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andr3w said:i will be in the RAF by then, they will laugh at me when i start reading this
Get the hardback version and re cover it
Your going in at 18?
So, for Harry Potter fans, we now have a release date... *NO SPOILERS*
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Get the hardback version and re cover it
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The cover art for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has today been released - Here for the US version, here for the UK children's version , here for the UK "adult" version .
(speculation ahead, you may not want to read if you haven't read up to six yet)
***possible spoilers***
The US version clearly shows us Harry and Lord Voldemort, oddly wandless, in what I can only assume is the final confrontation. Harry has a circular object tied around his neck - my guess is that this is the locket of Salazar Slytherin, the horcrux he failed to obtain at the end of Half-Blood Prince.
For the two UK versions, it's difficult to really glean anything from the children's cover - it shows Harry, Ron and Hermione in a fantasy treasure trove. A small hand, possibly that of a house-elf, appears to have a sword, and interestingly they are in front of a stone arch. Could this be the arch that Sirius Black was thrown through in the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix? Also, there appears to be an orb containing a snake on the other side of the cover. From my knowledge of the Potter universe, I think the most likely thing this is to be is a prophecy.
The UK "adult" (read: for blokes who are too chicken to read a brightly-coloured book in public) version shows what is, quite simply, Salazar Slytherin's locket. It clearly is integral to the plot. That's all there is to say on that.
Also, the length of the UK version was released today: 608 pages, which is almost exactly the same as Half-Blood Prince, which was 607 pages.
(speculation ahead, you may not want to read if you haven't read up to six yet)
***possible spoilers***
The US version clearly shows us Harry and Lord Voldemort, oddly wandless, in what I can only assume is the final confrontation. Harry has a circular object tied around his neck - my guess is that this is the locket of Salazar Slytherin, the horcrux he failed to obtain at the end of Half-Blood Prince.
For the two UK versions, it's difficult to really glean anything from the children's cover - it shows Harry, Ron and Hermione in a fantasy treasure trove. A small hand, possibly that of a house-elf, appears to have a sword, and interestingly they are in front of a stone arch. Could this be the arch that Sirius Black was thrown through in the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix? Also, there appears to be an orb containing a snake on the other side of the cover. From my knowledge of the Potter universe, I think the most likely thing this is to be is a prophecy.
The UK "adult" (read: for blokes who are too chicken to read a brightly-coloured book in public) version shows what is, quite simply, Salazar Slytherin's locket. It clearly is integral to the plot. That's all there is to say on that.
Also, the length of the UK version was released today: 608 pages, which is almost exactly the same as Half-Blood Prince, which was 607 pages.
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MasterMike said:
Let's hope we don't have to wait until the end of the final chapter to get to the exciting bits - unlike HP & THBP
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The Mad Rapper said:Let's hope we don't have to wait until the end of the final chapter to get to the exciting bits - unlike HP & THBP
I agree with you for the most part; HBP was clearly mostly about setting up this book. Considering this is the final book, which Jo Rowling has been thinking about for the best part of two decades, I highly doubt we'll only get anything truly exciting in the latter parts.
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Andr3w said:but hermione is hawt
Have they signed her up yet or is she still not wanting to do anymore of the films?
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leaskovski said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6491047.stm
The only real evidence that she was going to drop out of the films was some dumb speculation based on whimsical questions in poor interviews. I think she's the most gifted of the cast in the films, but overacts it to the point where I find Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint's portrayals more convincing.