OC.TREI@CU20B.ARPA (09/17/85)
From: Peter G. Trei <OC.TREI@CU20B.ARPA>
Has anyone noticed the a certain new publication from
Bluejay books? It is one of those expensive 'trade' paperbacks,
with wide margins, large type, and profuse (poor) illustrations.
I have not named the author and title as these are
indeterminate. The front cover claims it to be "Rogue Queen" by
"L. Spraque de Camp". The edge of the binding, on the other
hand, declares it to be "Rouge Queen" by the same mysterious and
hitherto unknown author. Opening it, you find that while the
title 'Rogue Queen' seems to be intended, the book was allegedly
written by our old friend L. Sprague deCamp.
We are all aware that the standards of spelling and
proofreading have declined dramatically over the last decade or
so, but this is the most blatant example I have yet seen. When I
saw this in the bookstore edge-on, I seriously thought for a
moment that Rouge Queen was the title! If I were Mr. DeCamp, I
would be VERY upset with Bluejay.
Can anyone think of another cover typo so careless? This is
definitely the worst I have ever seen.
Peter
oc.trei@cu20b.arpa
-------tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (09/20/85)
The first ACE edition of Spider Robinson's TIME TRAVELERS STRICTLY CASH proudly exclaims: TIIME TRAVELERS STRICTLY CASH ^ rjs
joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch) (09/20/85)
>From: Peter G. Trei <OC.TREI@CU20B.ARPA> > > I have not named the author and title as these are >indeterminate. The front cover claims it to be "Rogue Queen" by >"L. Spraque de Camp". The edge of the binding, on the other >hand, declares it to be "Rouge Queen" by the same mysterious and >hitherto unknown author. Opening it, you find that while the >title 'Rogue Queen' seems to be intended, the book was allegedly >written by our old friend L. Sprague deCamp. > > Can anyone think of another cover typo so careless? This is >definitely the worst I have ever seen. I agree that this one is a lulu. Isaac Asimov has also had some problems with getting his name spelled correctly on some of his books. -- Joel Upchurch Perkin-Elmer Southern Development Center 2486 Sand Lake Road/ Orlando, Florida 32809/ (305)850-1031 {decvax!ucf-cs, ihnp4!pesnta, vax135!petsd}!peora!joel
ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) (09/23/85)
> > The first ACE edition of Spider Robinson's TIME TRAVELERS STRICTLY CASH > proudly exclaims: > > TIIME TRAVELERS STRICTLY CASH > ^ > > rjs And Spider autographs these as "Spiider Robiinson" -rel
ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (09/29/85)
> From: Peter G. Trei <OC.TREI@CU20B.ARPA> > ... > Can anyone think of another cover typo so careless? This is > definitely the worst I have ever seen. How about Belmont Books on their 1967 book TIME UNTAMED? The binding says: TIME UNTAMED - Azimov, Bradbury, others He wasn't exactly an unknown author even then. (He gets misspelled in another Blluejay Book also, on the title page on SHERLOCK HOLMES THROUGH TIME AND SPACE, as "Issac Asimov".) But misspelling both the author's name *and* the title on the cover must be a new record. This isn't an on-the-binding error, but Ace Books, in their "Thieves' World" books, has an introduction which has 7 typos on one page--and they've re-used it uncorrected in several of the books! Evelyn C. Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl
ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (09/29/85)
Read Anne McCaffrey's introduction to GET OFF THE UNICORN and find out how the title got changed from "Get [meaning offspring] of the Unicorn"! Evelyn C. Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl
barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry) (10/05/85)
> From: Peter G. Trei <OC.TREI@CU20B.ARPA> > ... > Can anyone think of another cover typo so careless? This is > definitely the worst I have ever seen. Not on the cover, but at least as significant: the SF Book Club edition of THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE has a typo changing the sentence, "the children should have been spaced" (ie, out the airlock), to "the children should have been spared", thus reversing the meaning 180 degrees. When I got my copy signed, Niven also corrected the typo. What worse for an author, than to have a typo actually alter the meaning of his story? - From the Crow's Nest - Kenn Barry NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTRIC AVENUE: {ihnp4,vortex,dual,nsc,hao,hplabs}!ames!barry