*SPOILER ALERT* Deathly Hallows Has Leaked

The following is the leaked epilogue of the 7th Harry Potter Book.
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Ok, I have in my possession the epilogue of the book...
We'll find out on the 21st if this is for real...
I do believe its real though...

I gather the following from the Epilogue:
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Malfoy, Hagrid and Neville survived.
Voldy is dead... And Snape WAS good and became Headmaster of Hogwarts and is probably dead as well...
Harry has 3 children, Ron and Hermione have atleast one.
We can assume that Tonks and Lupin sealed the deal and have a child and that Fleur and Bill have a child as well...
And finally, we can assume that harry and friends saved malfoy...
And we now know that lily's eyes were really important in the book.



The following are Pictures taken of the Epilogue...

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Well I read a bit on that first page, and this is what I've reasoned:
Harry has a son and daughter named James and Lily
I refuse to read anymore.

Techinically thats the Eplilogue and not the last chapter. The last chapter would be the one before that. But thats just semantics. No wonder J.K. Rowling refused to make a comment on the last sentence in the recent interview it does reveal to much although she could have said the last word and not be to worried about what it might reveal.

Um, could you please post the pictures as links? Some of us here don't want to see the ending. =\

Whoever did that is stupid.

Sorry, but I think this is a fake. I'll know if this IS the ending when I get the book on friday.

Yes we will know if its real on friday.
But for now, I think its somewhat real...
Hell, for all we know Rowling did this herself.
She does like to humor herself in this manner...

So what if Harry has children named James and Lily?
And fireball is correct, it was the epilogue. My apologies.

So what if Harry has children named James and Lily?

Well, that would be very fanfic.

Much like this entire "epilogue".

Look at the page number at the bottom of the first page- can't read it well, but it looks like either 253, or 753.

But guess what? The British publication is 608 pages, and the American publication is 784. Unless she decided to use fivehundred-something or twenty-something extra pages at the end of the book to make it look thicker, then it's a hoax- and there aren't those pages, because look at the one there, it's the last one in the book, no about the author or notes about the illustrator of which to speak.

Not to mention, just read the language: "crisp and golden as an apple"? I mean COME ON. COME ON. That's what we call fifth-grade imagery. And the last sentence, what the heck is that? It's incredibly camp.

I'm not going to keep a completely closed mind and say that this cannot possibly be the epilogue, but I'm SERIOUSLY hoping it isn't because all it is is reused name-dropping, "all's-well"-idealism, and total steaming smut.

Indeed you may be correct.
However, this is the US scholastic book.
The outer flaps don't usually have info on the author. Especially if its the deluxe edition. Its quite clear that the outer flap isn't in the pictures.
And, if this book is indeed the Deluxe edition, there will be page after the end of the epilogue. These page will contain the artwork shown at the top of each chapter, each on a separate page.

I know that because I own several Deluxe Edition copies myself...
But as I have said before...This may be fake, it may be real...
Its the most real thing we've been handed thus far...

And its easier to believe that its real now since its close to release date...
The books have already begun to arrive in bookstores globally.
"My" bookstore chain has received its shipment of books since last week and the books are locked in a vault till Friday night...
You never know...if this is indeed real, the person guilty of this could be someone who has close ties within a bookstore or works for one of those companies like Amazon or something....
In a few days we will know for sure...

However, this is the US scholastic book.
The outer flaps don't usually have info on the author. Especially if its the deluxe edition. Its quite clear that the outer flap isn't in the pictures.
And, if this book is indeed the Deluxe edition, there will be page after the end of the epilogue. These page will contain the artwork shown at the top of each chapter, each on a separate page.

I don't think you got my point. .___.lll It's okay, I was being kind of vague, so lemme elaborate:

I know it's a US book- it HAS to be, because the British one is only 608 pages. However, if you'll look at the way the end of the book is shown, it's clear that there are no more pages at the end, just the red one before the inside cover of the book. In every Scholastic book- because yes, I own the scholastic books- there is one page at the end with facts about the illustrator. This page is absent, as are any pages that would display the artwork in the end; you can tell just by looking at it. Unless the pages were torn out- which they probably haven't been, because to match the length of the US deluxe edition there would have to have been more than twenty pages missing, and we'd be able to tell if the next couple of pages were torn out just by looking at the previous page- then it can't be legit.

Unless that particular copy of the book was just immensely trippy. It could be some sort of discarded misprint, of course, but I find that unlikely and for me all evidence points to hoax.

I'm arguing all this in desparate hope, trying to convince myself for certain that that simply cannot be the final part of the final installment, because really, that's a disgusting finale.

So yeah, we'll find out Friday, I guess. *sits and waits*

I glanced at the last page, after seeing what you said about it being a hoax.

I must agree, considering these facts:

-The US verison is yellow. And most likely, for the sake of tastes, will have yellow/gold blank pages, not red ones
-Meaning the red would have to be the Uk version, and:
-The UK version is only 608 pages, as stated, plus:
-It would say "J.K. Rowling" at the top, not "Epilogue".

*waits till Friday for real confirmation*

To tell you the truth, I do agree that this Epilogue is somewhat...lame...
One can argue that its because she wrote the epilogue when she started the series so that she could have some ending to work toward...she admitted that much...
I too wish for a better ending than this...but like I said..for now I'll take it and if its not real, well, I'll happily throw it away...
To me it looks real... But we'll see in a few days...

Also Dark Tragedy, The US cover is more Orange than yellow and the Deluxe version is definitely more red.
But the box is indeed bordered in Gold...but gold does go with red :S

We'll see...makes no sense fighting over this....
We could, if you all like, analze it further and see if we can extract any "fun facts" out of them...
Anyone in favor?

All right, I'm just gonna say. I've read a lot about this Epilogue and read a lot of good debate on it; and I think, unfortunately, it could go either way. I'm still clinging to the hope that, because it's incredibly camp, it's a fake.

Howeevr, there is apparently another version of the book circulating in which one of the characters present is dead, and that manuscript is pretty convincing as well.

I'm just going to throw my hands up and stop speculating and hoax-hunting because there are so many things out there, there's no point in looking up anything.

Apparently...its not fake...
If it is, this person has had alot of time to create and entire book :S
Here are links to the book:

Torrent:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (1-495) - The Pirate Bay

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Well, I started reading the first five chapters of that "leak" and must say it looks... too authentic to me...

It's kinda weird. Three days before the release and someone found the book. With all this "security" around the book, you'd think this wouldn't have happened...

Only friday will tell.

Well, as I said in a previous post, its nearer to release date...
Some person who has access to the books at this point is probably the person responsible for this leak...
And, at this stage, its hardly likely that the leak came from within scholastic itself, but from either a major bookseller with a high pre-order or someone within a company that takes orders such as barnes and noble or amazon...

The little I have read is amazing though XD...
But I refuse to read any more until I get the book which I paid my good $$$ for XD

If that's really the epilogue/ending of the whole thing, I don't like it.

Originally Posted by Panique

If that's really the epilogue/ending of the whole thing, I don't like it.

I am going to have to agree. Not only because it did seem a little too much, but that I have read it three days in advance.

Curses internet. You ruin the fun of waiting.

Originally Posted by Albus Dumble- screw that, JAMES

I am going to have to agree. Not only because it did seem a little too much, but that I have read it three days in advance.

I only read the summary and still didn't like it. :3

jodel_from_aol: Harry Potter and the Dubious Hullaballoo

They seem to make a lot of sense... If what they say is true, I will laugh really hard.

J.K. Rowling did say a lot of people will dislike the ending. =\

...I still find the red with the cover in extremely bad taste. <_< I was looking forward to orange/gold/yellow blank pages. =<

My sister works at a place that's going to sell them. Too bad she doesn't do the stocking. =3

Edit: It actually seems quite right. That site you have, APWBD. While I went onto mugglenet the other day, they said it leaked, but did not say anything about the suspection that it was a hoax, even though I'm sure people mentioned it to them.