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Harry Potter and the Ravenous Goblin-thing
I've seen the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows US cover art all over the Intarnest¹. The US cover is quite boring - the O in Potter has a little wing on it, so I think Harry's supposed to be reaching for the most enormous O-shaped snitch anyone has ever seen. Either that or the gold fleck that I'm assuming is the wing is a strangely-shaped snitch itself, but that's weird too. Anyway, I find it bizarre that Harry is spending his time tooling around a Quidditch stadium, when I thought book 7 was supposed to be about the threesome leaving school to battle Voldemort and his followers. I suppose that, as the proverb says, into every battle a little Quidditch must fall².
Heather Anne is the first blog where I've seen the UK art. The adult version is nice and simple, featuring Slytherin's locket (presumably Harry will track down R.A.B. and this is the real horcrux). The UK children's cover is truly bizarre. Harry, Hermione, Ron and a sword-wielding goblin (at least I think that's what it is) are in a room full of jewels and riches and armor, presumably swimming in them like Scrooge McDuck, when a portal to Hell suddenly opens and sucks them in. Ron appears to be afraid of the coins, having never seen galleons before in his impoverished Weasley life and Harry's arm looks like something's been chewing on it, and he is attempting to use martial arts to avoid being sucked into Hell.
None of these covers are spoilers so much as head-scratchers. What the hell is this book about?
¹ I wonder how many letters you would have to change/add to Internet to make it completely unrecognizable. You knew what I was talking about, right?
² Not a proverb. Yet.
srah - Thursday, 29 March 2007 - 7:05 PM
Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows
