From: tnusenet17@gmail.com
On 11/5/25 3:03 PM, 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:
>>>> In article <10ebcvk$381ki$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> William Hyde wrote:
>>>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>>>>>> On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Care and Feeding of Series
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Five crucial steps for curating series.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
>>>>>> always entertains.
>>>>>
>>>>> I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder what ever happened to her? Probably moved to Romance for the
>>>>> money.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>
> pt
I ran across that very edition of "Rouge Queen" the last time I was at a
used book store, and on the spine it does indeed look like a "q" instead
of a "g".[1]
I do have a book that the spine says was written by Louis McMaster Bujold.
Tony
[1] I didn't buy it, but maybe I will next time, just for the novelty of
it.
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