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12-19-2007, 03:47 PM
| | J.K.R. second runner-up in Time's Person of the Year 2007
With many different contenders, J.K. Rowling did not grab the title of Time's Person of the Year 2007. She came in third place behind Russian President Vladimir Putin and Al Gore. However, she's been profiled with information regarding the Harry Potter phenomena, her future plans, and much more!
On Harry Potter success, Time writes: Quote:
Rowling calls her time with Harry "one of the longest relationships of my adult life," her rock through bereavement, a turbulent marriage and divorce, single motherhood, changes of country, fear of failure — and transcendent joy, on the day a wise man at Bloomsbury offered her $2,250 and agreed to print 1,000 books. When Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows went on sale last July, it sold 15 million copies worldwide in 24 hours, breaking the record that had been held by each of the previous three books. (To put that in perspective, 2005's Half-Blood Prince moved more copies on its first day than The Da Vinci Code did in an entire year.) Meanwhile, the movie version of Book 5 — Order of the Phoenix — made $645 million, and plans for an Orlando, Fla., theme park were unveiled. Forbes magazine put Rowling second only to Oprah as the richest woman in entertainment, ahead of Martha Stewart and Madonna — and as the first person to become a billionaire by writing books.
They also address the fandom and the impact Harry Potter has had on its fans: Quote:
And that is on top of the impact, even her critics acknowledge, of inspiring a generation of obsessive readers unafraid of fat books and complex plots. "They're easy to underestimate because of what I call the three Deathly Hallows for academics," says James Thomas, a professor of English at Pepperdine University. "They couldn't possibly be good because they're too recent, they're too popular, and they're too juvenile." But he argues that the books do more than entertain. "They've made millions of kids smarter, more sensitive, certainly more literate and probably more ethical and aware of hypocrisy and lust for power. They've made children better adults, I think. I don't know of any books that have worked that kind of magic on so many millions of readers in so short a time in the history of publications."
Regarding the ending to Deathly Hallows, they report: Quote:
The ending, naturally, was the most controversial part of the book. It would have been so much neater just to kill Harry. "I've known that all along," she says, but that was never her plan. To her, the most noble thing, the real bravery, is to rebuild after a trauma. Some fans were disappointed that after all his adventures, Harry's greatest concern in the end is whether his son will fit in at Hogwarts. "It's a bittersweet ending," she says. "But that's perfect, because that is what happens to our heroes. We're human. I kept arguing that 'love is the most important force, love is the most important force.' So I wanted to show him loving. Sometimes it's dramatic: it means you lay down your life. But sometimes it means making sure someone's trunk is packed and hoping they'll be O.K. at school."
To read the rest of the profile about our favorite author, go here.
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12-19-2007, 03:55 PM
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| Romanian Longhorn
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Neverland
Posts: 39,693
Hogwarts RPG Name: Margaret Jacqueline Atkinson Morris Fifth Year | Potter’s Princess A+ FangGirl
Aww maaaan! I won't say a thing about Al Gore but she shouldn't be behind Vladimir Putin
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
That's the thing about Hogwarts.
No matter how long you're away from it, there's always a way back. |
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12-19-2007, 04:57 PM
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| Plimpy
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the TARDIS
Posts: 15,341
| I think Jo deserved to be top 3, definitely. Congrats to her. |
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12-19-2007, 05:28 PM
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| Billywig
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 3,669
Graduated | Miss Sarah Bippity Boppity Boo!
Hey, top 3 is pretty darn awesome. Many congratulations to her!
... And I agree with what they wrote about her and her books.
I ought to track down an issue of Time this week... that'd be a good item to have with all my HP books/memorabilia.
__________________ Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? |
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12-19-2007, 05:43 PM
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| Imp
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London....helping Mr
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Maria Phelps |
she desearved to win
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12-19-2007, 06:16 PM
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| Chizpurfle
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston
Posts: 10,169
| My Boy Jack | | Skateboarding Sorcerer
man! forget martha stewart, who cares about that thief...? Jo Rowling!!!
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12-19-2007, 11:18 PM
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| Veela
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a fairytale
Posts: 37,061
Hogwarts RPG Name: Jillian McGuffin Sixth Year | Gryffindor Goddess Congrats Jo...we all say she should be number one, but those polls are overrated!xD anyway, it's weird that it was never her plan to kill Harry...at least I think it is.... |
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12-19-2007, 11:26 PM
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| Mackled Malaclaw
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maryland
Posts: 11,247
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Jermey Jackston | Book Club Babe
She should have won!!!!
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12-20-2007, 01:46 AM
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| Firecrab
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In Wonderland,with Mad Hatter
Posts: 979
Second Ministry RPG Name:
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Thats so cool!! I think that she really deserved it!!
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Be ~~>LIE<~~eve......Believe?? |
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12-20-2007, 02:51 AM
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| !!!!Awesome!!!! Jobberknoll
Join Date: May 2004 Location: in Howarts offcourse
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Mari Elizabeth Allen Fourth Year |
She should have won!!!!!! And I totallly agree with Jo the best endogn was showing Harry Loving and been love in return
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12-20-2007, 03:15 AM
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| Keeper of Dan’s GrinLuvs SiriusK.O. Harry's love for DD Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,226
Hogwarts RPG Name: Annushka Sarah Emerzynski First Year |
This is awehsome!!
__________________ this is TOTALLY WICKED, duuuuuuuude! |
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12-20-2007, 06:17 AM
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| Snidget
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 2,659
Hogwarts RPG Name: Elizabeth Snape Graduated Ministry RPG Name:
Department of mysteries planet room |
wow thats cool
__________________ Half Blood Prince |
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12-20-2007, 11:22 AM
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| Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a pineapple. <3
Posts: 18,309
Hogwarts RPG Name: Emerson Gray. Fourth Year | G1GGL3R! *giggles* My GarBear Congrats Jo! |
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12-20-2007, 07:23 PM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Noble House of Black
Posts: 1,034
Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexandra Stuart Black Ministry RPG Name:
Stacy Emma Ross Magical Transportation |
She should have won..
She has done so much .. If she did not write HP, we would not have this
great site...
__________________ ~I'm Curry the House Elf~ |
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12-20-2007, 07:27 PM
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| Murtlap
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Over the Rainbow
Posts: 53
Hogwarts RPG Name: Andie Sky Sullivan First |
If it weren't for her, my little brother probably would never have learned to read..
The next generation will never know what they missed
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12-20-2007, 11:52 PM
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| Dumbledore's Gargoyle Mooncalf
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Small-Town, USA
Posts: 6,682
| Foreign Intrigue *cough cough* RECOUNT!
In my opinion, Jo should have won. I won't opinionate on the other two (being Russian and being too deep in her own world to hear much about Al Gore)
Harry Potter got me into reading...writing...and later into RPing on this lovely site. Polls are overrated, she's the Person of the Year and one of my heroes.
__________________ what's the worst thing that could happen? you've got to take the chance. everyone will tell you not to/but no one understands. D o n' t D i e W o n d e r i n g silly little charmer/with that sparkle in your eye seize your hope and kiss them all goodbye. |
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