четверг, 14 сентября 2006
JKR опять обновила свой сайт, написав, в
Дневнике, что довольна августовскими чтениями в Нью-Йорке, а в
Новостях - что усиленные меры безопасности в тамошнем аэропорту чуть было не вынудили ее добираться из Америки вплавь и что она до сих пор не выбрала название для 7-й книги, поскольку мечется между старым, под которым она начинала писать книгу, и новым - которое пришло ей в голову, когда она принимала душ в Нью-Йорке.
А еще в разделе
"Дополнительные материалы" она в своей излюбленной манере ответила на никогда не задававшийся ей вопрос: почему мантия-невидимка Джеймса оказалась у Дамблдора.
ОригиналSection: Diary
SEPTEMBER 13th
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. I know it's been a very long time since I was last in touch. I've been writing a novel, you see.
My readings in New York with Stephen King and John Irving were so much fun. It's not often that I do something like that and wish I could do it all over again, but I would have happily done a third night. If you were there, and yelling, thank you: the crowds, both nights, could not have been more wonderful.
I did mess up one answer, though. I was asked, 'what question have you never been asked that you ought to have been asked?' - or something very similar – and my mind went blank. Blame long years of trying not to give away the plot. But it occurred to me almost as soon as I got off stage that there IS a question I've always been surprised nobody's put to me, and that I really should have said it while I was still on-stage. I can't make amends to the girl who asked, but it is in tribute to her that I give the answer, belatedly, under 'Miscellaneous', Extras section.
Section: News
Wednesday 13 September 2006
Book 7 Update
Now that I'm back from New York, the only real news is that I'm continuing to work hard on the book. I've done quite a lot, and I'm really enjoying it, though every now and then I look up and realise that it's THE LAST ONE. You might think I'd have got used to that idea during the sixteen years I've been planning seven books, but it still keeps hitting me... no more Harry after this... and then I bury myself in book seven again and tell myself I've still got plenty to write.
The heightened security restrictions on the airlines in August made the journey back from New York interesting, as I refused to be parted from the manusсriрt of book seven (a large part of it is handwritten, and there was no copy of anything I had done while in the US). They let me take it on, thankfully, bound up in elastic bands. I don't know what I would have done if they hadn't; sailed home, probably.
I am currently trying to decide between two possible titles. I was quite happy with one of them until the other one struck me while I was taking a shower in New York. They would both be appropriate, so I think I'll have to wait until I'm further into the book to decide which one works best.
Section: Extra Stuff
NAQ
... which means, 'never asked question'.
Why did Dumbledore have James' invisibility cloak at the time of James' death, given that Dumbledore could make himself invisible without a cloak?
Prior to posting this I had a quick look on-line, and realised that some fans have been speculating about this question. However, nobody has ever asked me about it, and they really should have done. Just to allay the fears of the justifiably suspicious, this isn't what we in the know call 'a Mark Evans situation.'* There IS a significant - even crucial - answer.
* Note to newcomers: my attempt to put to rest certain wild theories about the unimportant character of 'Mark Evans' backfired when I inadvertently built up even more excitement by promising to explain his significance.
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13.09.2006 в 20:49А мне бы тоже очень хотелось узнать ответ на этот вопрос. Желательно _до_ выхода седьмой книги
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13.09.2006 в 21:12Боюсь, что _до_ выхода мы не узнаем - любит она поманить да туману напустить