5HC

Gerry Quinn · 27 Aug 2014, 13:43 · from 2014-August.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:43:06 +0100
Subject: (urth) 5HC
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On 27/08/2014 14:27, Marc Aramini wrote:
> son of a gun what version of the text do you have?!!!! In the ACE 
> paperback it says
> "When he came close to them they extended hands, open, and smiled; but 
> THEY did not understand open hands meant (or had meant, once) that 
> they held no weapons."
>
> I am so super pissed at copy editors right now. Mine is the version 
> with Many Pink Butterflies instead of Mary Pink Butterflies as well.

Heh, maybe some of the difficulty interpreting Wolfe is down to Ace 
copy-editors!  [Mine is Gollancz SF Masterworks.]

- Gerry Quinn

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