The complete set of Aubrey/Maturin novels are on sale at Amazon a price of $94. This set was $175. I've been waiting quite awhile to buy this set and was prepared to pony up the full amount and was pleased and surprised when I went to order that they were on sale. Procrastination sometimes pays big dividends. I wonder if they are getting ready to reprint as there were complaints of lots of typos in this edition. I've read from this set and the typos, though I noticed a few, didn't detract from my enjoyment. I'm on my third time through the twenty novels in this great series.
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February 12, 2007
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I've found at least two dozen typoes (sic) in this set. Usually it's a failure to use end quotation marks. But in one case they actually spelled Bonden's name wrong and also got the spelling of a ship's name wrong twice in one chapter. I don't understand how this kind of carp could have happened. Pablishers!
Posted by: Noble | February 13, 2007 at 09:54 PM
For example, on page 2255 (starting at the bottom paragraph which has a comma to end it instead of a period) one can find five typos from that point on until the end of the following page. FIVE! Did Norton forget to proof the galleys?
Posted by: Noble | February 14, 2007 at 07:21 AM