Fans win preview of Potter novel

Author JK Rowling has given fans a brief preview of the next instalment of the Harry Potter book series.
Visitors to her website had to play a darts game and crack a code to read two lines of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

The first revealed line read: "He looked rather like an old lion."

Rowling is still writing the sixth instalment, which will prelude the final Harry Potter novel in which he will face enemy Lord Voldemort.

Mystery prince

The second line read: "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."

The website did not explain who was being described or from which section of the novel the extract was taken.

The book's title refers to a "half blood" - a character in the fantasy series who, like Harry Potter, has a non-wizard for a parent.

Rowling has not revealed the identity of the "prince" in the title or the book's publication date.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3627344.stm

I heard about that.... I guess that was a clue to who's the hbp. I guess it could be Gordic Gryffidor...

yeah, but there's a mistake in there. both of harry's parents were magical...

Originally posted by hotsauce6548
yeah, but there's a mistake in there. both of harry's parents were magical...

I think they meant a parent that comes from a non-wizard family like Lily.

it's professer snape and he's the Half-blood prince

Originally posted by biggesthpfan
it's professer snape and he's the Half-blood prince

nah really...always thought it was dudley...of course it's snape, did you not see the date?

LOL!!

Originally posted by biggesthpfan
it's professer snape and he's the Half-blood prince

Originally posted by Saratn
nah really...always thought it was dudley...of course it's snape, did you not see the date?

Originally posted by biggesthpfan
it's professer snape and he's the Half-blood prince

Originally posted by biggesthpfan
it's professer snape and he's the Half-blood prince

Nice way to make a rep for yourself around here. 😐