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07-26-2005, 11:55 AM
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A fansite owner has discovered that a sentence that appears in the US edition of ' Half-Blood Prince' is not present in the UK edition of the book. The sentence, which is featured in a crucial part of the story, could appear to change the way fans view the novel.
The segment in which this sentence appears, can be read below: ""I can help you, Draco." "No, you can't," said Malfoy, his wand shaking very badly indeed. "Nobody can. He told me to do it or he'd kill me. I've got no choice." "He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine."" (HBP pg 591/552)
"But it's unlikely," Mr. Haber told us, "for complete sentences to be in one edition and not the other. On top of that, when you read the missing sentence I think you'll agree it's a very important sentence, making it extremely suspicious that it's missing from one of the editions."
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07-26-2005, 11:58 AM
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Well I guess mistakes happen to the best of us. I wonder how they'd miss that though. *ponders*
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07-26-2005, 12:07 PM
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| | Hinkypunk
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*writes it into HBP* That's VERY interesting....argh cant wait for spoiler ban to be lifted!
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07-26-2005, 12:10 PM
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| | Phoenix
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I have a version of each book. American and UK, I'm off to compare right now...
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07-26-2005, 12:11 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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I've checked and it IS missing. Needless to say, this could change the whole view on a certain death; the implication that death could be feigned to save life. Wow.
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07-26-2005, 12:17 PM
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| | Phoenix
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Originally Posted by Marcella_Riddle I've checked and it IS missing. Needless to say, this could change the whole view on a certain death; the implication that death could be feigned to save life. Wow. Emma, you are quick!  It is indeed missing. Very interesting! Let the theories begin...
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07-26-2005, 12:21 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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 The moment I read this I started tearing through my copy. It's like wow. Totally mind boggling/confusing. I've not stopped saying 'wow' for the past half hour. Wow (for good measure).
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07-26-2005, 12:23 PM
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| | Erumpent
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O.M.G. No words. eeep. wow....
There's a thread in the HBP Spoilers forum about this now. Go discuss. I need to read peoples theories or something. GAH *going mad*
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07-26-2005, 12:24 PM
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| | Gnome
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That would have told a lot more about the book if it had ben in there.  | |
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07-26-2005, 12:26 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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haha. thats kinda funny that they could miss out on a whole sentence in a book.
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07-26-2005, 12:28 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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The question is, why was it removed? Was it done on purpose? And if so, was it because it implied too much. If not then how could such a big mistake happen? Lots of questions; I'm itching for answers!
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07-26-2005, 12:32 PM
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| | Gnome
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It couldn't have been removed on purpose. Must have been an error.+ But it didn't seem to be that crucial did it ?
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07-26-2005, 12:35 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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It could've been. If it implied too much, then it could've been in which case maybe it was accidentally printed in the US version when it shouldn't have been. In my opinion, it does indeed open a whole new can of worms.
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07-26-2005, 12:44 PM
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| | Gnome
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If you say so. But then, it could've been a simple error. Won't it be a world wide alert with red lights flashing and alarms going on if an important sentence had been missed ?  Just Kidding !
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07-26-2005, 12:48 PM
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|  K. O. Harry's PatronusMooncalf
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Yup they shudn't have missed it.....Its kind of suspicious....as mr.haber has told...!
But HBP has way too much interesting information that i haven't even missed a single word though.....!!
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07-26-2005, 12:53 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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Won't it be a world wide alert with red lights flashing and alarms going on if an important sentence had been missed ?
Doesn't it look important to you? It's not earth-shattering but it's still important in the sense that it implies something.
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07-26-2005, 12:58 PM
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| | Pogrebin
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Wow. really really wow. I wanna see how many theories come out of this. *starts counting*
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07-26-2005, 01:00 PM
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| | Gnome
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We can expect loads and loads of theories from one missing sentence in a 607 page book ! Interesting figures isn't it ?  | |
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07-26-2005, 01:06 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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It may be just one sentence but the suggestion is interesting because of who it came from and what happened to that person.
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07-26-2005, 01:23 PM
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|  Pink is the new blackJobberknoll
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I find it strange that a sentence would appear in one edition of a book but not in another. Is it possible that there are more sentences missing? I can see how this will definitely bring in many more theories.
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07-26-2005, 01:24 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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How could that happen ?
Were they stressed out ?
Was it JUST a mistake ?
Or was it left out intentionally ?
Okay I'm not sure if this sentence will give the whole death and the situation of certain people a different meaning but it's mysterious
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07-26-2005, 01:34 PM
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| | Mooncalf
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do i feel dumb? yes because i didn't even notice lmfao. wow *loooks back in book*
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07-26-2005, 01:34 PM
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| | Pogrebin
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I don't really see the reason why a sentence would be left out on purpose. Maybe someone hacked something before the printing... o_O
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07-26-2005, 01:46 PM
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| | Erumpent
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Guess they made a mistake! I don't think they'd leave it out on purpose, so it was definitely an accident. *shrug* I guess they'll have to fix it! | |
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07-26-2005, 01:50 PM
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Guess they made a mistake! I don't think they'd leave it out on purpose, so it was definitely an accident. *shrug* I guess they'll have to fix it!
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