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PostPosted: March 28th, 2007, 5:46 pm 
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Wicked indeed. The UK edition looks spectacular! I'm already looking for book/picture connections like Ellie is! :teehee: And I have to say that the US edition is nicely done too. What's that around Harry's neck? Slytherin's locket perhaps? ;)


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You guys like the UK cover? I'm quite disapointed by it. I think it looks a lot more childish than the others which seems wierd as this'll be the least childish book. I way prefere the US cover though I usually prefere the British ones.

Though what's very exciting is that they give us the back of the book :bounce: I wonder if the person who wrote that's read the book. Judgeing from both the adult and the kids UK ones it looks like Harry's going to start off at private drive then be taken by the order to the burrow (probably for Bill and Fleur's wedding) and then set off from there to start his task - probably he'll go from there to Godric's Hollow.

Also the book looks as if it's going to be a decent length judging by the spine cover :D

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600 or so pages in the UK edition I've heard and 784 in the US edition. :-D

And now that you mention it Elanor, the UK edition does look slightly "childish". It's not terrible though. :yes: The adult edition looks extremely sophisticated, but then again, it is the adult version.

Have you all seen the back cover on the US edition? Voldie's on it! It seems as though he and Harry are both looking at someone or something above and away from themselves. And what I first took to be tombstones is actually people's heads! It's as though they're in some sort of colloseum..


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Larael wrote:
And what I first took to be tombstones is actually people's heads! It's as though they're in some sort of colloseum..

They're heads?? :blink: Colloseum, that's exactly the word I used! Wow...

I know, I'm just dying to know what Harry is reaching for...!

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Hmm where's the back cover? I can't see it :blush:

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Here you are Haldy-- http://www.mugglenet.com/viewer/?image_ ... usfull.jpg


As for Harry and Voldie being behind the veil, that's entirely possible. Even if he doesn't venture in there, I'm positive we'll see it once more during the final book. Jo just can't leave us hanging like that. :P

@ Gwen: More like shadows or sillhouettes of heads. You can see they're not quite rounded enough to be tombstones, and you can tell they're attached to shoulders. :)


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Woahh.. that scared me!! :blink:

Death Eaters, maybe? Harry and Voldy sure look like a team... :swoon:

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Larael wrote:
600 or so pages in the UK edition I've heard and 784 in the US edition. :-D

And now that you mention it Elanor, the UK edition does look slightly "childish". It's not terrible though. :yes: The adult edition looks extremely sophisticated, but then again, it is the adult version.



Oooh how exciting :bounce:

Yeah I really like the UK adult's version. I'd get it but all my books wouldn't match :P

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As for Harry and Voldie being behind the veil, that's entirely possible. Even if he doesn't venture in there, I'm positive we'll see it once more during the final book. Jo just can't leave us hanging like that.


Yeah I'm sure we'll see it again especially after what Luna said. I wonder if Sirius will be able to help Harry from behind the veil or if Harry actually goes through it.

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Aye. There's so much we still don't know about the veil, and it'd be positively amazing if we were to find out more. Even more so if Harry went in there. But that's thing.. what if he went in and couldn't get back out?


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I'm not sure what I think of the covers. Honestly, I never really thought about them much for any of the books. I'd be getting the UK child's edition; it looks alright I suppose - a bit too bright for such a dark title though. But it is nice that the trio are on the cover of the final book.

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I am not sure that is the veil. The veil is described as a veil, not two curtains tied together. Just one piece of cloth.

I like the idea that it is symbolic of the beginning and end. The curtain on the back of the Sorcerors Stone was never explained, and many think it is the 4 poster bed, but i don't think so. The hand with the candle does not look like a normal hand to me, it looks like Voldemorts hand. The way Mary Grandpre has drawn it before is different from the way it is presented on the cover, the way she has drawn it is just one cloth. I don't think she would change it. I like the idea of the final show and it is symbolic of that. I think they are in some place where another horcrux is hidden. As for the shadows, no idea yet.

I have an idea, and it is sord of complex but bear with me. I posted it on another forum as well.

http://www.hpana-media.com/Books/HPDH/B ... drens.html
There. A big close up of the childrens UK edition. This is a bit far fetched but bare with me. The snake in the orb looks like it has ruins more than scales. Those runes look like the symbols from the Runic alphabet, the Futhark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futhark#Mythological
Now, there is a theory out there of Dumbledore having close correlation with the Norse god, Odin. This ruin is associated with Odin, "In Norse mythology, the invention of runes is attributed to Odin, it describes how Odin receives the rune through his self-sacrifice." This would also go along with the theory that Dumbledore planned his death through self-sacrifice.

Also, the runes, "the runes are attributed with the power to bring that which is dead to life" Havamel is a poem with contributions to Odin, and one of the stanzas goes: A twelfth [spell] I know;
when I see aloft upon a tree
A corpse swinging from a rope,
Then I cut and paint runes
So that the man walks
And speaks with me.

A 12th spell. . .like the 12 uses of dragons blood?

Another stanza from the poem is as follows:

I know a sixth one if a man wounds me
with the roots of the sap-filled wood:
and that man who conjured to harm me,
the evil consumes him, not me.

A sixth one, like another use of it? It's interesting to note that a yew tree, which is associated with Voldemorts wand, is known as sap filled wood.

The runes are also associated with divination and oracles, somewhat, althought its hard to be accurate with it.

The whole dragon blood thing, dragon blood is associated with mythology and is used as medicine and protection and many other things. I think that what Harry has around his neck on the cover is a piuch with a vile of dragons blood. I don't think it is the locket. It looks more brown and clothy than a locket. Plus, Harry wouldn't show the locket in front of Voldemort and let him know about the horcruxes.

I know this is a bit far fetched, but that snake really does strike me as odd, and those scales look like more than scales. I know this also can't be trusted because it didn't come from JKR herself, only an illustrater, but it is still interesting nonetheless. I know, i know. . .highly unlikely any of this, but it is still extremely interesting. . .really far fetched. . .but interesting nonetheless. . . don't shoot!

Didn't JKR also say a while ago that Snakes play an important role and that we can guess a lot of the plot from looking at snakes in mythology?
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/200 ... html#part6
Snakes are sometimes associated with immortality. They often bite their tail and then coil around in circles to form spirals. The circles were seen as eternity. Called an ouroboros. In a Nordic myth, evil was give nby the Dread Biter, a snake, who coiled around the Tree of Life to try and suffocate it. The Tree of Life was an Ash tree, like wands are made of ash. Snakes were also associated with the underworld because they lived underground and dug holes deep into the earth. In some myths, characters would have to transform (transfiguration?) into a snake to go to the underworld.

Also along with the orb, i was thinking and thinking, and i was wondering why those stars are in the orb, so it got me thinking about star constellations, and i have no idea if this is legit or anything, because there are extra stars, BUT it is quite interesting nonetheless. I think i am thinking too deeply into it, BUT. . .Well, it could be the star constellation with Sirius or Regulus.Or, i may just be looking too much into it, but that orb REALLY is intriguing to me. Especially that window now. . .

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Elegost Eruaphadion wrote:
Recently announced to be the title of the up and coming Harry Potter book! It sounds a bit vague, but that's good, as it means the story will be as unpredictable as the others. :)
I'm hoping it has something to do with Sirius and the veil.

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Go here.
First, click the rubber on the desk.
1. Click the knob on the open door in the mirror to see the Christmas tree.
2. Click on the top half of the main door to see a wreath.
3. Click on the top of the mirror to reveal garland.
4. They will all go away if you click the spider web next to the mirror.
5. Click on the 4th chime in the window and the key for the door.
6. Drag the key to the door knob to unlock the door.
7. The door opens to reveal a package.
8. When you click the bow, the package will open.
9. Inside is a game of Hangman you can play to guess the title of Book


This didn't work for me... nothing happened when I clicked on the knob of the open door in the mirror to see the Christmas tree... Help?

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all of you that are very interested in Book 7. I strongly reccomend listening to MuggleCast. I've been listening to a few episodes and their fantastic. I reccomend #83 on. There are many awesome and cool theories etc.


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WOOt for Mugglecast! I've been listening to them since Episode #1 and they've been fantastic. That's where I get a lot of the awesome theories I share with all of you.

@ Firaeya: I believe the door is locked now, so you can no longer access the hang man game. :)


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*bumpeth*

Sooo.. only 5 more days left people! Please tell me your getting just a bit excited. :P Actually, I've been suffering from some pre-Potter depression and I really don't want it to end.

But just think.. in only a weeks time most of us will know the fate of Harry and the wizarding world. *dies*


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I think we'll be doing something roughly the same. :yes: Or at least getting it at midnight somewhere. Fweeness on toast!

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