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What's the weirdest typo/error you've seen in a book?
(lemmy.world)
I’m currently reading “The Number of the Beast” by Robert Heinlein. Book is from the 1980s, and there’s a completely doubled up paragraph in the book! It spans two pages but the image shows enough I think.
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"Number of the Beast" is a terrible novel. Just stop now.
Pretty much everything he did after "Friday" is unreadable. imho.
I’m not minding it, I mainly read old scifi, and the light it shines on how things were and what they thought of the future is what fancy’s me. I’ve read a couple other of his books, but they were more fantasy and I don’t think I like those. I like “space” in my stories.
I see Friday came out after, I’ll have to through that into my look for pile.
The other interesting thing is the terms they use and how they aren’t PC anymore. Lots of R words thrown out back then.
Don’t know if it matters, but I was born in 89 so interesting to see a “lens” into the past if that makes any sense…
If you want old science fiction try Joanna Russ. I'm pretty sure she was the first 'out' lesbian SF writer. "The Female Man" and "Picnic On Paradise."
They also reissued 'Dangerous Visions' and "Again Dangerous Visions." Both volumes are short stories that were considered unpublishable in 1968.
Hrmm, I’ve got a good selection of short story compilations, I’ll have to see if her name pops up on any. My last collection spree I grabbed a bunch of I think it was “Hugo” winners? I’ll check when I get home though. Know if she made any winner lists?
I like using the short story compilations and finding authors, it’s how I selected Asimov, Heinlein and Silverburg so far. I’ve also got some of their compilations they’ve done since they are named.
I feel like Asimov is cheating since he had his own publication journal. Lots of lists he’s made.