OoTP book covers & interpretations

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 54108

Hmm...does the US cover remind anyone 
else of those for the Hardy Boys and 
Nancy Drew series?  The OotP one is 
better executed (and less busy) but 
Harry's posture and to some extent his 
facial expression are very reminiscent 
of that of those other teenage detectives.

Laura Ingalls Huntley, in part:
> Alright.  I haven't been following
> this thread very closely, and I'm sure
> someone has already brought this up 
> (if so, I apologize profusely), but what
> do you guys think all this has to do
> with the JKR interview in which she
> claims that, "Harry's horizons are 
> literally and metaphorically widening as
> he grows older. But also there are
> places in the world that I've been
> planning for so long and thinking
> about for so long that we haven't yet
> explored, and it's great fun. That will
> happen in book 5, too; we go into a
> whole new area, physically, an area
> you've never seen before, a magical
> world."
> 
> Traditionally, you need...you know,
> some sort of portal, don't you, to get
> into a magic world?  When I saw the US
> cover, my first thought was that
> some sort of portal, don't you, to the
> room must be a sort of hub - all the
> doors lead to different places (one to
> this "magical world" and perhaps others
> to other magical worlds or important
> places in *this* world...Godric's Hollow
> or the Ministry perhaps? ^_^).
> 
> In reference to the spinning candles and
> tornado of the Wizard of Oz...perhaps a
> "whirling vortex" is deemed somehow
> necessary to the type of travel require
> to enter magical worlds - or even just
> to travel over great distances (i.e.
> Godric's Hollow)?

Interesting idea...very Chronicles of 
Narnia.  After all, these doors are 
extremely close to each other and in our 
muggle world likely to open into extremely 
tiny spaces like those the size of 
wardrobes.  But if the one lid of Moody's 
trunk can open up to allow access INTO 
different spaces, perhaps Harry has 
stumbled into a room that has doors that 
open OUT TO different spaces.

So, do these doors lead to worlds even 
more magical or do they lead magically 
to yet unknown parts of the WW (that 
which is at least partially known to us 
already)?  

Though both paths interest me, since in 
stories mysterious doors in ordinary 
worlds usually open into magical 
ones...I have always rather thought that 
mysterious doors in magical worlds ought 
to open into mundane ones.

<g>  OK, just me then.

Petra
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