"Losing the Peace" typo...

[darkwing_duck1]

In the "historian's notes" at the front, it says that the main action occurs in 2361. However, the action is set after the DW, Voyager home, etc...shouldn't that then be 2381 or 2391?

2361 would be even before the first season of TNG...

 

[Deranged Nasat]

In the "historian's notes" at the front, it says that the main action occurs in 2361. However, the action is set after the DW, Voyager home, etc...shouldn't that then be 2381 or 2391?

2361 would be even before the first season of TNG...

Yes, it's set in 2381. The Historian's Note page was indeed a typo, nothing more. Don't let it bother you.

 

[Christopher]

It's 2361 in the Bolian calendar.

 

[LutherSloan]

Yeah, I know that Bill was pissed when he heard that happened.

 

[mattburgess]

Why does it happen? Surely someone got fired for that? Okay, it's not vital to the story, but it's a single "character" which makes a huge difference. What assurances do we have that this doesn't happen to things that are very important?
E.g
"Captain Picard is dead!"
"No, it's okay, during that scene there was a typo, and Captain Pacard was the one who died. Picard got out alive and well, we just didn't 'see' it."

 

[Braxton]

Considering they're going with this whole continuity among novels things, this is a pretty big typo IMO. Of course, anyone reading probably knows the true date but still, this is a professional piece of work that is put together and it costs $7.99 for us to buy so typos shouldn't really be there IMO. Yes, it bugs me that there are typos.

 

[David cgc]

Why does it happen? Surely someone got fired for that? Okay, it's not vital to the story, but it's a single "character" which makes a huge difference. What assurances do we have that this doesn't happen to things that are very important?
E.g
"Captain Picard is dead!"
"No, it's okay, during that scene there was a typo, and Captain Pacard was the one who died. Picard got out alive and well, we just didn't 'see' it."

If you can make a sentence where one letter's difference can make it appear Picard died when he actually didn't in the unmistaken version, I'll be suitably impressed.

 

[LightningStorm]

Good heavens! While I'm all for people who are incompetent in their jobs being fired, surely a simple typo isn't enough to warrant such a thing. I mean the typo wasn't even within the story itself.

 

[Christopher]

Typos happen all the time. Even a book that's had half a dozen pairs of eyes go over it half a dozen times is probably going to have two or three typos.

By my word processor's count, the manuscript for Losing the Peace contains 374,000 characters of text. This is one wrong numeral, a single character. Nobody's going to lose their job for bungling 0.00027% of a manuscript.

 

[ronny]

Why does it happen? Surely someone got fired for that? Okay, it's not vital to the story, but it's a single "character" which makes a huge difference. What assurances do we have that this doesn't happen to things that are very important?
E.g
"Captain Picard is dead!"
"No, it's okay, during that scene there was a typo, and Captain Pacard was the one who died. Picard got out alive and well, we just didn't 'see' it."

If you can make a sentence where one letter's difference can make it appear Picard died when he actually didn't in the unmistaken version, I'll be suitably impressed.

"Captain Picard died during negotiations for that treaty" vs. "Captain Picard lied during negotiations for that treaty."

Hey just throwing that out there. When I read that year I was in the "I thought it was later than that. Wonder if it's a typo or off in my timeline. Oh well..." camp

 

[JarodRussell]

Hehe, sounds like you won that one.

 

[David cgc]

Why does it happen? Surely someone got fired for that? Okay, it's not vital to the story, but it's a single "character" which makes a huge difference. What assurances do we have that this doesn't happen to things that are very important?
E.g
"Captain Picard is dead!"
"No, it's okay, during that scene there was a typo, and Captain Pacard was the one who died. Picard got out alive and well, we just didn't 'see' it."

If you can make a sentence where one letter's difference can make it appear Picard died when he actually didn't in the unmistaken version, I'll be suitably impressed.

"Captain Picard died during negotiations for that treaty" vs. "Captain Picard lied during negotiations for that treaty."

I like it!

 

[KingstonTrekker]

Why does it happen? Surely someone got fired for that? Okay, it's not vital to the story, but it's a single "character" which makes a huge difference. What assurances do we have that this doesn't happen to things that are very important?"

woa...chill out a bit...it is only a typo...the world is still turning...

 

[rahullak]

And typos that really make a huge difference (such as lied vs died) are easy to spot while editing/reading and would most probably not occur in the final print.

 

[Sci]

Why does it happen? Surely someone got fired for that?

Seriously?

Seriously?

You would seriously argue that a person should lose his/her livelihood because of a single-digit typo?

Seriously?

Someone should be fired because of a typo? Should lose their job, lose their income, be forced to search for a new job (and in this economy?) and to do so without being about to use their previous employment at Pocket as a good reference? Irrelevant of how long they've been there? OF how good their work has generally been? Of whether or not they have a family to support? Medical bills to pay?

All because of a typo in a Star Trek book?

Seriously?

I hope you're just having a brainfart, because if you actually think that someone should lose their job over a single typo, then I have to ask: What the heck is wrong with you?

What assurances do we have that this doesn't happen to things that are very important?

There are several editors who read and edit every book. Doesn't mean that there's a 100% guarantee on things, but it's not like they're performing surgery or something where lives are on the line, either.

 

[PaulSimpson]

The died and lied thing reminds me of a story (probably apocryphal) about the 007 movie Tomorrow Never Dies, which was allegedly called TOMORROW NEVER LIES (a pun over the newspaper "Tomorrow" featured in the film) until someone mistyped it on a fax...

P

 

[captcalhoun]

i think that's true.

 

[DimesDan]

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Sci: "writing multiple long winded paragraphs when one will do since March 2002"

On a more serious note, I never even noticed a typo.

 

[Sci]

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Sci: "writing multiple long winded paragraphs when one will do since March 2002"

Though the fact that you know what month and year I joined TrekBBS when I can't remember is a bit disturbing.

 

[DimesDan]

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Sci: "writing multiple long winded paragraphs when one will do since March 2002"

Though the fact that you know what month and year I joined TrekBBS when I can't remember is a bit disturbing.

I'll admit it, I checked your profile out as I thought it would be "funnier" if I included the month and year!