people will find this book terrible.. You see what I did there? I'm ginger and clever. Look at me!". While Bloomsbury refuses to censor its writers the signing of one JK Rowing to write "Harold Potté and the League of the Phoenix" could spell trouble for Rowling, unless she contemplates a re-write. The author, however, remains resolute that Harry must reflect his readers' characters to maintain his popularity, even if this results in Potter giving up magic to work in Sainsbury's.
Despite all the doom and gloom in Potter land this week, one ray of sunshine did come through. The production of the Harry P-Opera moved up a gear yesterday after the signing of chunky cornetto sensation Pavarotti to play the lead role of Harry. Hopefully with the right conditioning, the difference in appearance between the young thin wizard and the fat bearded singer will be negligible.