On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Balls <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay gang, final word here. Get over it. I do not agree with you and that > is that. You have the right to your opinion, but guess what... so do I. I > am pretty disappointed in the people here who are so threatened by the > dissenting voice they feel they need to attack me rather than disagree like > adults. > I have loved Ray's books since I was a child. Some have been beyond > compare, some have been decent. I believe we owe it to him to be honest > rather than just blindly say every piece of work is better than the last. > I am a bit of a grammar snob, but I have no intention of letting that go > away. There have been typos in every book I have ever read. I am typically > able to get past it as long as it is not too rampant. But gross errors and > multiple ones do become a distraction. I will continue to be critical of > everything I encounter. Guess what? So will all of you, a point proven by > your response to my opinion. That is what makes America great... we all > have the right to praise or criticize as we see fit. > In the end, maybe one day I will end up getting these last two books. > After all, I have seen it through to this point, I have to see how it all > ends. But I am holding out to see if a corrected version is going to be > released in hardcover. > I have no intention of responding to any more of this, as you have, for > the most part, become pretty childish about it. > M > > >
The problem here is you act like Ray is publishing his books himself, and should correct the typos because "his name is on the book". The reality is different, HC as his publisher, they contract him to write his books, thus they are the ones who will make a corrected copy or not. By the way, what do you know about it Ray may have written them a letter 6-7 times in the past year about it, but you act like he doesn't care. HC certainly seems not to care so maybe your wrath should be directed there. Almost all ACI reviews around the world were diminished by these errors, especially that chapter 4 (?). My own review was bad because of it on Goodreads I think, and I certainly do not worship Ray. But I do recognize the publishing problems it entails. If a thousand fans were to write to HC and complain, maybe that would change something. If a thousand fans write to Ray, that won't help much. PJ
