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Kindle edition has worst kind of typos
I give five stars for Zelazny's novel (which might be my favorite of his novels) but two stars for the Kindle edition. Why? Because the Kindle edition has the worst kind of typos: Insidious typos that won't be caught by a spell checker but that screw up the author's prose. The example that was so bad I noticed, in Chapter 4:
I was afraid to confide in him as to the condition of my memory. I was also afraid to tell him, so I didn't.
(Kindle locations 905-906). This makes no sense, and I couldn't believe that this came from a writer as careful as Zelazny. So I checked it against my old paper version (and the wonderful Audible version narrated by Alessandro Juliani). Both have this as
I was afraid to confide in him as to the condition of my memory. I was also afraid to trust him, so I didn't.
This makes much more sense, and is completely in Zelazny's style. Once I saw this, I pretty much gave up on the Kindle edition and switched full-time to the wonderful Audible edition.
(Why didn't I give the Kindle edition 1 star? I live in hope that the typos get fixed someday.)
September 2015 · Kindle Store · verified purchase