Potter mania: What next after this?

  

After more than one decade, to be precise 14 years from the first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997 to the final silver screen installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 on July 15 2011, Potter mania has at last come to an end. It was a whirlwind of a phenomenon never before seen in both the publishing industry and box office collection. Which leaves the question - What next after this?

This question I am quite sure has been playing in many minds of fans of the Harry Potter saga, including yours truly. I, however, is more of a fan to the books than the movies, as I personally feel that those movies could only complement the books that have been painstakingly written by J.K. Rowling.

The dramatisation of the the Harry Potter saga was done excellently but there are still intimate details and nuances in the story that weren't shown in the movies, my guess would be due to budget and time constraints. The time constraint I'm referring to is that the story of each book would need to be told within a three-hour time frame at the maximum with the exception of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was divided into two parts.  

However, fans of Harry Potter need not fret as J.K. Rowling has created Pottermore.com, web site dedicated to the seven books she has written. I hope she would also include books that she has written in aid of Comic Relief - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages as well as the Tales of Beedle the Bard in which was written in the aid of Children's High Level Group and was co-founded by Rowling. These three books were very much part of the Harry Potter saga that I'm sure many fans like yours truly have splurge a small fortune on them, apart from those seven books. 

       

  

I hope that Pottermore.com will be a web site that will do justice to the Harry Potter phenomenon. In fact, just like any other fan of the Harry Potter saga, I am experiencing withdrawal symptoms from the end of this mega successful phenomenon. No more anticipation on new Harry Potter movie releases in the future. Although I am not a big fan of the movies, I would still watch them again to enhance the experience of reliving the story. My first choice would still be the books first, then only the movies.

Not to mention I would definitely take a peek into Pottermore.com to find out if it will be worth experiencing the Harry Potter saga from a different perspective; this time from the the cyberspace point of view. I think Rowling would do just as exceptionally well with with this web site; to appreciate the dedication and support from the Harry Potter fans who have been following Harry's story right from the beginning until the very end.