Little Mistake Brian made...

[Arkatin]

Brian made a mistake, or not him then the publishers did. In Defilers, page 621.

It is talking about when jake is about to kill off szwart's deadspawn. Well, it said Liz instead of Millie. Liz was at E-branch HQ.. only person around him was Millie.


"Right, said the other. As for who I am: Wallace Fovargue is who I was. Then Szwart killed me 'cause I was . . . well I was hinterest in the woman.
Jake looked at Liz . "Wallace Fovergue?"
"An Ugly, diseased little dwarf," she told him, picking the reason for Jake's question right out of his mind. ect ect ect


Liz wouldn't know anything about Wallace, she never he heard of him, none of E-branch besides Millie knew anything about him... Just thought I'd bring that to Brian's notice, more then like it isn't his fault but the pubisher's. Anyway, I still got one book left in necro saga left to read. Hope's it's as good as all the other's...

[The Ginger Wookie]

Yeah I noticed that too. I suppose these things slip through the net now and again. It's the first blooper I've actually come across. so not bad going for 13 novels in the series.

[Nathan]

Shoot, almost all books have mistakes like that. That one's actually fairly minor compared to some of seen... Ian Goodfly, for example.

The worst I've seen in awhile is from King's final Dark Tower book. One of the main characters was so grief stricken by her husband's death that she jumped to her feet! Problem is, she hadn't had legs from the knees down for quite a few years!

:confused:

[Hubris]

I recently reread The Last Aerie and during the conflict between the dead John Scofield & Tod Pretiss, somewhere in all of that, they refer to someone known as John Prentiss. That all I've ever noticed and retained.

[topol_sheap]

Nate, thanks for the spoiler, I didn't know Eddie died.

[sdkdmd]

Eddie dies?????? :eek: :( :mad:

[Nathan]

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Just kiddin'!

I knew that would git someone!

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[Bungus Blood Beast]

Nathan !
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The worst I've seen in awhile is from King's final Dark Tower book. One of the main characters was so grief stricken by her husband's death that she jumped to her feet! Problem is, she hadn't had legs from the knees down for quite a few years!
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What page is this? I cant find it! !

[sdkdmd]

He was just kidding :eek:
Right N8!!
Just a joke.
Just trying to get someone.
Eddie don't die.
If eddie dies how does Odetta jump to her feet if she don't have any? :confused:

There must be someone else with out feet. That's it. :cool:

[Nathan]

It's in a different situation entirely, but she does jump to her feet in that book!

:cool:

[nikolas sheadson]

hubris, i believe it was just another one of those little typos that happen when your fingers are on a keyboard for way to long. you start to think faster than you can type and thats what happens

[Tchernobog]

There's this one thing I've been wondering about for a while.. When the guy who hypnotized Keogh (Anderson or somethingl like that) disappeared in TLY2, why didn't the E-Branch just use a locator to find him?

[Apocalyptic Destroyer Of Angels]

I think one of the funniest mistakes I've seen seen is on the back of my copy of E-Branch: Invaders. Somebody got Goodly's name wrong, it's printed as Goodfly.

Well, it made me chuckle. grin.gif

[Dave Black]

Ive noticed a few minor mistakes in some of Brians books but I reckon considering the unbelievable amountof books hes written,as a percentage the mistakes are very few and far between, besides we all make mistakes and the biggest mistake King ever made was becoming an author!!!!!

[Apocalyptic Destroyer Of Angels]

Ouch!

[Bryan]

I have also noticed alot of typos in the american versions of all the books
I didn't even notice the one in question, I've only seen spelling errors. (some worse than others)

[Nathan]

Guess it doesn't say anything about negativity regarding someone other than Brian... at least not specifically! Kick ass!!

That King, what a fock-wad! If I had a nickel for every minute I've wasted reading his books I'd have nothing 'cause he sucks so bad I've never read a word!

But we better git back on topic here and open a "Should Never Have Written a Book" thread. Start it off with the King, of course. Make sure to sit that Harry Potter bee-otch closeby!

[Helmet Head]

N8 be very careful where you go with this, I'm with you on King but you diss JK one more time and I'm gonna hunt you down and cook your sorry ass in your own restaurants kitchen!!!! grin.gif

As for typo's, well I'm gonna hunt them down too and kick there sorry asses as well... :mad:

[ March 21, 2006, 05:26 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[Nathan]

Huh? You didn't notice the dripping?

Man, there's sarcasm running down the walls and pooling on the floor in that post!

Admittedly King has gotten a bit more mellow in the last ten books or so, but he's still (in my opinion) one of the most tuned in writers in history. Whether you like him or not, it seems a little naive to say he should never have become an author. His influence already matches or overshadows just about any of the greats you can name, and he ain't even dead yet.

As for Rowling... I'll give her her props, she came on extremely strong... but the last two have not lived up to my expectations.

[Helmet Head]

Obviously I see it now!!! blush.gif

Still not a king fan myself but I suppose you have to admire his body of work and the fact he's probably the most globally famous author of his generation and still going strong...

Right I'm completely off topic now and I'm going to stop and give myself a darn good talking too...

[Nathan]

Aw, we're still on topic...

Originally posted by Dave Black:
...besides we all make mistakes and the biggest mistake King ever made was becoming an author!!!!! That has to be a typo!

:cool:

[Chris Banks]

Shouldn't knock King, my friends :rolleyes: He can't help being a factory writer now! grin.gif

Has anybody considered that it may be the printer's typo's & not The Master's? :mad:
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[Sophie]

No book is ever perfect, unless we send them off to some higher beings to edit the spellings, human error will allways be a factor.

I think with Steven King, he has certain hits and flops. I think his publisher made him churn out the generic crap sometimes. But then there is the Dark Tower series (we are not worthy) that was mind blowingly excellent, and so from the heart. People may not like me for saying this but The Dark Tower series tops some of Brian's book for me.

[Botch the Mad]

my friends and i have had this conversation many times before. we have discovered that the ammount of typos is different by genre. fantasy is rife with them, scifi is bad, horror is ok, and in romance its almost nonexistant. it just goes to show that lonely housewives rule the world.

[Botch the Mad]

after writing this i got on the train. i then pulled out my (stop it you perverts) copy of deadspawn and started reading. it is the US printing. i found 17 typos in the 25 pages or so that i read.

[topol_sheap]

it's not just typos though is it?? I read the Godfather. One of the best selling books of the last 40 years... it's rife with gramatical errors...

as for mistakes in Brian's books? Look at the original E-Branch: Invaders (with the George Underwood cover), and see the title page inside where the book is by someone called "Brain Lumley"... who the hell is he??? not a bad typo though grin.gif

[Silver]

I love typos, they can be hilarious!

For me they never detract from the book either, if you can tell what the word is supposed to be or what it is supposed to mean then there's no problem, it's just something to chuckle at and then congratulate yourself for spotting it!

I agree that typos are not the fault of the author, that is what editors and proof readers are for and they are human too so can't be expected to get it spot on every single time.

[Botch the Mad]

on page 229 of the us version of deadspawn it has the word 9hould. now there's a typo for you.

[topol_sheap]

in my UK HB of lost years 1, (can't remember where), but it was the second time I met Brian, and he altered some text so that it read "stroked his thigh" (slightly paraphrased) rather than "stroked his thing"... you can kind of see how this could be a typo or not!!! heh

[Silver]

Naughty naughty!

[Dave Black]

Ok a couple of things, I rate some of Kings books as amongst the best Ive read, 'It' is one of my all time favourites.
Sarcasm in the printed form can be easily misread. I take the piss out of everything because I see the ludicrous side of life and I dont take things too seriuosly.
I apologise if saying King should never have been an author upset anyone, I WAS JOKING !
Lastly, too much caffeine is bad for you. p.s Tops I apologise for going off topic. Typos or not Brian ROCKS !!!!!!!!!

[Dave Black]

I mispelled seriously. D'oh !

[Showoff]

I got one, in the second House of Doors book somewhere in the middle, the china man runs his hands through his hair? neat trick considering he only has one of them. Hands that is not hair.

[Silver]

Hee hee, the other way would be funny, imagine running both hands through one strand of hair!

[Showoff]

Sure, make fun of my mom ;)

[Silver]

I don't discriminate, I make fun of everyone!