[LMB] first mutant fruits

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

[LMB] first mutant fruits
Peter Granzeau pgranzeau at cox.net
Sat May 3 17:13:28 BST 2008

At 11:29 PM 5/2/2008, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
 >[LMB] first mutant fruits
 >Jill Tallman lettuce_in_fl at yahoo.com
 >Sat May 3 03:17:12 BST 2008
 >
 >I caught this on my first read-thru, but didn't know if I
 >should mention it.
 >
 >page 363, in the second and third lines:
 >...Dag was so winded he had to stop and put his hands on
 >his knees...
 >one too many hands here
 >
 >***  Ah ha, good-oh.
 >
 >At least one too many; there could be more; recall that infamous romance
 >cover.
 >
 >I eliminated several twin sibs of that slip in various places throughout
 >the tetrology, but that one slid past.  Possibly everyone was reading
 >too fast at that point, or so I can console myself.  Thanks!

Let me ask:  if you own up to an oopsie, do you object to a pencilled 
correction in the book with the notation "per LMB 05/02/08" in the 
margin?  That's what I did with P. 305, anyway.  I don't think I would 
correct the accidental plural (the meaning is obvious, even if the 
number of hands is incorrect).


-- 
Regards, Pete
pgranzeau at cox.net


*** It's your book now; mark it up as you please.

The proofreader's mark for "delete this letter" is a slanted line 
through the offending letter, sometimes with a little curlicue off the 
top.  For a phrase or word (such as "Beargrass", ferex), a horizontal 
line through it going up in a like curlicue at the end.

Ta, L.  (Off to the Hugo's signing in minutes.)