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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Aftermarket Afterlife by seanan McGuire Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:36:35 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <vd6muk$ppn9$2@dont-email.me> References: <vcobmt$23bk2$4@dont-email.me> <vd53qn$ig2i$1@dont-email.me> <vd6b3d$o6q0$1@dont-email.me> <najdfjpbi9ksltddhki9cid8ikp2o0jjle@4ax.com> <llo278F8gv0U1@mid.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:36:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="59fe448d72e8e4f645e11f3241420352"; logging-data="845545"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19/XWPKkUfLpj+HPgoR6Cgj6fux8FXyWc8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:gbyoBOy1h1kO9V1tefu0pzsX7mI= In-Reply-To: <llo278F8gv0U1@mid.individual.net> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1753 On 9/27/2024 11:44 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: > In article <najdfjpbi9ksltddhki9cid8ikp2o0jjle@4ax.com>, > Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote: >> >> Many (most) older books have errors in Kindle editions. You are quite >> correct about the cause: lack of proof-reading. >> > > I read a copy of Fredric Brown's _The Screaming Mimi_ where every instance > of 'gun' was rendered as 'bun'. My favorite is a text-to-speech app that tries to expand abbreviations. One buxom lady was voiced as having 'Doctor of Divinity breasts'. pt