Publishers Weakly

[yendi]

Grr. Just went to the Amazon page to add a new anthology that I need to my wish list (new Kage Baker, Michael Bishop, Joe Lansdale, Lucius Shepard, Howard Waldrop, and Neil Barrett, Jr stories).

And the Publishers Weekly review has this phrase:

Some authors bring back favorite settings and characters, like Kage Baker in his tale of scavenging Company time-travelers,

Jesus fucking Christ. Kage's bio appears on all of her books, and if you write a review that pretends to be familiar with the author, at least do five seconds of fucking research!

Grr. If this was a user review, it'd be okay. But professional reviews are supposed to be, well, professional.

Comments

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it was a typo for this story?

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Er, tale, not story. Sorry, I didn't sleep much last night. I'll stop rambling now.

[aureth.livejournal.com]

Good one, Publisher's Weekly!

That said, I've really enjoyed her Company tales that have appeared in Asimov's (or is it Analog?)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

It's Asimov's, and they're released a collection in hardcover so you can have 'em all in one place!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Then there are entire books that make it to publication without being spell-checked....

Me an' you, kid, we gotta keep the fat cats honest...

(I don't care how rushed for time I am, it goddamn well goes thru spell-check before I hit "send"... and if I don't know, I take thirty seconds and google it. Hell, that goes for most stuff I do on here, where it doesn't count!) (I don't spellcheck on here, but I do fact-check.... :)

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Read okay to me at first, but that's because I have a character named Kage and he's a he, and I always think of "Kage" as male. I was so surprised to find out someone else had the name. Haven't had the opportunity to read any of her work, though.

[arien-mommy.livejournal.com]

A must read if you like timetravel and history. They are facinating!! I've read 3. I MUST have more!!

[yendi]

You've only read three? Then you've missed the best book (so far)! Graveyard Game is brilliant. The short story collection is nifty, too.

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Kee-rist. That sort of incompetence makes me want to scream.

The other day I saw a paperback copy of Nancy Kress's "Beggars In Spain", and noticed with horror that the title on the spine was spelled "Beggers". The cover was correct, though.

[yendi]

Yeep! "Beggers?" Nancy and her editor must have both been furious at whoever handled that one.

Re:

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Presuming that they know. *shrug*