tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post7616916810764367940..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Nuke Them Darn Apostrophe's!bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-72498278773171468792008-08-03T11:59:00.000+08:002008-08-03T11:59:00.000+08:00it's comforting to know others feel the same way. ...it's comforting to know others feel the same way. i do love the book though and forgive it its apostrophe lapses.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-71623746284799276482008-08-03T09:59:00.000+08:002008-08-03T09:59:00.000+08:00Thank you! I'm googling it myself and thought the...Thank you! I'm googling it myself and thought there had to be some deep symbolic reason for their omission. As a teacher, it is a visual roadblock to come across what I view as an error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-55280844684412314352007-06-28T07:07:00.000+08:002007-06-28T07:07:00.000+08:00which edition do you have, val? i looked for it i...which edition do you have, val? i looked for it in mine and it wasn't the same page. but that is a terrible typo! who was the editor and was he/she asleep?bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-74787654636622098702007-06-28T04:43:00.000+08:002007-06-28T04:43:00.000+08:00The inconsistent use of apostraphes is irritating,...The inconsistent use of apostraphes is irritating, but what really chaps my hide is the typo on page 35, second paragraph. He spells "dessert" wrong. One of my pet peeves, desert instead of dessert.<BR/>Other than that, loved the concept and was totally drawn into the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-64855914841446370302007-06-05T09:46:00.000+08:002007-06-05T09:46:00.000+08:00I agree with chet. Anyone who brings good books to...I agree with chet. Anyone who brings good books to the mass attention is doing a good job. <BR/><BR/>Some of the books deserve a place in the pedestal.Shakeel Abedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486885265935738877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-84673802295091970372007-06-04T23:36:00.000+08:002007-06-04T23:36:00.000+08:00Yes, yes, Bib. Ronald McKie it was! I felt so anno...Yes, yes, Bib. Ronald McKie it was! <BR/><BR/>I felt so annoyed, thought Australian had higher standards, blah, blah, blah; a publisher received a lit grant to reprint 'The Mango Tree' but perhaps stinged on the proof-reading etc. Wanted to write a strongly worded letter to the publisher, cc-ing a copy to whatever publishing/literary association in Australia -- but of course never got 'a round toit'. ;-P<BR/><BR/>And, FYI, I bought the book from a nice bookshop in Old Town PJ so Mr T now owes me a book. Heh.Argus Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775884960931383435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-10761659144385529522007-06-04T23:17:00.000+08:002007-06-04T23:17:00.000+08:00Vhat vhat vhat???Viz Viz VizVhat vhat vhat???<BR/><BR/><BR/>Viz Viz VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-26613243377573238722007-06-04T22:24:00.000+08:002007-06-04T22:24:00.000+08:00Vhat, Viz?*turning down the sound to avoid the fur...Vhat, Viz?<BR/><BR/>*turning down the sound to avoid the fury*Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-39245800149540142492007-06-04T21:53:00.000+08:002007-06-04T21:53:00.000+08:00i guarantee you, No Country is absolutely absorbin...i guarantee you, No Country is absolutely absorbing.<BR/><BR/>Chet, i disagree. i am sure some folks saw the OBC sticker on SOund and Fury, thot "oh, must be really inspirational and whatnot, cos Oprah endorses it", bought it, read it, then went "fuck this crap!" and never picks up another Faulkner ever again.<BR/><BR/>VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-33221624264288420042007-06-04T21:11:00.000+08:002007-06-04T21:11:00.000+08:00visitor and greenbottle - i tend to side with chet...visitor and greenbottle - i tend to side with chet, below re. obc. but we keep having this conversation! mind you, i don't like to feel i'm moving with the herd either<BR/><BR/>viz - i do understand WHY you found the book boring - it is certainly repetitive, but personally i found it hard to put down and read it in a couple of days. it left me feeling very knocked about and angry with all those bloody idiots who build nuclear weapons or destroy the environment<BR/><BR/>hope to read mccarthy's other books before too long and will look out for that one, viz<BR/><BR/>ted - <I>post-apostrophic</I>? absolutely brilliant coinage. i laughed out loud when i read that.<BR/><BR/>nel - when i teach my creative writing class i tell my participants to chuck punctuation out the window along with grammar and spelling - for the first draft. but woe and betide any of them who don't proofread carefully before <BR/>submitting their final assignment! i think mccarthy is just stamping his individual style on the book, but it adds nothing and as obiter dictum says above, it is a big distraction.<BR/><BR/>secret history - right. that must be it.<BR/><BR/>argus lou - is this the book by <A HREF="http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/mckier.html" REL="nofollow">ronald mckie</A> who won the miles franklin in 1974? wonder if anyone else has taken a book back because of typos? wonder what would happen if you tried that with cormac mccarthy's book???bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-73498620899576522542007-06-04T20:29:00.000+08:002007-06-04T20:29:00.000+08:00Y'all won't touch books with the OBC sticker? Appa...Y'all won't touch books with the OBC sticker? Apparently, if not for the OBC sticker, such classics as One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, As I Lay Dying, A Light in August, The Sound and The Fury, The Good Earth, East of Eden, Cry, The Beloved Country and even Anna Karenina would not have found a new generation of readers.<BR/><BR/>Check out OBC'd titles <A HREF="http://www2.oprah.com/obc/pastbooks/obc_pastdate.jhtml" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Mass influence? Or mass readership for good books?Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-65363166276274955142007-06-04T19:45:00.000+08:002007-06-04T19:45:00.000+08:00Pre-Apocalyptic Apostrophe Catastrophe, Bib. Yikes...Pre-Apocalyptic Apostrophe Catastrophe, Bib. Yikes indeed!<BR/><BR/>(I once bought a copy of 'The Mango Tree' - Australian author, sorry I forget the name - and found so many obvious typo errors I returned it to the bookseller but forgot to take my money back. Ouch. I wonder now whether it was a copy for proof-reading.)<BR/><BR/>P.S. I too try to avoid buying books with the OBC sticker. Ya, don't want to buy into that kind of mass influence either.Argus Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775884960931383435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-56142758125748007632007-06-04T17:38:00.000+08:002007-06-04T17:38:00.000+08:00Sharon I have my theory of the missing apostrophes...Sharon I have my theory of the missing apostrophes.<BR/><BR/>Cormac McCarthys writing room was invaded by the Apostrophe Vyrus from Jasper Ffordes books. Thursday Next coundnt kill these vyrus fast enough. So only certain apostrophes were eaten while the rest were spared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-34778273059587974692007-06-04T17:28:00.000+08:002007-06-04T17:28:00.000+08:00yeah, the book is a great thriller. i am loving ev...yeah, the book is a great thriller. i am loving every page of it. cant wait for the movie.<BR/><BR/><BR/>VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-72967897385794998082007-06-04T17:25:00.000+08:002007-06-04T17:25:00.000+08:00viz,i won't touch any book with oprah' sticker on ...viz,<BR/><BR/>i won't touch any book with oprah' sticker on it...i'm a very prejudiced person and i don't care .<BR/><BR/>no country for old men...well i'm a coen brothers' fan...anything touched by these jewish boys are very fine by me...<BR/><BR/>and ted,<BR/><BR/>i'm impressed with you reading feisal tehrani...Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-39835547981987964592007-06-04T15:13:00.000+08:002007-06-04T15:13:00.000+08:00I have found missing punctuations a little tedious...I have found missing punctuations a little tedious, the mind stops to re-read and correct them before continuing. hamper flow.Shakeel Abedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486885265935738877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-80121796653533615292007-06-04T11:08:00.000+08:002007-06-04T11:08:00.000+08:00I don't really know much, but I have read somewher...I don't really know much, but I have read somewhere that those apostrophes does give more space to the flowing of creativity when a person write. Then again, it's just my 2cent worth of comment, because I am not really a good writer myself ... lol ... :):-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11218712067649079614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-35601688057599013582007-06-04T10:07:00.000+08:002007-06-04T10:07:00.000+08:00So! Not just a post-apocalyptic novel, but also a ...So! Not just a post-apocalyptic novel, but also a <I>post-apostrophic </I>novel. I must get it!<BR/><BR/>btw, I am currently reading another recent post-apocalyptic novel... "Bila Tuhan Berbicara" by Faisal Tehrani.<BR/><BR/>*cue horror music*Ted Mahsunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555225524434639998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-51035820500016331462007-06-04T09:24:00.000+08:002007-06-04T09:24:00.000+08:00The Road is boring.No Country For Old Men is bette...The Road is boring.<BR/><BR/>No Country For Old Men is better.<BR/><BR/>Oprah Book Club sucks.<BR/><BR/>I consciously avoid books with OBC stickers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com