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trinityofoneDear editors of The Road--
Please turn your attention to page 35 of the first American edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf. The first sentence of the second paragraph reads as follows:
"They ate the little mushrooms together with the beans and drank tea and had tinned pears for their desert."
Really? I mean, I know an apocalypse has occurred, but I wasn't aware that that enables one to remake entire geographical features out of canned food products.
DESERT /= DESSERT! Were you guys all asleep that day? Did something about page 35 make you drowsy? What the hell?
And yeah, I know it's a little thing; I just really don't expect to find major typos in major works of literary fiction that I assume the author, proofreaders, editors, etc. have read more than once. It totally yanked me out of the story, guys!
I guess what I'm saying is, if you are having these problems, maybe you should consider hiring some different people. *coughmecough*
Because I, uh--I never make typos. Or at least I feel really ashamed when I do!
Please try to do better next time. I'm sure Mr. McCarthy would appreciate it, too.
Mildly appalled,
Trin
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Seriously, yo. Does anyone else feel, like, really shocked when they come across something that major in a published "literary" work? I mean, I get annoyed when I catch mistakes in some of the trashy sci-fi or fantasy I read, but I should not have to stop 35 pages into The Road to freak out about misspellings. Cannibals, maybe, but I haven't even gotten to them yet.
Alternately, I may just need a lot of therapy and, like, a course of dictionary deprivation.
ETA: Page 89:
"It's okay, he said. We just have to wait. But I think its okay."
You have it right, and then two sentences away, it's WRONG? JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE! You're totally harshing my post-apocalyptic buzz.
Please turn your attention to page 35 of the first American edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf. The first sentence of the second paragraph reads as follows:
"They ate the little mushrooms together with the beans and drank tea and had tinned pears for their desert."
Really? I mean, I know an apocalypse has occurred, but I wasn't aware that that enables one to remake entire geographical features out of canned food products.
DESERT /= DESSERT! Were you guys all asleep that day? Did something about page 35 make you drowsy? What the hell?
And yeah, I know it's a little thing; I just really don't expect to find major typos in major works of literary fiction that I assume the author, proofreaders, editors, etc. have read more than once. It totally yanked me out of the story, guys!
I guess what I'm saying is, if you are having these problems, maybe you should consider hiring some different people. *coughmecough*
Because I, uh--I never make typos. Or at least I feel really ashamed when I do!
Please try to do better next time. I'm sure Mr. McCarthy would appreciate it, too.
Mildly appalled,
Trin
-----
Seriously, yo. Does anyone else feel, like, really shocked when they come across something that major in a published "literary" work? I mean, I get annoyed when I catch mistakes in some of the trashy sci-fi or fantasy I read, but I should not have to stop 35 pages into The Road to freak out about misspellings. Cannibals, maybe, but I haven't even gotten to them yet.
Alternately, I may just need a lot of therapy and, like, a course of dictionary deprivation.
ETA: Page 89:
"It's okay, he said. We just have to wait. But I think its okay."
You have it right, and then two sentences away, it's WRONG? JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE! You're totally harshing my post-apocalyptic buzz.
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Date: 2007-02-11 11:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-11 11:07 pm (UTC)For instance, I had two people go through every inch of that Torchwood site I made, and we talked about it, and etc etc...I showed to someone else and in five minutes, they went, hey, do you realize you have X mistake here and here? I had to laugh.
Plus, given what I have heard of editing processes in some companies, I'm quite surprised there aren't more. //shrugs//
I don't know that I have any general sanity left. I need someone to come to my house every morning, hold my hand, and go, breeaathe a lot. Or win the lotto and lay around in my piles of money. Perhaps that went somewhere else.