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Commented on Typo Hunt: Empire Games
Not exactly typos, but British usage by USian characters: 39.3%: "But the Air Force aren't totally stupid — ", a USian would say "isn't". 42%: "that can bounce you — and anything electrostatically earthed with you — ", a USian...
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Bo Lindbergh commented on
Typo Hunt: Empire Games
(Not a typo, but since you mentioned that this section was a rushed last-minute job I'll mention it anyway.)Miriam's front matter character profile wavers a bit erratically between past and present tense....
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J Howell commented on
Typo Hunt: Empire Games
In "Switches", when Rita meets Dr. Scranton: "Dr. Scranton is the deputy assistant to the Secretary of State for Homeland Security." That version of her title is also used in the Principal Cast List. The US doesn't use the UK title format of Secretary of State for [Department]; the Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of DHS. I don't know whether "deputy assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security" is a valid title, but it's not obviously incorrect either. Even if it isn't quite a real title it's certainly close enough to hand-wave as a difference between our timeline...
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JReynolds commented on
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Minor vexillogical question re: the flag of the New American Commonwealth. At Kindle location 5263: There were flags, flags everywhere: an unfamiliar field of gold stars superimposed on a white circle on a red background. This sounds like a reversed Japanese flag (red switched for white and vice-versa) with added starry goodness. Have you made a mock-up of this anywhere on the web that we could see?...
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J Howell commented on
Typo Hunt: Empire Games
One more possible typo: in "Shell Game", Col. Smith says "Too many chefs spoil the broth, and right now we've got sixteen chiefs trying to run the kitchen." Chefs seems more likely than chiefs there. And following up on my previous comment, there's one last appearance of the extraneous "of state" title format, also in "Shell Game", "You're a deputy undersecretary of state!"....
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Charlie Stross commented on
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NOW CLOSED. Everything above should be fixed in the paperback/reduced price ebook. Thanks, everyone!...
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