Book Six : Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince [merged]

Neville will DEFINITELY have a larger part - it may even turn out that

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neville is the boy who can vanquish the Dark Lord

except that Neville doesnt have the mark

yeh, but book five says that

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it could've been harry OR neville, its just that VOLDEMORT decided it was harry, and he coulda been wrong. so harry only has the mark because his mother died for him and voldie's curse bounced back off this ancient protection

Originally posted by Phoenix
yeh, but book five says that

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it could've been harry OR neville, its just that VOLDEMORT decided it was harry, and he coulda been wrong. so harry only has the mark because his mother died for him and voldie's curse bounced back off this ancient protection

Oh please! You really think that after 5 novels, J.K. Rowling's gonna turn round and tell us that Harry isn't the star of the show? Good grief.
I'd say that J.K. put that bit of the prophecy in there so people would start thinking along those lines. It's a red-herring.

I agree that Neville will start playing a larger role in the next two books, but I doubt he'll be the saviour of the wizarding world.

DB xxx

totally agree with u! neville wont be the savior of the wizarding world! good gracious u think that j.k. would do something that stupid?? yea right

no, it wasnt neville, because dumbledore said that there is no doubt that it is harry.

and it said voldemort would mark him as his equal. And he gave harry the scare that proved it.

ya

Okay, so now that we agree Harry is Voldemorts equal (as JK lets Dumbledore point out there is NO doubt about), on with the rumour mill.

The problem is, there is nothing on the net yet. A few scant rumours of a title, but nothing even about a publishing date. I read somewhere that JK may publish 8 books instead of 7.
Any comments?

Well she's only contracted for seven books.
Unless Bloomsbury offer to extend it to an 8 book deal, it'll just be 7. I mean, if she's already written the story in 7 parts, an eighth book will mean having to fit a whole new chunk of the story in. Which means a lot more writing, which means more delays.
Probably.

DB xxx

Man, and Book 5 took so long. What was it.. 2 years?

Yes, but during writing, she suffered writers block, and had a baby. They tend to take up a lot of time on their own.
If she has the story planned out for the next two, then they shoudln't take too long.

*fingers crossed*

DB xxx

Harry Potter and the Secret of the Veil is the tentative title for the sixth book in the amazing Harry Potter series. PLEASE NOTE: This is not official; it has not been confirmed or denied by J.K. Rowling, but the title obviously refers to an event in the sixth book that involves Sirius and the Department of Mysteries . . . I won't spoil it! 🙂

I've looked up a few spoilers for Book Six off the net - feel free to add your own!

Some of these are just theories, some are guesses, and some have actually been confirmed!

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We've all heard that Dumbledore knows pretty much everything that goes on at Hogwarts. He also didn't care if he lost all his acclaim except taking his face off the chocolate frog cards. Perhaps Dumbledore is using the chocolate frog cards of himself in the same way that the portraits of old headmasters spy on others. After all, look at all the times Harry and Ron have gotten chocolate frog cards with his picture on them.

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From what was said in book five, it would be logical to assume that Harry is Sirius's heir. So not only will Harry inherit Sirius's fortune and properties, but he will be the owner of 12 Grimmauld Place, and Kreacher's master. Harry is therefore going to have to control his feelings regarding the betrayal of Sirius (from Kreacher), and will have more responsibilities.

obviously, not all of these are ACTUAL spoilers, per se, but Jk keeps a tight wrap on her books, this is hard going!

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Percy wrote a letter for Ron which attacked Harry and Dumbledore - or so it seems! If the letter is read in another way, warnings for the group begin to appear: advice about Umbridge taking control of Hogwarts; Possible removal of Dumbledore from the Headmaster´s office; the Minister of Magic trying to portray Harry as a psychotic guy; and lots of others. Could this suggest Percy is working for the Order (undercover), and perhaps Mr. Weasley and Percy, in the need of a cover staged the fight?

Wow, those are some really good theories! I wish I could give some, but my brother gave my fifth book to his friend and told me the day he left to go to school in California! 😠 Stupid brother! :😖igh:: I wonder if Sirius' motorcycle will have any importance later on? It must, I mean, JK made it so that Hagrid arrives on Sirius' motorcycle, then Harry awakes from a dream and remembers dreaming about a motorcycle, and then Uncle Vernon goes on to start talking trash about motorcycles! Something is going to happen with motorcycles, I assume! Anyway, so I guess I did make some kind of theory or guess or something! 😛

wow, those r gud! 😱 i can easily c how those would work, try 2 find summore, those were very great! 🙂