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   Robert Woodward to Cryptoengineer   
   Re: The Care and Feeding of Series   
   05 Nov 25 21:42:04   
   
   From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article <10egaj3$l9u6$1@dont-email.me>,   
    Cryptoengineer  wrote:   
      
   > On 11/5/2025 12:44 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:   
   > > In article <10eeg19$4hdr$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > >   Cryptoengineer  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 11/3/2025 6:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:   
      
      
      
   > >>>   
   > >>> Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of Rouge   
   > >>> Queen but was too cheap to buy it.   
   > >>   
   > >> I have that one (a Bluejay trade paperback iirc).   
   > >>   
   > >> That's not the the only issue. Apparently, it was written by   
   > >> L. Spraque de Camp.   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > Are you referring to his name on the cover? I would have to see more   
   > > examples of that typeface to be certain, but I think that is a "g".   
   >   
   >   
   > Check both the cover and the spine. I haven't looked at the book for   
   > decades, but I think the typo was on the spine only.   
   >   
      
   I don't have a copy; I was looking at the entry for that edition in the   
   ISFDB. Unfortunately, the spine does not appear (nor does it for any   
   other edition - I have a vague memory that the "Rouge Queen" typo was on   
   a spine, but I don't know which edition).   
      
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