新《哈利?波特》迎圣誕 馬爾福成主角
在給自己的官方網(wǎng)站Pottermore用戶的郵件中，羅琳透露，圣誕期間從12月12日起，她每天將在Pottermore上發(fā)布1個(gè)HP相關(guān)的小故事，共有12個(gè)，內(nèi)容會寫到《混血王子》，巫師錢幣“加隆”甚至一兩種新魔藥。還有報(bào)道稱，其中一個(gè)故事的主角是哈利•波特的對頭、人氣很高的德拉科•馬爾福。
羅琳給HP粉絲“發(fā)糖”可說是相當(dāng)積極，今年萬圣節(jié)，她就寫到了霍格沃茨的教授多洛雷斯•簡•烏姆里奇的故事。前段時(shí)間的世界杯那會兒，她更借寫“魁地奇世界杯”的小故事之機(jī)，寫到了時(shí)年34歲、已長出白發(fā)的哈利，和另外幾個(gè)小伙伴的結(jié)局。
It's going to be a magical Christmas, after all.
J.K. Rowling will release 12 Harry Potter short stories this month in celebration of the 12 days of Christmas, The Telegraph reports. At least one of the stories will reportedly focus on Harry's nemesis Draco Malfoy.
The author made the announcement in a newsletter to Harry Potter publishing website Pottermore members on Friday. The installments will be posted online daily beginning on Friday, December 12 at 5 a.m. PT until Christmas Eve.
Pottermore teased "wonderful writing by J.K. Rowling in Moments from 'Half-Blood Prince,' shiny gold Galleons and even a new potion or two."
Rowling wrote 5,000 words for Pottermore on Halloween about another character, Dolores Umbridge -- a teacher at Hogwarts.
Rowling revealed that the much-hated character of Umbridge is based on a teacher to whom she took an instant dislike, but whose name she has not disclosed.
Umbridge, played by actress Imelda Staunton in the film adaptations of the hugely popular fantasy series, is the seemingly sweet but innately vicious teacher at Hogwarts who bans young Harry from playing Quidditch and forces him to write the words "I must not tell lies" on the back of his hand.
In the essay, Rowling says that the character of Umbridge was based on a person "whom I disliked intensely on sight."
"The woman in question returned my antipathy with interest. Why we took against each other so instantly, heartily and (on my side, at least) irrationally, I honestly cannot say," she wrote.
