Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
On 26 Jul 2005, at 11:18 am, William T Goodall wrote: On 17 Jul 2005, at 3:45 am, Max Battcher wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Although I'm of the opinion that book editors are getting sloppier and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from big name books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. I think it was Harlan Ellison who wrote a big rant about 25 years ago about the declining standards of copy editing :) Now I'm just used to seeing 'baited breath' and such in every book. The other problem is spelling checkers and search and replace garbling text. I just read the story 'Marcher' by Chris Beckett in Dozois' nineteenth annual best sf and the main character is called Huw (a Welsh name). Huw did you get on? is supposed to be How did you get on? I suspect. Just about every story in the book has some kind of mistake in it. Twentieth Year's Best, first story There were storms, and white crackles of lightening, ... I suppose if I were really generous I might let that pass as a deliberate archaism. But I'm not :) And there aren't other archaisms in the text to suggest it might have been meant. And that wasn't the first problem with the first story, I just couldn't be bothered looking back after I got annoyed by this one. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ It is our belief, however, that serious professional users will run out of things they can do with UNIX. - Ken Olsen, President of DEC, 1984. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
On 17 Jul 2005, at 3:45 am, Max Battcher wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Although I'm of the opinion that book editors are getting sloppier and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from big name books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. I think it was Harlan Ellison who wrote a big rant about 25 years ago about the declining standards of copy editing :) Now I'm just used to seeing 'baited breath' and such in every book. The other problem is spelling checkers and search and replace garbling text. I just read the story 'Marcher' by Chris Beckett in Dozois' nineteenth annual best sf and the main character is called Huw (a Welsh name). Huw did you get on? is supposed to be How did you get on? I suspect. Just about every story in the book has some kind of mistake in it. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Invest in a company any idiot can run because sooner or later any idiot is going to run it. - Warren Buffet ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Yeah. Really weird. Fortunately I didn't see much else, though there seemed to be an inordinate fondness for the word snog that perhaps could have been thesaurusized a bit. Oh well; it was nowhere near as obnoxious as Anne Rice's attachment to the word preternatural, which was enough to put me off her writing forever. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
At 12:34 AM Sunday 7/17/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:13 PM Saturday 7/16/2005, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Julia Ah, now I see it :-) Good thing she cited it, huh? Homophony Maru Yep. I might have just been spoiling for a complaint, though, having earlier spotted two problems in headlines in my Saturday paper: A evening's love affair with Etta that Austin won't soon forget and Motorist drowns fleeing troopers The second one I read the way it hadn't been intended at first, and it was confusing for some percentage of a second Paramedics Help Dog Bite Victim Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
At 09:45 PM Saturday 7/16/2005, Max Battcher wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Although I'm of the opinion that book editors are getting sloppier and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from big name books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. Perhaps you could apply for the job of one of those who *are* paid for that task who are so obviously not earning their pay . . . :P Typo Negative Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) Jim Editing gaffes Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:45 PM Saturday 7/16/2005, Max Battcher wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Although I'm of the opinion that book editors are getting sloppier and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from big name books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. Perhaps you could apply for the job of one of those who *are* paid for that task who are so obviously not earning their pay . . . :P Typo Negative Maru Well, if I had a lot more time for that sort of thing, I was sort of offered a job for that sort of thing. (I.e., I met the description of who they were looking for, and it was a friend putting the word out for his employer -- but I don't want to take on anything like that for another 2 or 3 years.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) I hadn't yet. I'd been all set to do so, and then things started heading south in baskets carried by hand Thank you for the reminder! Julia and we're going to find out Real Soon Now if I actually *fixed* the plumbing emergency this morning, or if we're going to have to call a professional (and not run the dishwasher until the professional has taken care of the problem) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
At 11:23 AM Sunday 7/17/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) I hadn't yet. I'd been all set to do so, and then things started heading south in baskets carried by hand Thank you for the reminder! Julia and we're going to find out Real Soon Now if I actually *fixed* the plumbing emergency this morning, or if we're going to have to call a professional (and not run the dishwasher until the professional has taken care of the problem) Can you swim? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Bad editing (was Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint)
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:23 AM Sunday 7/17/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Yes it did. Glaring as heck, and another reason why I think spell-checker can make folks lazy. I had to fix a number of those when I was prepping the transcript for the book I told you about in my LJ. Which, BTW, I hope you downloaded for your friend, Julia. Otherwise, I might be forced to make the sad face. :) I hadn't yet. I'd been all set to do so, and then things started heading south in baskets carried by hand Thank you for the reminder! Julia and we're going to find out Real Soon Now if I actually *fixed* the plumbing emergency this morning, or if we're going to have to call a professional (and not run the dishwasher until the professional has taken care of the problem) Can you swim? I can. The stuff on the floor of the pantry can't, though, and for some reason if there's a leak in the kitchen, downhill means into the pantry. :P My fix seems to have worked. Dishwasher ran and nothing failed. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
On 7/16/05, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 Is it the mention of Brockdale Bridge? No Google hits. ~Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 I just re-read the page and _still_ can't find it, I'm afraid :-( What is it? Unless Fudge misues effected - I think it's right, though... Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freedom is not free http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Although I'm of the opinion that book editors are getting sloppier and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from big name books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
Max Battcher wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Julia Ah, now I see it :-) Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freedom is not free http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
At 11:13 PM Saturday 7/16/2005, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Julia Ah, now I see it :-) Good thing she cited it, huh? Homophony Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:13 PM Saturday 7/16/2005, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sight/site switch? Jumps off the page, doesn't it? Yes it does, expletive! At least, at me! Julia Ah, now I see it :-) Good thing she cited it, huh? Homophony Maru Yep. I might have just been spoiling for a complaint, though, having earlier spotted two problems in headlines in my Saturday paper: A evening's love affair with Etta that Austin won't soon forget and Motorist drowns fleeing troopers The second one I read the way it hadn't been intended at first, and it was confusing for some percentage of a second Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
