Do you think these leaked copies of DH are real?

Why or Why not?

I'll add a real post later. Need to look through some things first.

 

Just look at the little details like copyright page, dedication, formatting, fonts for the headers being the same as past books, the stars beside the page numbers... Most counterfeits will not have those details correct. Refer to past HP books for examples of correct formatting and page styles.

 

Conspiracy theory: The book publisher has made some false books to confuse people till the real ones go on sale.

 

I don't know. I haven't seen any news reports about it. I would think that a huge leak like this would be on the evening news or CNN, hell AOL news hasn't said a word about it yet. I mean don't you think Schoolastic would have contacted all these sites to take them down if they were real?

 

I'm leaning toward Hahukum Konn's interpretation, unless someone invested in awful lot of time in a prank. How long would it take to photoshop what we're seeing?

 

well they've taken down some but apparently its alreadt too widespread. it's pointless now to take it down as god knows how many people have already passed it on.

I don't know how many people on this site even...

They're best bet now is to just do what they did for hbp when they revealed who killed dumbledore. Deny and wait.

I still think that this story that we've all been circulating is prank. I half expect to find that mystery door on jk's site suddenly open, reveling these pictures in a slide show... then a final picture of jk being the one taking the pictures... like a snide take that kind of moment. That's what I'd do... It would be immensly ammusing for me. and can you imagine how much that one copy of the book would be.

they could technicly get scholastic to print only one copy... a hush hush thing, put it together and hand deliver it to jk.

This is further supported by the fact that there was a seperate version with the same graphyics but different text and titles.

That could be the true leak.

then again it could be reversed and that is the prank... its only a select few pages and they popped up relatively late... giving the person time to create realistic text and photoshop it.

Personally I don't know anymore... the version I've been reading although somewhat cheesy is fairly decent and well though out. Definetley jk's style... any inconsistencies in plot that leave going what the fuck could just be how jk planned it.

I know I was indignantly unbelieving when I read the snape memories for their childhood encounter...

I'm going to say fake for now... and lets see if I'm right on saturday.

 

@EvilSpanker- there was something about the leaks on BBC. Here it is. It's in the bottom of the article, which is another clue it's fake- if it was real, they would have made a much bigger deal about it.

Personally, I tend to believe it's a fake. I don't know how they did it, but the Epilogue and some of the plot make me doubt it's real. Guess we'll find out on Friday night, though.

 

As I said in the other thread, it's a very good piece of fanfiction, but that's all it is, at least in my opinion. It's not the real thing.

 

Well, I just found this on Digg:

Did Harry Potter Have to Die?
Written By: Adam Coozer
(Note: This article may contain spoilers)

At the end of the stunning Book 7, when Harry Potter sacrificed his life to rid the world of Lord Voldemort for once and for all, the reader is left saddened and yet strangely heartened. We watched this boy grow from meek underdog to confident young man; we supported him through all his trials and tribulations. Indeed, we were as much as part of his life as we was in ours. And yet few would feel that there was a better way to have ended this epic. Harry Potter’s death, was sad, yes, but it felt “right.” But still… did he HAVE to die?

“Potter is a classic archetype,” says Robin Auerbach, distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Maryland in College Park. “The unlikely or conflicted hero who, upon finding himself, sacrifices himself for the greater good. You see Harry Potter in the myths of many cultures, even as recently as The Matrix. Potter’s death feels right because it fits into a pattern that is so familiar to us subconsciously.”

Barbara Canting, associate professor of history of literature at Syracuse University agrees. “I say this as a Catholic, but the retelling of Jesus Christ follows a common archetypical story arc. He begins as a poor shepherd’s son and becomes a god. But the power of his story, his ascent from obscure prophet to the son of God for millions, stems from his death and what it symbolizes. ‘He died for your sins’ isn’t much different from ‘Harry Potter died to destroy Voldemore [sic].”

So given our collective cultural gestalt, Harry Potter’s death by fiery immolation wasn’t too surprising. And although his physical body would be beyond repair, his death is combined with other symbols of varying religious weightiness that give us a sense of reassuring hope.

For instance, the phoenix that appears at Harry Potter’s tombstone in the epilogue should come as no surprise to any reader of Egyptian mythology or X-Men comics. And then there’s the final image of the full moon casting light on the broomstick-shaped mausoleum, which is encircled by vines of blooming, open roses. Is Rowling simply being phallic or is she foretelling resurrection? Time (or more likely, money) will tell, but Cho Chang clutching her stomach during the procession is a dead giveaway.

Besides fulfilling our subconscious need for familiar stories, did Harry Potter have to die in terms of this particular story?

Technically, no. Although the prophesy, in no great amounts of subtlety, infers a Potter/Voldermort duality, there were any number of ways of splitting him into two. Setting himself on fire with his wand, spectacular as the scene played out, might not have been necessary. Voldemort may be the negative manifestation of Potter, but isn’t that what exorcism, or therapy, is for?

But sitting on Dumbledore’s couch a good drama does not make. And drama, as Canting points out, is what drives self-reflection: “He is the unlikely hero who slowly grows from Nobody to Somebody, a figure we can all relate to, and aspire to be. Because we are all – except for the very few and the very lucky - Nobodies who wish for greatness. We experience his sacrifice deeply because we transpose our lives onto his. And so when he struggles with the evil inside him and forces himself to take his own life, we wonder, ‘Would we have done the same?’”

This introspection may be too heady for children, or adults, who simply miss their hero. We will grieve, but we will also grow stronger and braver and more compassionate, just like a certain black-haired, bespectacled boy who, yes, had to die for us.


Does this correspond to anything any of you have been reading?

 

No. According to the spoilers, Harry lives.

 

Clearly a fake I think.

 

Fans angry about supposed 'Harry Potter' spoilers

 

Lmao. Harry Potter ecstasy? This is.... special.

 

I hope it's fake so everyone who has read 'the real spoilers' are fucking surprised. They would be so ready to rub it in peoples' faces and then to find out they got owned...hilarity would ensue.

 

I hope all the versions (including the one I'm distributing) are fake. Until my preordered copy arrives on my doorstep, I refuse to be certain about anything. Sure, I think my spoiler copy is real, but I'm not 100%

 

Someone just got a copy of the library version...the leaked, full text is the real deal.

 

Fucking fucker should fuck the fucking fuck off!!!

Sorry, I'm just a bit annoyed. I've been trying to run the individual images version through an OCR program all night and today to extract the text... Doing each page one at a time and correcting mangled words is enough to make anyone cross.

 

No, the person did not do the whole book, just a few pages to compare the two.

 

If none of the leaked versions are the real deal, does that make them some damn impressive fanfiction by JKR herself?

 

I suspect that all of the leaked Deathly Hallows stories are actually highly thought-out fakes that were made by the publishers to keep the real story safe.