| Posted by: flying panda | | People in the town where the egarly awaited 6th Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the half blood prince, have put on bets that Albous Dumbledore, the hogwarts Headmaster will die. It is suspected that some people in the town have had an early peek at the book. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Lawless | | There is NO way that there have been 'sneak peeks' JKR doesn't let that happen. Her books are so well guarded.
Personally, I feel that Albus will die but, it will be in the 7th book... as a sacrifice to save Harry's life. I can't see him dying in the 6th book... but, anything is possible when JKR writes a book. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: flying panda | | dont shoot the messenger, it was on Newsround ... a popular kids news show. Im just saying what i heard.
this is a clip from there website
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Will Dumbledore die in Potter 6?
The cover of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Rumours about the death of a major character in the sixth Potter book are causing a stir in a town in Suffolk.
Potter author JK Rowling has hinted there are more deaths to come in the series, and fans are anxiously awaiting the release of the Half-Blood Prince.
Some people in Bungay have placed bets on Dumbledore being killed, sparking speculation someone has seen the book.
Clays Printers, based in Bungay, is thought to be helping produce the book, but this has not been confirmed.
In 2003 Clays printed the fifth Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Stolen pages
Shortly before the book was due to be published, several pages of the top secret story were discovered in a car park at the print works.
Print factory worker Donald Parfitt later admitted stealing the pages.
Book five was the first to include the death of a major character when Sirius Black died.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released on 16 July 2005.
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I cant seem to get this image into the post, so you can click here to see the image from the front of thye English version of the book
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| Posted by: fuscia | | Dumbledore will make it to book 7. You all know my prediction  umbledore will allow Vodiepoo to kill him, giving Harry the anger to perform the avada kedavra spell and kill voldiepoo. IF a big charater dies, I think it will be Hagrid.
IF and when Dumbledore dies, I am going to cry. Yep, he is my favorite character. I will unashamedly weep.  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: gaboman | | Meh, I'll just take it as it comes... this kind of news wont get me down, there's a 50-50 chance it's not true... since the whole deal with Sirius didn't get out until the day the book was released... | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Sierradaddy | | Maybe in his younger days... Obviously now he's devoted to Headmaster of Hogwarts, but I wonder if his adventures as a young man may have taken him across the Seven Seas...  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: fuscia | |
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Sierradaddy said this in post #8 :
Maybe in his younger days... Obviously now he's devoted to Headmaster of Hogwarts, but I wonder if his adventures as a young man may have taken him across the Seven Seas... |
Now you are just bound and determinded to ruin my love of pirates. 
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| Posted by: Pippin | | I don't think Alby will die in this book. If he dies at all, it will be in the 7th book and it will be to protect Harry in some way. maybe he'll like Harry's ma? | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: flying panda | | http://img244.echo.cx/my.php?image=hp22hi.png
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My first thought upon seeing the American cover for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was that Albus Dumbledore may be the Half-Blood Prince. Books three and five, the only others so far that feature a character or group of characters in the title, also include that character somewhere on the cover art. Sirius’s silhouette is clearly visible on the front Prisoner of Azkaban cover, and four members of the Order of the Phoenix grace the back cover of the fifth book. We can presume from the literal English translations of numerous foreign translations of the book title that the prince is a half-blood, not a prince of half-bloods. We know nothing of Dumbledore’s ancestors, rendering it entirely possible for him to be half-blooded. I’d never really warmed to the “Dumbledore is the HBP” theory, but it now is much more solidly supported and a definite possibility.
If Dumbledore is indeed the Half-Blood Prince, we’re probably in for an epic good versus evil battle. The war actually began in Order of the Phoenix, but at that point comprised solely of clandestine operations carried out by two groups that convened in secret. Now that the general wizarding public has finally been alerted to the return of Voldemort and his followers, they will put little effort into concealment, opening the door to a war that even involves muggles.
Whether or not Dumbledore is the Half-Blood Prince, the fact that he is featured prominently on both the US and UK covers tells us that he will likely act as Harry’s mentor throughout the book. This comes as a relief to the multitude of Harry Potter fans (myself included) that were more than slightly chafed by him distancing himself from Harry for all but the very end of Order of the Phoenix. |
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The next few questions hit simultaneously: what are they looking into, whose is it, why are they looking into it, and where are they?
What are they looking into?
The theory that holds the most water at this point is that Dumbledore and Harry are gazing into a pensieve. When we are first introduced to Dumbledore’s pensieve in Goblet of Fire, Rowling describes it as such: “A shallow stone basin lay there, with odd carvings around the edge: runes and symbols that Harry did not recognize. The silvery light was coming from the basin's contents, which were like nothing Harry had ever seen before. He could not tell whether the substance was liquid or gas. It was a bright, whitish silver, and it was moving ceaselessly; the surface of it became ruffled like water beneath wind, and then, like clouds, separated and swirled smoothly. It looked like light made liquid - or like wind made solid - Harry couldn't make up his mind.”
Mary GrandPre’s illustration on the HBP cover fits that description perfectly. The only discrepancy that’s caused a stir is that while Dumbledore’s pensieve is just a shallow stone basin, the pensieve on the book cover is attached to an Ionic column (distinguishable by its capital). This leads to the next question: |
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| Posted by: flying panda | |
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Whose is it?
The only character who we know owns a pensieve at this point is Albus Dumbledore (Snape borrowed his in Order of the Phoenix). There’s a good chance that the pensieve on the cover of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince belongs to Dumbledore for two chief reasons: 1) Dumbledore is present, and 2) the description, as stated above, matches up perfectly. It’s likely that Dumbledore’s pensieve was transported to another location, perhaps because Hogwarts has been infiltrated or is no longer safe.
Then again, simply because Dumbledore is the only character we know of who possesses a pensieve doesn’t cancel out anyone else from having one. There’s also a chance that they are looking into the Half-Blood Prince’s pensieve – that is, if the HBP is someone other than Dumbledore.
If it’s not Dumbledore’s, the possibilities are as endless as Umbridge’s Educational Decrees, and at listing off the two hundred-some characters in the series and examining why or why not the pensievthis point, very little would be gained bye may belong to them. |
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| Posted by: flying panda | |
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Why are they looking into it?
Unlike the majority of Harry’s experiences with the pensieve, this one is obviously supervised. Dumbledore is perhaps the busiest wizard on the face of the planet, and he’s definitely not one to dilly-dally around during such a crucial period of time for the entire world. He has and has had an agenda for decades, his ultimate goal being to bring down Voldemort. He’s also explicitly stated that Harry is part of that agenda, and therefore Harry must gain a certain amount of knowledge about the past and present to assist him in effectively fighting the dark side. It seems as though Dumbledore is revealing something substantial to Harry - possibly the circumstances of Voldemort’s birth, which we know will be elaborated upon in this tome.
Where are they?
The final question – where Dumbledore and Harry are – is the most open-ended. One can safely assume that they are in a secure location, but anything more specific than that is difficult to know. The setting does not appear to be Dumbledore’s office, or anywhere in Hogwarts for that matter. The eerie green and white wisps in the background suggest that they are either outdoors or in another room in the Department of Mysteries.
Wherever they may be, the next question along those lines is whether or not they are standing on the ground. Ionic columns are considerably longer than the part shown on the cover, confusing the viewer. Harry and Dumbledore’s stances imply that they are standing on solid ground, but Ionic columns simply don’t cut off a few feet down from the capital. This opens the door to the pensieve being in an area of ruins, but in that case one must ponder how a column fell most of the way to the ground without an alteration in its angle.
Theorizing aside, the artwork is stunning. I wholeheartedly agree with Scholastic Vice President Arthur Levine in his statement that the cover conveys both the intensity and heart that (he says) are present in the book. Harry is aging splendidly, though his scar seems to have shifted slightly downwards. The fact that his wand is raised hints at some insecurity in his surroundings. Dumbledore looks more powerful than ever in this depiction, enhanced by the commanding fashion in which his left hand is positioned. Also, the ghostly aura of their surrounding environment is a magnificent touch.
Moving on to the cover of the UK children’s edition, drawn by Jason Cockcroft: I’ve never been all that fond of the UK children’s edition covers, and, to say the least, this cover didn’t change my opinion. Harry is nicely drawn, but his wand (now held in his right hand) looks more like a gnarled tree branch than a potent and sleek weapon. Strangely illustrated, Dumbledore’s deranged countenance and wild hair give the impression that he is a psychopath rather than an effective and powerful leader. The fire that surrounds them clearly exemplifies intensity, but lacks the heart that is so beautifully present in Mary GrandPre’s illustration.
The cover of the UK adult edition is the dullest of the three, but also the most straightforward in terms of the plot. The textbook that appears on the cover, titled “Advanced Potion-Making,” practically gives away that Harry did well enough on his Potions O.W.L. to continue on to Advanced Potion-Making. This, of course, means that he still has a shot at becoming an Auror, the only likely career path for him. The most interesting aspect of the UK adult edition cover is the author’s name, Libatius Borage.
The modern English word “libation” (which derives from the Latin “libatius”) means “the pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual,” “the act of drinking an intoxicating beverage,” “a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity” (Dictionary.com). Borage, the author’s surname, today means “an annual, bristly European herb having blue or purplish star-shaped flowers” (Answers.com). Although the names of textbook authors have never carried notable significance, this marks the first time in HP history that a textbook author’s name has appeared on a book cover. As that book is the only object on the UK adult edition cover, we can assume that either the class itself, the author of the textbook, or both play a sizable role in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. |
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| Posted by: flying panda | | Before you all through this one on me for making this thread this is a quote from the new secton on www.jkrowling.com :
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26/05/05
Well, here we go again! the gossip, the non-stories, the ever-wilder speculation...
Please remember that allegation of 'leaks' concerning deaths in 'Half-Blood Prince' are very easy to make. Any comment I make on such rumours would be a spoiler, so I'll just repeat: keep those barrels of salt handy. Speaking of which...
I have been alerted to the fact that I am supposed to have posted in the 'comments' section of a couple of different fan sited recently. I never post on fan sited and it is important that you all know this, because the last thing I would want is for any of you to be misled or otherwise manipulated by somebody posing as me online. JKRowling.com is the only place I ever post. Lest you think I'm protesting too much, please ask yourself whether I would really want to reveal my email address on a fan site. Love you all though I do, I don't really want to wake up tommorrow and have to download 21,956,038 new emails, all demanding the identity of the Hlaf-Blood Prince. |
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Book 6: HP & the Half-Blood Prince Forum: rumours that AB will die
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He is an old guy. I don't want to think of him as a pirate. 
He is like a grandpa.