JK Rowling, author of those little-known books about a boy-wizard, has announced she will write an eighth Harry Potter book. While the "last" book in the series, The Deathly Hollows, will come out in the summer, Rowling says she'll do an encyclopedia of the world she created, and use material she wasn't able to include in any of the previous books. (Hobbit-followers will recognize this as "Silmarillion Syndrome".) This is good news for Potter fans, especially since the author has hinted she might kill off some beloved characters in this seventh book. Don't think she won't do it; just ask Dumbledore. And she is British, for god's sake.
While my Muggle household welcomes the addition of a new book, not everyone is so thrilled with the wizarding world. This woman thinks the Harry Potter books are Judas Priest, Marilyn Manson, and Dungeons & Dragons all rolled into one brainwashing tool of Satan. Book-learnin' is dangerous stuff. Apparently the series has the ability to turn a kid into a "tricking time bomb of danger". Put that on a t-shirt, somebody! The novels also have the power to make teens become cutter-vampires. And, um, sympathize with terrorist organizations. Now that you mention it, if you put a beard on Daniel Radcliffe, he does look a little like Osama bin Laden. (And in this photo, it looks like the beard went on the wrong end.) Hey, the woman who hates Harry is a Gemini. Isn't astrology kind of occult-ish too? I mean, those wise men from the good book might have been star-watchers, but you can't be too careful when dealing with the devil.
Anyhow, here's hoping the new book covers some important questions, like "How come Harry never uses his invisibility cloak to sneak into the girls' showers undetected?" and "What does Voldemort do to unwind after long day?" My family will definitely camp out at midnight in a bookstore to find out.
