tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post1416961674891264741..comments2023-06-25T11:24:57.244+01:00Comments on fairyhedgehog: Oops!fairyhedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-44971237352847451032010-06-27T18:49:40.561+01:002010-06-27T18:49:40.561+01:00Kevin, it's amazing that people don't noti...Kevin, it's amazing that people don't notice! Or maybe they just don't like to complain.<br /><br />Peter, how frustrating for your father! Fancy having such a pivotal line omitted. I missed the subtitle of "The Man Who Was Thursday" in my edition, and that was bad enough.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-26519440355108476742010-06-27T06:22:35.155+01:002010-06-27T06:22:35.155+01:00My father read Life of Pi with his book group. Th...My father read <i>Life of Pi</i> with his book group. They were all talking about what I considered the single pivotal line that ties the entire book together: "And so it is with God." My father was terribly confused with the entire discussion. As it turns out, that line--and only that line--had been omitted from his copy. Very strange.PJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028687955957107957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-81930732987127253502010-06-26T22:48:36.223+01:002010-06-26T22:48:36.223+01:00They're being called in for pulping so if you&...They're being called in for pulping so if you've got one keep hold of it as a collector's item.<br /><br />In the library we quite often get books that have lost a few chapters or had a few chapters of a completely different book bound in. The surprising thing is that they've usually been borrowed half a dozen times before anybody points it out to us.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-14855020291389730382010-06-26T18:39:58.678+01:002010-06-26T18:39:58.678+01:00I think it was a mistake. Penguin seem not to have...I think it was a mistake. Penguin seem not to have realised that the original "Preface" was in fact part of the story. I'm guessing it was an easy mistake to make - but red faces all round!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-27834359358909968912010-06-26T17:56:50.663+01:002010-06-26T17:56:50.663+01:00This was a deliberate omission by the publishers? ...This was a deliberate omission by the publishers? How odd. Wonder why they did that? I hope it was an error.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-73747743689818832712010-06-26T13:10:26.273+01:002010-06-26T13:10:26.273+01:00Why has Penguin done that I wonder?? And I never k...Why has Penguin done that I wonder?? And I never knew there's a version with a Martin Amis foreword instead. How bizarre! <br /><br />Thanks for the info - I'm sure to be perusing this penguin version when I'm next in waterstone's just to see the evidence! :-)<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.com