old thread is dead...book comes out next month

here is some verified information (some might consider these spoilers):
From JKRowling.com:
- The link between Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince relates to a discovery Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'.
- Tom Riddle is not the Half Blood Prince (he is Voldemort).
- Arthur Weasley is not the Minister of Magic.
- Crucial information in The Half-Blood Prince was originally planned to be placed in Chamber of Secrets, the second book.
- The HBP (half-blood prince) is not Harry or Voldemort.
- There will not be two chapters in book six titled "Lupin's Papers" and "The Lovegoods in Court."
- An excerpt from HBP: "He looked rather like an old lion. There were streaks of grey in his mane of tawny hair and his bushy eyebrows; he had keen yellowish eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles and a certain rangy, loping grace even though he walked with a slight limp."
- More characters will die in book six.
- Three chapter titles from the Half-Blood Prince: "Spinners End" (Chap. 2), "Draco's Detour" (Chap. 6), and "Felix Felicis" (Chap. 14)
- Neville and Luna will not form a relationship with each other.
- Harry's shortened stay at the Dursley's (see below) will not result from another court case - rather, he will be leaving for "a much pleasanter reason."

From August 2004 Edinburgh Book Festival:
- Grawp will become more controllable in the sixth book.
- There will be a new character called McClaggan.
- We will see a bit more of Rita Skeeter.
- Petunia Dursley is not a Squib, as she is a muggle, but there is more to Petunia than what meets the eye - we will find out what that is.
- Life gets "quite tough" for most of the characters, especially Harry.
- We will see more of Blaise Zabini, who was recently confirmed as male.
- Dudley Dursley is not the Half Blood Prince.
- Professor Lockhart will not appear in future books.
From March 2004 World Book Day Chat:
- We'll find out more about Peter Pettigrew and what happened to him.
- Harry will tell his nearest and dearest about the propechy when he's ready.
- The wizarding world is really at war again, and Harry has to master his own feelings to make himself useful.
- Muggles are noticing more and more odd happenings now that Voldemort has returned.
- We will find out more about the circumstances of Voldemort's birth.
- Tonks and Moaning Myrtle will be back.
- Harry won't stay with the Dursleys all summer; in fact, he will have his shortest stay yet.
- We'll see more of Narcissa Malfoy.
- Hermione and Draco will not date (duh...)
- We'll find out more about the relationship between Snape and Sirius in their Hogwarts days.
- Harry won't get back together with Cho Chang.
- Winky will never be in the same state she was prior to the events of Goblet of Fire.
- We will find out more about Grawp, the giant (Hagrid's half-brother).
- There will be a new Minister of Magic.

6/9/2005 10:00:38 AM

So do you have pubes yet?

6/9/2005 10:05:37 AM

Ahahahahahahahaha gg^

6/9/2005 10:36:17 AM

Quote :

"More characters will die in book six."

unfortunately not enough

besides what kind of fantasy book doesnt have ppl die

6/9/2005 10:49:14 AM

When does Harry blow Hermione's back out?

6/9/2005 10:55:58 AM

lol

6/9/2005 11:01:19 AM

Harry needs to use his patronus during doggystyle, talk about hot

6/9/2005 11:02:32 AM

Quote :

"Three chapter titles from the Half-Blood Prince: "Spinners End" (Chap. 2), "Draco's Detour" (Chap. 6), and "Felix Felicis" (Chap. 14) "

hopefully it's draco's detour to death

6/9/2005 11:07:36 AM

Felix felicis is bad Latin, but it means roughly "the lucky one's lucky one" (sort of the same sense as "a man's man"). That doesn't imply death to me.

And don't listen to websites telling you that felix has something to do with cats. The Latin word for cat is felis, not felix (cartoon cats be damned), and its genitive form is felis, not felicis. Felix, as I said, means "lucky" or perhaps "happy."

6/9/2005 11:15:38 AM

which is all filed under "nobody gives a shit" in the universal library

6/9/2005 11:21:42 AM

i'm excited about it

[Edited on June 9, 2005 at 12:05 PM. Reason : about the latin, meh...]

6/9/2005 12:05:30 PM

Lots of Harry Potter fans give a shit, judging by the number of Harry Potter-related results come up when you search for "felix felicis" on Google.

6/9/2005 12:09:10 PM

the most anticipated book of the summer

6/9/2005 2:28:33 PM

6/11/2005 7:43:05 PM

I'm excited.

Won't be buying it on the first day though. I'm flying to London on the 22nd, so I'm just going to pick it up there.

6/11/2005 8:19:49 PM

Is this the last book?

6/12/2005 11:18:25 AM

i think there's supposed to be one more after this one...

6/12/2005 11:33:32 AM

^yeah, 7 total (the number of years students attend Hogwarts)

[Edited on June 12, 2005 at 12:07 PM. Reason : ]

6/12/2005 12:07:04 PM

I thought it was 6 Hogwarts and 1 everything else in his life . . .

6/12/2005 1:39:21 PM

^nope...7 years of classes at hogwarts. jk rowling claims she isn't writing anything about him after he leaves school.

6/12/2005 3:15:47 PM

That's because he will die in the last book...duh!

6/13/2005 1:33:59 AM

Yep...Definitely makes it easier to not write another one after seventh year. It's clean and neat to kill 'em off.

6/13/2005 6:36:05 AM

^^^ she's beein wishy-washy about that...

last time i read about it she said that she wanted to take time off from Potter, and then she would think about whether or not to write anything about the rest of his life...

assuming she doesn't just kill him in the last book

6/13/2005 8:27:09 AM

it's been so long since the last one i'm gonna need to do alot of rereading-haha

6/13/2005 3:27:42 PM

I'm surprised it only took her 2 years to get this one out.

6/13/2005 4:17:34 PM

it's so close

yet so far

6/13/2005 7:37:49 PM

I'm going to have to stay far away from the internet until I finish reading it.

I know that people will be all over the place with "Sirius is alive!" or "Dumbledore is really Draco!"

6/13/2005 9:23:13 PM

I've got mine ordered!

6/13/2005 9:44:18 PM

who is the hbp?
PREDICTIONS PLZ

6/14/2005 12:28:37 AM

^i think it may be neville.... no real reason, i just think he will turn out to be alot more important

6/14/2005 12:39:15 AM

^^

my guess is the lion-like character

6/14/2005 3:37:30 AM

july 18th right?

[Edited on June 14, 2005 at 10:01 AM. Reason : or is it the 16th?]

6/14/2005 9:59:23 AM

my guess is Dobby that would be loop since he was a house elf who didn't want to work.

6/14/2005 10:38:24 AM

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"^i think it may be neville.... no real reason, i just think he will turn out to be alot more important"

I think shes already said its not him. I bet its a character we haven't been introduced to yet.

6/14/2005 10:45:27 AM

or maybe its Hagrid

6/14/2005 11:02:45 AM

a lot of ppl r throwing around ideas who they think they half-blood prince are

a few are :
Neville
Hagrid
Dumbledore's brother
Crookshanks
Neville Frog
new character

BUT the HBP was supposed to be revealed in Chamber of Secrets, so more than likely it's someone we've already met

[Edited on June 14, 2005 at 1:27 PM. Reason : ]

6/14/2005 1:26:56 PM

i have a really really good guess.. as to who the half-blood prince is. it is just a guess..but it is a guess that i haven't heard ANYONE say yet...
So here is my guess.....and it is pure speculation...don't read it if you don't wanna read it....




GODRIC GRYFFINDOR... remember in chamber of secrets, harry finds his sword in the sorting hat that fawkes brings him... seems to me it would be wise for a prince to have a sword... food for thought....

[Edited on June 14, 2005 at 1:49 PM. Reason : t]

6/14/2005 1:45:23 PM

Quote :

"a lot of ppl r throwing around ideas who they think they half-blood prince are a few are : Neville Hagrid Dumbledore's brother Crookshanks Neville Frog new characte"

-Neville is a pure-blood, that was announced in OFTP
-Hagrid has already been discounted by JKR
-Dumbledore's brother where is this coming from?
-Crookshanks we know his a half cat, half kneedle but hardly a prince worth
-Neville's Frog could only be the HBP if it is an animagus

I think Godric Griffendoyr is a very interesting possiblity.

6/14/2005 2:26:59 PM

that would fit..because technically we haven't "met" Godric yet...only heard of him

6/14/2005 2:27:19 PM

ooh Godric, good job!

6/14/2005 2:36:22 PM

i just finished re-reading the 4th one.. getting ready to start order of the phoenix for the 2nd time...

6/14/2005 2:40:47 PM

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"but it is a guess that i haven't heard ANYONE say yet... GODRIC GRYFFINDOR"

durr, you must not have been paying attention the first few months after the title was announced. b/c that was the most common guess all over the internet. (mainly b/c he's the only person connected to the CoS)

6/14/2005 3:17:35 PM

yeah you are right. i don't go on any of the websites b/c i don't want anything spoiled...

that was just a guess that came to my head

6/14/2005 3:24:48 PM

I agree though, he's the only existing character likely to be the HBP.
I'm putting my money on a new character though, seeing as every title in the series so far is HP and the ______, where the blank is a new character/place/thing in the story.

6/14/2005 3:30:13 PM

there is some speculation that Godric Gryffindor could somehow be tied with Crookshanks(cursed, hexed, etc. into a cat since crookshanks is NOT an animagus)...it may seem a little farfetched, but the writer of the editorial did a great job explaining and using proof from the books...it is def. worth a read, even if you find it unbelievable


http://www.veritaserum.com/editorials/?view=27

6/14/2005 3:37:04 PM

^

I'd seen that before. Very interesting.

Crookshanks has always made me feel like there was more to him than just a pet. Maybe it's his part Kneazle.

6/14/2005 6:26:59 PM

Damn...Amazon.com has already sold (pre-order) 600,471 copies of Half-Blood Prince

6/19/2005 3:20:53 PM

i got a preorder at barnes and noble!

6/19/2005 3:42:14 PM

gay!

6/19/2005 3:52:21 PM

i used to think that until i read it

6/20/2005 10:20:46 AM