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Half-Blood Prince
« on: March 09, 2005, 10:30:27 PM »
Scholastic and Bloomsbury released the covers for the book yesterday:

The American Cover
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The UK Children's Cover

So, any predictions?

From the covers, I'd guess that Dumbledore is going to be taking a more active roll in Harry's life in this next book.

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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2005, 10:53:17 PM »
It does seem as though Dumbledore is going to be more actively involved in Harry's life.

Course, the covers could be a trick. It could really be someone posing as Dumbledore.
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2005, 01:04:26 AM »
Maybe Dumbledore is the HBP?

I love that there is purple on the US cover. It's my favorite color.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2005, 09:03:07 AM »
maybe dumbledore is really He Who Must Not Be Named!

on a subject change, I'm growing more disenchanted with the movies. Azkaban took too much out to make it fit (I just barely saw it a few nights ago)

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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2005, 09:16:43 AM »
Really? I thought Azkaban was the best of the three so far. The other ones tried to cram too much in, and the acting was terrible.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 09:34:48 AM »
There were just too many elements that they hinted at but ultimately left out the meaning of.  Like the Patronus.

I didn't think the acting was terrible. My only problem is that Hermione is too cute (in the little kid way) to be Hermione.

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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2005, 12:02:03 PM »
I loved the Azkaban movie.

Anyway, interesting how much older Harry looks on the british cover. Doesn't seem to have aged much on the US one.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2005, 12:26:50 PM »
Those covers are rather ugly to my eyes. Very garish and WOOW LOOK AN EXPLOSION.

Be interested to see if there is a 'UK adults' cover. I remember a comment by Ian Irvine, who said that to Brits and Aussies having characters on the cover looks twee and quaint, while to americans it looks dynamic.
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2005, 12:56:26 PM »
The UK cover is awful.  It looks like a highschool student did it.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2005, 03:06:26 PM »
I really like the style of the US cover, though I agree that the older-lookingn Harry on the UK cover would be better. Other than that, though, the UK cover in general looks pretty dumb.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2005, 03:22:55 PM »
I still don't see the whole deal with these books.  They are ok at best in my view.  Also did anyone see the Saturday Night Live spoof on Harry Potter and they had Lindsy Lopan playing Hermione?  

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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2005, 03:50:11 PM »
I think the books are great with a lot of character and good pacing. As for the movies, though it has the most edited out when compared to the books, Prisoner of Azkaban is clearly the best of the three so far.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2005, 02:39:15 AM »
There is a UK adult cover, but I didn't post it. It's very understated. It is a picture of "Advanced Potion-Making" sitting on a table.

Here.

Usually they release the flap and back cover blurbs before the book is released, but Scholastic and Bloomsbury announced today that they won't release them until the publish date because they reveal major plot points.

The Scholastic editor (Arthur Levine) and JK Rowling have been slowly trickling out tidbits.

Fudge is so fired. There will be a new Minister of Magic.
Harry has to come to terms with Sirius' death before he will be of any use.
Harry's stay at Privet Drive will be the shortest so far, and he'll be leaving for a happy reason.

And from the UK adult cover, Harry passed his Potions O.W.L. and won't be leaving Snape's class anytime soon.

Just a guess: Harry receives the Order of Merlin and that's why he'll be leaving the Dursley's so soon.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2005, 03:11:04 AM »
I am looking foward to this book. Hmm, ahem, not as much as EUOL's book mind you, but still really looking forward to it. I bought my son the first four books on his first christmas when he was barely 2 months old, and the wife and I read him the entire series. It will be nice to carry on with it for him, and now my daughter.
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Re: Half-Blood Prince
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2005, 09:01:23 AM »
I've decided to wait a couple more years before reading it to my kids. Actually, I think what's going to happen is I'll keep filching my sister-in-law's copy and reading that. When the 7th comes out and there's a hardcove box set, I'll buy them all and start reading to my oldest.