What do you think of this cover? I love the green I EXPECTED PURPLE though.

Oh... the lime-ish green looks good too... Yeah, I thought it was purple too. **shrugs**

It sure do looks like Harry and Dumbledore was overlooking a pensieve, eh? Wait... Harry and Dumbledore? Well, doesn't Harry felt like attacking Dumbledore whenever he looked at the old man? This must be means that Harry had mastered the art of Occlumency after all!

Well it sure gives me something to think about. I think the story is always told within the cover in one way. I just cant wait for this book now. Did you think this would be shown in JK door?

I loved it. For me as for many other I hopedit to be purple. I like purple.

i absolutley love the cover art. I think this means dumbledore is the half blood prince.

I haven't liked any of the normal covers really UK or USA. This one only tells us that DD and Harry will be pensieving or potion making. And that the love of green is coming out. What the green relates to, we can only speculate.

hmm i'm not used to the uk covers, with a big harry on it
in holland the covers are really different, more computer made ( thats not a word?) and on your covers are no main characters.. so that we vcan imagine them by ourselves.. and thats good, i think. i think this one isn't the best.. i loved the cover of OotP, but i just don't ike the big harry on it..

YAY cool cover. I also thought it would be purple or red

I love how it's green!

I think they got the look of Harry just great on this cover. The uk one looks To Old and not what i would picture harry as. I think they did a good job on them.

Hmm. Let's look at this one aspect at a time.

Green? Sounds like "You have Lily's eyes" or AK symbolism.

Pensieve? More on the prophecy or info on killing curses or how to kill Voldy, perhaps?

With Dumbledore? He's still hiding things, but is going to reveal them to Harry now.

Mist? Well, that's what comes out of the pensieve of course... but it's always been silver before now...

The US cover looks great! It's mysterious just like OotP was.
Dumbledore on the cover huh? Looks like he's gonna play a BIG role in this novel. And by the way, haven't you guys noticed that on the US covers, its always the ending of the book. Dumbledore and Harry standing over this basin ( or pensieve) that emmits green light will happen at the climax of HBP or leading up to the climax.

My opinion: Dumbledore and Harry will use this extra powerful pensieve to go back in voldemort's past to see how to defeat him. But while they are searching his past ( ora after, I'm not sure) They will meet up with the Dark Lord himself. Dumbledore and Voldemort will duel for a while, but then he will turn on Harry. Dumbledore, knowing how extremely valuable the boy is in the plan to defeat Voldemort. Dumbledore will go in between Voldemort's Killing Curse and use that circling fire spell (on the cover of the UK children's edition) to save Harry. But by doing this, he will be sacrificing himself. He will probably have a few words with Harry before he dies. Then Harry will have an emotional breakdown sort of, his anger and grief will explode inside him ( like in DBZ when Goku turns Super Saiyan for the first time )
and be finally ready to confront Voldemort in Book 7.

Tell me what you guys think ayt?

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avindra =) on Mar 9 2005, 09:14 AM
and by the way, I knew it'd be purple (prince . . . royalty)

well, Iexpected Purple for the background, and a black fot the lettering, not purple. Kind of to show the Darkness before the light, which will be book seven. Or maybe Black/white Background for book seven, and white/black lettering.

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JRC11828@aol.comOK, I knew it was going to be a green background with purple lettering, I just somehow knew it. I think Dumbledore and Harry are looking into this basin to see how to defeat Voldemort. Also, I have noticed how many similarities there are between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I think this basin may be something like the Mirror of Galadriel. It could show the bad things that will come from Voldemort becoming powerful again, but not show truth. But that person who said it could take them back to show them how to defeat Voldemort, that is very logical too. I don't know.... I can't WAIT for the book to be released. Three days before my birthday!!! I will hurt people if they try and give it to me on the birthday. I have been spazzing out for the last couple weeks every little while, and this cover is making it even worse. I CAN'T WAIT!!! AAAHHHH!! *spaz*

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Wow, it looks great (I needed to go find a larger version of the cover, so I could check out the detail).

I haven't liked much of Mary GrandPre's artwork, except for the cover of OotP which was intriguing and mysterious, so I am so relieved to see she has equaled her best work here.

Definitely looks as though they're gazing into a Pensieve though, doesn't it?

Ah-hah!!! You just wait!! GG will be the HBP after all!!!! Ooh, I'm going to be absolutely unbearable to live with if it turns out I'm right you know... **chuckles manically**

Yeah, the text "and the Half-Blood Prince" appears to be in handwriting. I'm tempted to go find my copy of OotP and compare it to the font they use for Dumbledore's handwriting.

Louise, are you saying that they're looking at GG in the pensieve? And then the paragraph where it describe Character X come up?

Wow my topics got pinned and posted on the site .

I'm sure that this cover will be a scene in the book Dumbledore and Harry will be looking into a pensieve at sometime im just not sure what for.

I like the cover a whole lot. But when I look at it, sometimes Harry has a weird face as if he's constipated or something, just thought I'd mention that.

Wah-hah-hah-hah!!!! LMAO!!!!!! OMG, yeah, I know what you mean!!!

Aw, poor Harry...well, I guess he's been off his roughage a bit lately, what with his godfather kicking the bucket and all.....

Anywho....

Yeah, zyra, mate....I thought that it was Dumbledore and Harry looking into the Pensieve and seeing something in the past about GG that would prove that he, or someone closely related to him, is the HBP perhaps. I think the Pensieve theory was thrown about somewhere here a while back....probably the Character X thread or something like, I think...

Well considering that on the US version, the cover usually has to do with a major scene, that scene with harry and dumbledore looking in what looks like a pensieve must be pretty important. And one of the last ones.

Yea I saw them I not sure if I like the book cover I guess it becuase its green and yellow Which I am not to fond of Loved the last 5 books she is a great artest.
Since there usually a sence or Scenes that go on in the book I can't wait till I can read it I want to know what the UKS version is about.
I first thougth it was sthe penslive but I not to sure it is it could be something else that we havent heard of.

if you do a Google search to look at what green can mean. It will tell you that it means life, abundance, and renewal. Does this mean that someone could be renewed, or that a new family member comes into the story? Does it mean that someone we thought was dead lives on? *coughcough* It can also mean envy, jealousy...Can our favorite redhead be more jealous of Harry than usual? Did Harry get some kind of promotion to cause it? The last meaning of green is inexperience. Maybe someone inexperienced could play an important role? (Neville, anyone?) The other color on this book jacket that I am concerned about is purple. Purple can mean spirituality and royalty. Since the book is titled The Half-Blood Prince, we can be pretty sure that there is a theme of royalty in the book. As for the spirituality part, could the afterlife of wizards finally be revealed? Keep in mind that many things can be hidden in colors.


On the cover
1. The basin on the cover looks like a Pensieve, a very very old one.

2. But the scholastic press cutting saying it was a "basin." Could it be some sort of basin to brew ancient potions in?

3. Dumbledore looks knowledgeable, whilst Harry looks inquisitive. This probably means Dumbledore is showing Harry something.

4. The colour of the mist is green, a colour associated with magic and also to the Slytherin colors of green. It is also associated with the killing curse Avada Kedavra.

5. Dumbledore appears on this cover and also on the UK children's edition. Could this mean Harry and Dumbledore develop a closer relationship and have more contact in the sixth book?

6. Is there a possible error in this picture? In PS/SS, Harry said his wand arm was his right hand. He is holding his wand in his left hand. However, Harry was also holding his wand in his left hand in OOTP

Thanks Mugglenet

This could be major overanalysis of the art so bear with me if you think I'm reading into a simple matter too much...

I think that this cover could be a bit of foreshadowing. The person who dies in each book has always appeared somewhere on the cover of the American version -- Cedric is obviously on the front cover of "Goblet of Fire" along with all the other champions, and Sirius Black is on the back of the "Order of the Phoenix" jacket. I personally already believed that Dumbledore will die in "Half-Blood Prince," so for me, the cover design is further evidence to support my theory. Thoughts?

Why did you guys all think the cover would be purple, by the way? I hadn't heard that rumor until I read this thread. Just curious.

Erm that was because all the pre covers that we got from the online bookshops were all purple plus posters was also purple. I know there is other reasons but thats one of them.

I see the logic now! I think I'm a bit dim today.... because what you're saying makes an awful lot of sense. Anyway, thanks for clearing that up, Oliver!

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It took me ages to realise that when I was speaking to fellow Sirius/Lupin shippers on another forum the other day and they kept referring to 'LLAL' that they meant the whole 'Laying Low At Lupin's' thing, and I've been in the fandom for nearly two years altogether now, so it happens to the best of us.

Hmm. Strange. Not a single person has made a reference to Lily's eyes. Think about it. We learn something big about Lily in this book, Harry is learning something from DD on the cover in a pensieve apparently, the glow in the pensieve is green, (the eyes!) and it is important that Harry has Lily's eyes. It just keeps adding up. Though I may be wrong, it's just something to keep in mind.

I'm looking right at it. Does have an extremely dark theme, but interesting!!!

I normally don't like the color green but this particular shade is juxtaposed perfectly with the purple wording, I reckon.

I'm no art-expert so I don't really know what's the correct terminology for it, but I love how the drawing looks kinda "fluid" and "swirly"...if that makes any sense at all!! It adds to the mystery of it...you can literally hear the book going "Come on, open me...you know you're just itching to read as fast as you can and find out what's going to happen"

That's my two-cents worth...

Some people are saying that they think that the thing on the front cover is a pensieve. But i don't think so because in OOTP and GOF the pensieve is like in a cabinet or shelf and they pick it up. I think that the basin is probably a thing that they are brewing a potion in because on the adult cover of HBP it is a potion book.

I had wondered if perhaps it was not a penseive they were standing over as well, because well, among other things, the penseives we have seen thus far have always been filled with a silvery mist... and this is quite plainly not silver, it is green. lol. However it doesn't really look like a cauldron either... it's not deep enough, so I'm having a hard time deciding on which I feel is more likely...

Maybe it's something new entirely?

this is interesting...I like the layout of the brit/aussie covers better, but htis one is pretty good.

BTW what exactly is (D69) ? i see it everywhere!

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Hmm. This has sparked interest. Instead of Riddle's diary, what about Riddle's pensieve? Look at the American cover! There might be another reason that DD is showing Harry something in a pensieve! Voldy's rise to power? How he got so powerful? Warning Harry not to make the same mistakes and go dark? Or am I just going on about nothing?

This may be going out on a limb here, but maybe it's not DD. I'm sure he's not the only old man in the series. So, could it possibly be someone else?

I don't think its a Pensieve. Probably some sort of potion thing because of the potion book on the Adult British cover.

And, about earlier posts, I don't think that because DD is on the cover, he's the HBP. Sorry, but I'm still convinced it's GG some way or another.

of course its the pensieve you silly dolts if you look closely at the top around the edge of the pensieve its got ruins on and a cauldron is round thats not.

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The Basin
I believe the basin that Dumbledore and Harry are looking into is significant. This could be a sort of "super pensive". Now, a pensive is a basin where a record of time is kept in the form of the memories of 1 or more wizards (Snape uses it before Harry's Olcumency lessons). But, these are limited to just the experiences of these people. Now, the super pensive may contain the time from the bell jar in the department of mysteries. (In department of mysteries chase by the jar Hermione says, "Time. It's time .") The time in the jar was described in a way similar to the thoughts in the pensive were, BUT, they seem to be superior, possibly containing a record of the entire history of, well, ever . Now, when I read the character X HBP excerpt I immediately knew it was referring to Godric Gryffindor(email me for my insight of this). Now, I assumed that we would be observing him in another form of memory (since Dumbledore is only 150, and the founders were 1000years ago, it could not be in his pensive); note the writing style and description similar to that used by JKR when we were in Dumbledore’s pensive and Riddle's Diary. So, the super pensive would be a logical explanation. Please email me at hjremis@earthlink.net to discuss this or other theories.

Im not sure if my theory is just blowing wind, but I think there is significance in the particular way the words "and The Half-Blood Prince" were written. In book 5 Mary Grandpre was clearly portraying Dumbledores loopy writing which was made mention on at least one occasion in the books.
After letting the the first shock of the release of the covers wash over me, I began to look back and try to find something I may have missed. What strikes me now is how very much the way "and The Half-Blood Prince" was written strikes me as exactly how I had imagined Serius Black to write.
It is more scrawled, but with a hint of caligraphy, Like someone more doglike than human.
As I said this might just be blowing wind, but I think this could tie in very nicely as to what luna said at the end of book 5

I dont think their is such thing as a "super penisive" and did yall think that it was attached to the collumn? It could just be sitting their. It could be a special place where Dumbledore and harry practice and they could be practicing occulmancy. Dumbledore did say that it was bad that he didnt teach harry the occulamncy himself am i right..??!! But, i have another theory, someone jsut said something about how the "the half-blood prince" on the cover was written special, well i think it belongs a prophecy because that kinda looks like the writting on the other prophecy and it will say who the half-blood prince is. i dont know, just a guess. I personally like this cover alot, aren't their two sides, i wonder what is on the back, I wish they would show us or maybe it would give to much away. I cant wait to read about the things dumbledore and harry do together(practicing magic, etc.), i mean he obviously plays a big part since hes on the front cover. o yeah and heres another theory to throw atcha, maybe since the penisive is on the cover , past and memories will come back to haunt people or help harry learn about his past( he's never used the penisive to take out his thoughts and im sure it would be nice ot learn from his mistakes and just get some troubling things out). great cover by the way mary grand'pre or however you spell that.hahaha

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well, unspeaable13, just the fact that it's ON a pedistal at all means that it's important, like asuper pensisve. eh? why would harry be doing occlumency now? i dont really think it will play any big role in book 6. also, the writting on the prophecy was decribed as spiky, and the writting on the cover is clearly loopy. i dont think it's dombledore's though. his wsa much more slanted.

Love the picture. The book covers usually signify end of book type experiences and I love that Dumbledore is by Harry's side for whatever might transpire.

The cover shows the most important characters in this book:

- Harry (duh)
- Dumbledore
- Ron
- Hermione
- Ginny
- Salazar Slytherin as the snake mark. I guess he is the HBP

As mentioned earlier, I like how it shows Dumbledore and Harry together, meaning Harry has mastered Occlumency to a point. I like the green, creates illumination, a mystifying and hypnotizing sense. As JKR mentioned the color of harry's eyes will play apart, and like the cover, they are green. The pensieve, in my opinion, means that in order to face Voldemort they will have to pull on things from the past, for the Pensieve only shows memories...

I really like the cover, but one thing makes me think, why Harry holds his wand in the left hand?

Interesting, I did not notice that. I mean at first glance you may think it is only for symmetry but I highly doubt JKR does anything without a purpose. I'm gonna have to think about this one, thanks.