YAYE NOW I DON'T HAVE TO READ THE COMPLAINTS OF ALL THESE POTTER FANS.....I DOUBT I'LL READ IT THOUGH BECAUSE I DON'T TRULY CARE HOW GEORGE GOT ALONG WITHOUT FRED......TRUTH BE TOLD HE PROBABLY SULKED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE PROBABLY STARTED THE BUSINESS AGAIN AND GOT RON IN ON IT........HARRY PROBABLY BECAME AN AUROR AND HUNTED DOWN THE REST OF THE DEATH EATERS WHICH PROBABLY FLED FROM HIM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE SCARED OF THE PERSON WHO DESTROYED THE DARK LORD.....DRACO AND THE REST OF THE MALFOYS PROBABLY WENT TO AZKABAN FOR A WHILE AND THEN GOT OUT.....HARRY PROBABLY LIVES IN GODRIC'S HOLLOW.....HARRY PROBABLY HAS ANOTHER OWL....HARRY PROBABLY REALLY HATES SNAKES. YOU KNOW GENERAL STUFF LIKE THAT.

Knowing that she won't end it there makes me feel so much better. I'd really like to know more about Professor McGonagall and the Malfoy family. Not to mention Neville and Luna....Shame those two never got together.....

Oh! I am so glad. I am very curious as to the fate of everyone besides Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.

Yay! I can't wait!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!AAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! I'm so happy right now i'm practically screaming. When i first read lupin+tonks' deaths i was hysterical but when i think about how i'd feel if mr. weasley died...oooh bad thoughts! I'm so happy it's not only an encyclopedia but the extended epiloge(sp? summer is paying it's toll) that i've been dreaming of....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAHHHHHH *runs off to scream and harass her mother*

Yes. Don't be sad about the Harry Potter series ending. There is more Potter to come!!!

YAYE NOW I DON'T HAVE TO READ THE COMPLAINTS OF ALL THESE POTTER FANS.....I DOUBT I'LL READ IT THOUGH BECAUSE I DON'T TRULY CARE HOW GEORGE GOT ALONG WITHOUT FRED......TRUTH BE TOLD HE PROBABLY SULKED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE PROBABLY STARTED THE BUSINESS AGAIN AND GOT RON IN ON IT........HARRY PROBABLY BECAME AN AUROR AND HUNTED DOWN THE REST OF THE DEATH EATERS WHICH PROBABLY FLED FROM HIM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE SCARED OF THE PERSON WHO DESTROYED THE DARK LORD.....DRACO AND THE REST OF THE MALFOYS PROBABLY WENT TO AZKABAN FOR A WHILE AND THEN GOT OUT.....HARRY PROBABLY LIVES IN GODRIC'S HOLLOW.....HARRY PROBABLY HAS ANOTHER OWL....HARRY PROBABLY REALLY HATES SNAKES. YOU KNOW GENERAL STUFF LIKE THAT.

YAYE NOW I DON'T HAVE TO READ THE COMPLAINTS OF ALL THESE POTTER FANS.....I DOUBT I'LL READ IT THOUGH BECAUSE I DON'T TRULY CARE HOW GEORGE GOT ALONG WITHOUT FRED......TRUTH BE TOLD HE PROBABLY SULKED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE PROBABLY STARTED THE BUSINESS AGAIN AND GOT RON IN ON IT........HARRY PROBABLY BECAME AN AUROR AND HUNTED DOWN THE REST OF THE DEATH EATERS WHICH PROBABLY FLED FROM HIM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE SCARED OF THE PERSON WHO DESTROYED THE DARK LORD.....DRACO AND THE REST OF THE MALFOYS PROBABLY WENT TO AZKABAN FOR A WHILE AND THEN GOT OUT.....HARRY PROBABLY LIVES IN GODRIC'S HOLLOW.....HARRY PROBABLY HAS ANOTHER OWL....HARRY PROBABLY REALLY HATES SNAKES. YOU KNOW GENERAL STUFF LIKE THAT.

question..not really related to the story but did anyone notice teddy lupin had to be 18?what was he doing in the hogwarts express?!

of all the characters i thought got a reprieve....but i'm glad....too bad fred didn't get one too

Yes, i need some more closure too. Soo excited about the encylopaedia tho! It will be like another book all over again! and i thought mrs weasley got the reprieve, or Hagrid. I think tonks, fred or dobby were killed instead. I'm sure Lupin was always intended to die.

Yay! More Harry Potter! =)

OMG!! Thank God she didn't do it! It's bad enough with the other characters she killed off! I hope she does write the encyclopedia. And if she does I can't wait!!

ooooh!!! an encyclopedia would be really cool!!!!!!!! :]

OMG!!! cant wait! that would be cool!......i really want 2 kno about james's and albus's life at hogwarts though!!

Now that she'll probably write what happens to eveyone, I am not sad about the lack of info in the epilogue. I really like the epilogue now.... I wonder how long of a break she will take before writing the encyclopedia..... I wouldn't mind if she took a couple of years... she deserves it.

Yes! It isn't over, it isn't over! An encyclopedia- oh my god! Harry's reign hasn't come to an end yet! This has to be one of the best things thats ever happened to me!

YAY!!!! I can't wait. I really hope she does!!!! It would give Harry Potter fans another book to look forward to, instead of just the movies. It would be Really Exciting!!! YAY, J.K!!!! ~8)

thank the lord. voldemort is dead. hope the encyclopedia tells me all i would love to know about anything and everything.

I really thought it would be Hagrid... he almost died a couple of times. I'll be looking froward to the Encyclopedia.

Clari_Potter i think it said he was just saying goodbye to Victoire

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY YYYY!!!! and the fact that she actually announced it in public is so great...its means the likeliness of her doing it is actually there. its not the same thing as waiting for the next book..but it is by far the next closest thing!! :D

jk has to write it now, she can't just say "probably will" with out getting billions of peoples hopes up....she will do it, but it won't come out for a LONG while, i mean, come on, there are sooooo many character, and their stories will prob. be fairly lengthy, i say in a couple of years, or more, it's weird to think about though, i might be out of college, or even have kids....strange...but i will wait, and prob. still go to midnight releases if they do it!!!! Jk is a genius!!!!!

Awesome! I really thought Mr. Weasley was going to die. I hope Jo talks more about the Marauders and Lily/James in the encyclopedia.

Wonderful!!!! Amazing!!! she just couldn't leave us hanging like that!!!! the epilogue was funny but didn't answered a thing...haha! except who married who i think hahaha!!! CaN'T WaIt 4 It!!!! i hope she really writes it...

Nice. It looks like we'll at least get that encyclopedia to keep us busy after reading Deathly Hallows.

ive seen people say that they were shocked that lupin and tonks died. in all honesty, it was kind of obvious that they were bound to die right when lupin told harry that he was going to be teddys godfather. right when he said that i knew they were both going to die. and thank god that mr weasly didnt die!

Ah--that's why she left so much hanging! So she could sell us an encyclopedia! It's all clear at last!

K.. so here's my theory on what happened to Luna: (yeah I know a lot of you are all going to hate this but oh well). She married Dean. In Chapter 30: The Sacking of Severus Snape, on page 604, middle of the page it reads: "Come on, Luna," Dean called as he passed, holding out his free hand; she took it and followed him back up the stairs. The reason I say this is because it's the ONLY clue given in any of the books as to who she ends up with. Yeah, maybe I'm looking too much into that sentence, but no where else is there any hint into who she ends up with. All I'm saying is that it's just the Most likely scenario that would have occurred if you use the knowledge the books give. And only the facts... not assumptions or who has good chemistry together.

YES!! I'm so happy there's going to be an encyclopedia! I was really disappointed when the other characters weren't mentioned in the epilogue.

Ahhh...makes total sense on why the Epilogue was the way it was...I already liked it, but now I think it is adorable! Can't wait to hear about all the others! I knew she wouldn't do that to her fans...leave them all hanging for info. I love you Jo! RIP Dobby, Lupin, Tonks, Fred, and all the others!

did anyone ever figure out what the picture on the US cover depicts? where are Harry and Voldermort and what are they reaching for

Oh yes! This will help with all the sadness over DH. I'm very excited now, even if this takes quite a while, we know it's coming!

wonderful! can't wait for that encyclopedia!

OMG Ican't believe that JKR is making an encylopedia. It would have been so sad if Aruther would have died. enough has already happened to the weasley's. I MISS YOU FRED WEASLEY!!! RIP! hope the encyclopedia comes out soon should be cool. :)

YES I really really hope that she does!!! I want to find out what happened to all the characters! And their histories.

Allright shabang wowza that is cool,just what we needed .Thanks JO we love you

omg, thats so cool that shes making a encyclopedia!!! i cant wait!

I knew Jo wouldn't leave us hanging I can't wait to see where everyone happens to be....lets face it anything she wants to add to Harry Potter is utterly fantastic. As for Arthur-I was surpised I always thought the character who got the repreive -got it from dying in book 7 very tricky Jo. But I am thrilled the Weasley's made it throught because Molly and Arthur are going to have to really pull their family through alot with the death of our beloved Fred.

YES! I'm ecstatic! My poor mother just had to hang up the phone because I was screaming and jumping around like crazy. ^.^ This article completely made my day!

DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS!!!!! i was really upset with about 20 un answered questions i know there comming now!!!!

Clari_Potter, I was thinking the same thing. I was trying to come up with reasons, but I really couldn't, I mean, he could have failed, but I highly doubt Lupin's child would fail. Even Tonks was relatively smart, to be an Auror.

This makes me even more sad about Lupin dying because I know if he had lived I'd get more of him in the encyclopedia.... I'm pretty sure Lupin and Tonks were the two she wasn't going to kill orginally, because she said how she changed something in the epilogue so it was probably about Teddy Lupin. That makes me even more angry. Ughh this is going to take me a while to get over.

Wow! I thought it was Hagrid that got the reprieve. But I guess I was right that Remus and Tonks were killed off. It makes me sad since they are both my two favortie characters out of the whole series.

WOOOOOOOT I'M SO PSYCHED FOR THE ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!

*sigh* As much as I like Arthur, I would have rather had him die than Remus. If Arthur had died, his family would have been devastated, but they've had years to know him. Little Teddy will never know his parents. :(

YAY!!!!!! I'M NOT AS GRIEF STRUCK NOW!! THERE'S LIGHT AHEAD! My relief can't be expressed.... I cried my eyes out at the end of DH and now i'm going to have something to look forward to! it might be 2, 3, or even a decade before it comes but it's something isn't it....

how wonderful, yet another book to wait forever for.... I will be in my thirties by the time it comes out. I would wait however, to know the back stories on everyone, like what does harry do for a living? And yes she killed off a lot of characters...RIP Dobby...sniff, sniff

OMG AN ENCYCLOPEDIA! YEEES! Thats what we need! Omg Omg! OMG are we this exited for an ENCYCLOPEDIA? lol. this will be the first one i will read completely...lol.

I wonder how she is going to set that up. Will it be like a text book, or chapter by chapter just a story with that character?