J.K. Rowling Signs Publishing Contract for New, Adult-Targeted Book

[Alistair_Darkheart]

Hairy Puta and the Whores of Babylon?

I don't know. Rowling isn't a great author; she's good - don't get me wrong - but I've yet to see the depth that will take her into the adult market. Most adults enjoy the teenage market for fluff, and specific authors for the hard-hitting material.

I think she could still do some great kidult books, but she's left it very late to re-build a fan base. Someone like Rachel Caine has 3 good series on the run, as have Jim Butcher and Laurell K Hamilton.

If I remember rightly, her non-Potter books have been widely avoided. Now, if she put her mind to detailing Hagrid's role, without Lucasizing it, that could be a money-spinner.

Totally agree with this post.

As for detailing Hagrid's role, he could have a new wonderfully dangerous creature each week for each of his 3rd through to 7th years, it could be a complete adventure for each of the various years rather then just an adventure for the so called golden trio.

She's certainly not a great author, However one doesn't need to be a great author to write something fun and that's what Harry Potter was a fun piece of fluff to read, even if I was just leaving my teen years when it was first brought out, I've enjoyed each of them even if I disliked some of the character portrayals.

-Al.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out when it comes out...

 

[mephet]

Genre/"fluff" fiction has a very unfair stereotype; just because it's written towards tweens doesn't mean it's not a lot better than some of the 'adult' books out there. Good Omens is worth far more than The Number One Detective Agency or Alex Cross imho.

Um... I don't think all genre fiction is written for tweens. Nor that "fluff" is a fair term to use for genre fiction. Genre fiction is horror, fantasy, sci-fi, historical, alternate history, thriller, detective etc. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, if so then I apologize, but I got the impression that you suggested that genre fiction is written for children and literary fiction for adults. That's just not true.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, if so then I apologize, but I got the impression that you suggested that genre fiction is written for children and literary fiction for adults. That's just not true.

Misunderstanding - sorry, should have made it clear that would have been a colon rather than a semi-colon. They're a bugger to use

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Oh, ok. Thanks root. Guess that means I only read fluff. Little bit crushing.

Nah, I love fluff. Which is why I get so angry when books like Twilight break out, despite being the worst of the current incarnation/

EDIT: After reading the wiki entry on genre fiction, I remain secure in my reading habit snobbery.
Apparently literally everything is genre fiction - fantasy, sci-fi, horror, whatever the hell Pratchett's stuff is (comedy/sci-fi/fantasy/philosophy?)

Yeah, it's a horrid convention because something like Dreadful Tales of Abusive Mothers, True Tales of Angels + Aliens and Jamie Oliver's Pot Noodle Surprise get treated as "real" books; while the genre fiction has to break out of it's tiny little "Paranormal Romance" box.

"The Dresden Files" was in "Paranormal Romance", for Harry's sake.

 

[theheroofaction]

After reading "books for adults" repeatedly, all I can think about is...Adults books.

Not that that's BAD mind you, just not something one ought to be contemplating during the day.

 

[NikolaiK]

Yeah, it's a horrid convention because something like Dreadful Tales of Abusive Mothers, True Tales of Angels + Aliens and Jamie Oliver's Pot Noodle Surprise get treated as "real" books; while the genre fiction has to break out of it's tiny little "Paranormal Romance" box.

"The Dresden Files" was in "Paranormal Romance", for Harry's sake.

Who put it there? Check to see if Lara Raith has been messing with one of the workers.

 

[The Night Angel]

I'm currently studying English in university, and the other day our lecturer ripped a Harry Potter book up in a lecture, and I loved her for it. Don't get me wrong, I loved the books, and greatly enjoyed the story, and respect J.K. for getting millions of children reading; but she is not a good writer. She is mediocre, uses a repetitive writing style, and I can't see her being successful with an Adult audience (except for those who 'enjoy' it simply because it is her book) unless she drastically improves her writing style
I will almost definitely read the book either way, before I write her off.

 

[Hosker]

I'm glad she didn't simply take the easy root and do more Harry Potter books. This should prove interesting.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Only just found out about this from one of those 'thingy read this news thing' Facebook things (why are they always things that happened ages ago) and was wondering, when you reached the point of 'more money than the queen' 3 or 4 books ago, why bother still writing more books? Out of some kind of charitable desire to make the publishers rich or something?