Harry Potter petition aims to net 1m

Updated 15.08 Mon Jul 09 2007

Keywords: JK Rowling, Harry Potter

A petition begging JK Rowling not to kill off Harry Potter aims to attract over 1 million signatures.

The author has hinted that July 21 will mark the end of Harry Potter but the boy wizard's hardcore fans insist that literary history is full of magnificent returns from the dead, and that Harry should be no exception.

"I must be the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth book" - Daniel Radcliffe

The online petition, started by book retailer Waterstones, reads: "There is no reason why, with your support, we can't persuade her [Rowling] to write more adventures for Harry and the Hogwarts gang.

If Sherlock Holmes, Dennis Watts, Superman, and Bobby Ewing can all come back from the dead then surely reincarnation shouldn't be a problem for the world's most powerful boy wizard - and that's presuming that he dies at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

However one person who is less keen on a comeback is actor Daniel Radcliffe who plays Harry Potter on-screen.

He said: "I must be the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth book."