Yeah I'm on a school trip to Germany/Poland/Czech Republic right then:angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Abbie
Do you think they'll sell english versions of the book in Germany? :D
Yeah I'm on a school trip to Germany/Poland/Czech Republic right then:angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Abbie
Do you think they'll sell english versions of the book in Germany? :D
you should be able to pre-order it from Amazon though at least you will get a copy, as loads of people will be camping outside to get their hands on it.
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Originally Posted by Chloe O'Brien
moi being one of them - i do it every time a new movie/book comes out!! tried to book day off work on the saturday for my harry potter weekend but im 22nd in the que :mad: .....i better get it its the only weekend noone annoys me or even looks in my direction cause they know better :lol:
Im gonna need to book it as well ... last time after getting the book at 12 I had like 1 hours sleep before work on the saturday morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by LunaQuote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'Brien
moi being one of them - i do it every time a new movie/book comes out!! tried to book day off work on the saturday for my harry potter weekend but im 22nd in the que :mad: .....i better get it its the only weekend noone annoys me or even looks in my direction cause they know better :lol:
Though Im bad .. I read the end chapter first then the rest of the book!
I don't talk to anyone until I've finished reading it. Hubby hated it when the previous HP books were released as I didn't do anything all day, so he's expecting it again this time :lol:
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Originally Posted by EmIm gonna need to book it as well ... last time after getting the book at 12 I had like 1 hours sleep before work on the saturday morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by LunaQuote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'Brien
moi being one of them - i do it every time a new movie/book comes out!! tried to book day off work on the saturday for my harry potter weekend but im 22nd in the que :mad: .....i better get it its the only weekend noone annoys me or even looks in my direction cause they know better :lol:
Though Im bad .. I read the end chapter first then the rest of the book!
omg how can you read the last chapter!!!! i couldnt do that although im itching to lol
All this talk is getting me really excited!! I have got to get the day off work for it.
i'll phone in sick for you if you phone phone in for me lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Rob
I had to laugh at this. From mugglenet:
Waterstone's has announced plans to set up a special helpline for fans after Deathly Hallows comes out this summer. JKR revealed in June that two more characters would die (who she hadn't intended on dying), and the UK book chain says "this could be a similar moment to when Take That split up - there could be a lot of upset teenagers out there. We are looking to set up a helpline for them."
O dear lol, well I like to read the books but Im not like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jelly belly
I went round my Aunt's the day the 5th one was released, she grabbed the book off of me and read bits until she found out it was Sirius that died, then told me. I would not go at 12am to get it, even if I did it wouldn't be finished in that day. I'll get it about 10am instead lol!
I remember when the last book was released. I asked my niece who had died and she refused to tell me. I said to her that I hadn't read the other books so it didn't matter just tell me.
Who do you think are the two who will die? I can't decide between Harry and Voldermort, one of them has to die because the prophecy states that neither can live while the other survives. Maybe Voldermort dies to make it a happy ending for the wizarding world. After all, if Harry doesn't kill him then who will?
I'm not sure on the other one, maybe Snape or Hermione.
i would hope they are all baddies, but my heart is saying voldemort and ron/hermionie
i think it could be one of the twins - ron will die but be brought back some how
JK Rowling has spoken out about her heartbreak after completing the final Harry Potter book.
The author recently finished the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is due out on July 21.
Rowling admitted that her feelings were mixed as she wrote the final words of the epic series, and that the sense of completion was a hard one to come to terms with.
"I always knew Harry's story would end with the seventh book, but saying goodbye was just as hard as I knew it would be," she wrote on her official website. "Even though I'm in mourning, I feel an incredible sense of achievement. I can hardly believe I have finally written the ending I've been planning for so many years.
"I have never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric."
I'm going for Harry and Hadrig but there will be a twist at the end perhaps we will see Harry reunited with his parents in some after life existence and we will see Ron and Hermione sobbing their hearts out along with everyone else. similar to LOTR when Frodo and Gandalf went of on the ship
Its going to be so sad. I cant wait. Im really slow reader though, so im usually on chapter four by the time everyone else has finished it. It will also look like the book has done three rounds with Ricky Hatton after ive finished with it.
It's going to be emotional, I hope the ending is really good and clears everything up. Umbridge is back! I love that woman for being so evil :)
Harry will return to the home of his non-magical (Muggle) relatives, the Dursleys, during the school holiday. The magical protection Albus Dumbledore arranged, which requires Harry to have a home with them, is set to expire on Harry's 17th birthday July 31.
Harry plans to visit the remains of his parents' home at Godric's Hollow. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger plan on accompanying him on this trip.
Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour plan on getting married in August. Several of the main characters have been invited.
It is unclear what will happen to Hogwarts after the attack on the school at the end of book six, but Harry has said he will leave school to continue his battle against Voldemort. If the school reopens, new instructors will be needed for Defence Against the Dark Arts (replacing Severus Snape), and possibly Transfiguration in the event Minerva McGonagall becomes Headmistress.
Harry comes of age (for wizards) when he turns 17, and is therefore entitled to perform magic outside of school and to obtain a licence to Apparate. His friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and many of his classmates, already turned 17 during the sixth year, and Neville Longbottom turns 17 on July 30 - the day before Harry does.[15]
There is no explanation at the end of Half-Blood Prince as to the true identity of the mysterious "R.A.B.", who claimed to have stolen one of Voldemort's Horcruxes with the intent to destroy it, while replacing it with a fake that was recovered by Harry and Dumbledore.HBP Ch.28 The most likely candidate is Regulus Black, who Rowling said was "a fine guess" for R.A.B.'s identity in an interview. Also in book 5 when cleaning out the cupboards in 12 Grimmauld Place Mrs. Wealsey finds a heavy locket that she was unable to open.[16]
Because Harry convinced Remus Lupin and Sirius Black to spare Peter Pettigrew's life in the third book, Pettigrew owes Potter a yet unpaid life debt.
The quest to identify, locate, and destroy Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes will continue. The remaining Horcruxes must be destroyed before Voldemort can be successfully conquered.
Harry will have his final battle with Lord Voldemort by the book's end.
Thanks. There's a fair bit in there that we didn't know before. I can't wait for it to come out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna
just a random thing, but this is the darkest title yet - the use of the world "deathly" may indicate that harry does just that - dies??????????????????
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Originally Posted by Bad Wolf
Rach how dare you!!!! :crying: harry cant die....... i wont allow it
i dont want him to - just think he will make some mad sacrifice - just looked on leaky - they seem to think voldemore will be overcome with some thing - they have quotes saying there are things worse than death - voldemore doesnt "get" love - maybe his destruction will be in harry forgiving him?
Nooooo dont say that, you cant but that idea inot our heads!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad Wolf
Didn't Peeves stay in book 5 that there are things worse than death? It was towards the end, after Sirius had died and Harry went looking for Peaves to ask him when Sirius would return. Peeves said that you have to do something to leave an imprint on earth to come back as a ghost. I know that in this book we find out more about ghosts so maybe it's related.
Another thing on the ghosts, aren't there four ghosts altogether? I can only remember Peeves, Nick, the Bloody Baron and I can't think who the other one is.
Just had a thought while writing this, what if Voldemort has done the same thing and plans to come back as a ghost if he gets killed?
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - usually the book title has something to do with Harry that affects him in a personal way.
Deathly - that would imply somebody dying. Hallows means "to make sacred by a religious rite." So I'll draw a conclusion that somebody will die in a religious way.
got from mugglenet
Dumbledore: back (in some form) in Book 7
The Times Online and The Observer have both released new interviews with the Harry Potter actor.
Of particular interest to book fans, the latter website provides an interesting experience Dan had with Jo during one of her OOTP set visits:"Jo came down to the set at one point and I said, 'Oh hello, why are you here today?' And she said, 'Oh I just needed a break from the book - Dumbledore's giving me a lot of trouble.' And I said, 'But isn't he dead?' And she said, 'Well, yeah, but it's more complex...' I was like, [briskly] 'OK, I'm not gonna ask anything else!'"The interview also includes talk on Equus and Dan's personal life. The Times article finds Dan discussing what he wants to happen to Harry at the end of Deathly Hallows:"I want him to die because I have a melodramatic yearning for a death scene. And the prophecy in the fifth book says only one of Harry and Voldemort can live. Or is it that neither can live while the other survives? Oh God, what is it? The fans will kill me if I've got that wrong."
I think I have to agree with Dan in the Times article. In order to "free" himself of the Harry sterotype, Harry has to die. Bit worried that he can't remember what the prophecy says though!
Jo going to see Dan in Equus with naked scenes. If that were me I wouldn't be able to look at him in the same way again.
Scholastic announced today that the US edition of Deathly Hallows will contain 784 pages, making it the second longest book in the series behind OOTP!
Since the US versions of the books are published in a larger font and contain chapter pictures, this should mean the UK version will be around 700 pages long.
The US version of the book will have an initial print-run of 12 million, and the publisher has also revealed that each of these copies "will be printed on paper that contains a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste (pcw) fiber."
The President of Scholastic Trade Publishing and Book Fairs said, "Scholastic worked hard with our suppliers and the Rainforest Alliance to secure this extraordinary amount of recycled and FSC certified paper for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As a company with an ongoing commitment to protecting the environment for this generation and generations to come, we believe producing this book and our future reprints of Harry Potter books with a minimum of 30% pcw recycled paper is an important publishing decision."
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what dont they just print the exact same books - does it men they are getting 84 more pages of info than we are???? :confused:
Maybe the Americans haven't got as good eyesight as us Brits so need larger font :rotfl:
No offence to you US guys BTW :D
I think the US and UK versions are slightly different, the US version sometimes contains parts that aren't in the UK version and vice versa.
They only have an extra 84 pages because they have larger fonts and pictures in. Why can't we have piccys?
Has anybody read any US version of HP?
The world's most famous wizard is seen lunging over a pile of treasure in the cover of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series.
Potter's best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, also feature on the children's edition of the book, which was unveiled by publishers Bloomsbury.
The adult version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows shows a pendant embossed with a jewel-encrusted 'S'.
Author JK Rowling's previous six Potter novels have sold 325 million copies.
The writer had always planned seven books, each following the characters for one school year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Rowling has revealed that two characters die in the final book, prompting bookmakers to take bets on whether Potter could be one of them.
But the text on the book covers gives nothing away.
"Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task," reads the back of the adult version.
"He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear the inexorable path laid out for him."
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is due to be released on 21 July.
Source: BBCi News
These are the book covers for the US. Don't think they're as good as the UK ones.
Adult copy
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6079/dhusfulldp4.jpg
Child's copy
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9...childusub7.jpg
Some more pics of the UK covers.
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8...adultukjs3.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5...childukcs1.jpg
Got a bit of blurb on the kid's copy :)
omg hermy look weird in they drawings!!!
Okey dokey, I'm going to have a go at interpreting these covers. Feel free to correct me :)
UK adults version has the slytherin locket on it (has an 'S' on the locket the slytherin's green colour). The locket is presumably a horcrux. Can't think of ny other significance than that.
UK children's version with the money kinda reminds me of Gringotts with the gold galleons. Ron has a sword in his hand - Godrick Gryfindor's perhaps? It has a red thing on the bottom of the handle - red is Gryffindor's colour.
Ron seems to be falling back in to the circle thing whilst Hermione and Harry seem to be diving forwards. Harry and Hermione also have cuts on their arms.
Hang on, just looked at the pic again and there's somebody else there apart from the trio. Look at Harry's right shoulder, there's somebody's hand there. The hand thats holding the sword looks to belong the person that has his hand on Harry's shoulder. Voldermort maybe?
Not quite sure what the pearly white things are at the bottom.
On the back cover is the castle at night with the Whomping Willow and the moon. The castle door is open and a light is shining. Is this tower the place where Dumbledore died?
On the inside of the cover is Harry's patronus, the stag, which means dementors and a circle with a image of a window reflected on it. Is there one or two snakes in the circle? I can't tell. Maybe the snake is Nagini?
US adults version we have Harry and Voldermort in a arched circle thing. Reminds me of the colleseum. Broken wood at the bottom of the picture and torn curtains to either side. Suggests a stage? There also seems to be silouhettes of people, possibly death eaters, around the stone thing. They both seem to be reaching out for the same thing.
US child's version is pretty much a close up of Harry on the adults version.
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The US versions are rubbish, they don't give much away.
Jut checked mugglenet again and it says this:
Bloomsbury also announced today that the UK edition will be 608 pages long. As previously announced, the US version of the book will have 784 pages, making it longer than GOF. However, the UK page count makes DH shorter than the British GOF (which is 636 pages long). We presume this is due to an increased font size for the US version.
Also:
Arthur Levine, the US Potter editor, spoke this morning on the TODAY show about the American cover:
"We're seeing Harry in a very interesting situation. Readers will find out exactly what the situation is.
"When I was reading it, I had both the excitement and the power of the book, and the plot, driving me forward. But I was also feeling a little sad. It's the last time."
When Levine admitted he "sobbed and sobbed" while reading Deathly Hallows, he was asked the following:
"That means someone we like dies, doesn't it?"
"Well, it means it is a very, very emotional book," he responded.
Look at this:
You can see a bit of who that weird hand belongs to. It looks like a house elf. Maybe Dobby? Those massive ears suggest it isn't Voldemort.
yeah thats deffo dobby can see his wee earsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rob
I am getting so excited for this book now. I'm going to start reading the first one again tonight and then hopefully reach the end of the sixth one before the seventh one is released!