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Topic Categories: Harry Potter
Posted on: April 1, 2007 12:22 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
I thought you might be interested to see the cover for the next, and last, Harry Potter book. It was finally released a few days ago.
Note: this is the US version of the HP cover. The UK children's and UK adult versions of the book cover are below the fold. Which is your favorite version? My favorite is the UK children's version -- why can't we have that cover here in the States, as well??
UK adult version of the cover (right).
UK children's version of the cover (lower left).
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Okay, I'll confess. I actually PREFER the Harry Potter #7 Children's Cover to the adult cover. More action. More loot. Also, I am dying to find out how Harry Potter gets to Scrooge McDuck's treasury. Does Gyro Gearloose teach Defense Against the Dark Arts?
Posted by: Jonathan Vos Post | April 1, 2007 1:13 PM
I was interested to see that, thank you. I'd assumed that the all-black cover was the real thing.
I believe I've mentioned this before, but I am pretty confident that I know where one of the Horcruxes is. I'll give a hint and say that if you who RAB is, you too are on the trail of finding it. I am dying to see if I'm right.
Posted by: Library Diva | April 1, 2007 1:56 PM
Is that the British or US version?
Posted by: coturnix | April 1, 2007 2:44 PM
Coturnix; thanks for reminding me that there are several versions of this cover. The top picture is the US version, but i added the UK versions as well. my favorite is the UK children's cover .. i wish we had that as a choice here in the USA.
Library Diva; i don't know who RAB is, although he could be regulus black, sirius's brother.
by the way, i thought that one of the horcruxes was tom riddle's diary .. remember how it nearly killed voldemort when harry stabbed it with the serpent's tooth?
Posted by: GrrlScientist | April 1, 2007 3:26 PM
Indeed--according to Dumbledore's explanation in HBP, that was the initial clue that led him to investigate the possibility of Voldemort having created Horcruxes. That diary and Slytherin's ring have been destroyed, leaving (according to his theory) four to be uncovered ...
Posted by: Scott Simmons | April 1, 2007 3:55 PM
Definitely prefer the UK children's version. The UK adult version is deadly boring, and the US version seems totally generic - hey, shouldn't the cover artist, like, read the book and illustrate a good scene from it? This cover could be used for any of the Harry Potters or the whole set.
Posted by: Kevin W. Parker | April 1, 2007 5:55 PM
You could always do what I do and buy the English children's edition. You have to wait a week longer to get it from Amazon.co.uk, but it is worth it. Being English I like reading the books in English as opposed to American.
Posted by: Lab Cat | April 1, 2007 7:08 PM
At least they aren't retitling it this time...
Posted by: John Wilkins | April 1, 2007 10:20 PM
Definitely prefer the UK children's version. The UK adult version is deadly boring, and the US version seems totally generic - hey, shouldn't the cover artist, like, read the book and illustrate a good scene from it?
That's not the whole cover. Go here to see the whole thing -- it's a full wraparound, as all of Mary GrandPré's covers have been.
Personally, I think the FULL US cover tells more and Mary GrandPré is just a better and more visionary artist, period.
Posted by: Phoenix Woman | April 2, 2007 12:24 PM
Hedwig, you are hot on the trail! I think we're right about the identity of RAB, given Rowling's penchant for hiding things in plain sight (like the names of Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, and how the "lightning-struck tower" in the tarot represents selfish ambition coming to naught, change, catastrophe, old notions upset, and overthrow of existing ways of life).
Another clue: Harry has come into contact with this Horcrux already, and so have several of the other main characters.
Posted by: Library Diva | April 2, 2007 10:51 PM
Lab Cat:
Do they really send some copy editor galumphing through the novel replacing 'trousers' with 'pants' and 'colour' with 'color' and such?
Risking translation errors when there is no need? Wasting time and money?
That seems abysmally stupid.
Posted by: llewelly | April 3, 2007 12:37 AM
All this talk of horcruxes makes me wonder: how is JKR going to deal with Harry being the last horcrux?
Bob
Posted by: Bob O'H | April 4, 2007 3:23 AM
is there any differences among them??
Posted by: ... | July 26, 2007 1:56 AM
i mean differences in their contents inside
Posted by: ... | July 26, 2007 1:58 AM