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#1 Daydreamer

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Posted 20 January 2011 - 01:57 AM

Could someone please confirm how many pages the UK paperback version of this should have (I think it's the mass market version since I bought it in Dec but it's the taller format)? Because mine cuts off at page 1238 (in the middle of a sentence very shortly after the start of chapter 24) and then repeats everything from SE's biography to page 48. Now, I know the authors note mentions it doesn't follow a traditional novel structure but this strikes me as a bit extreme. :unworthy:

If the 1280 pages that I've seen is accurate then I seem to be missing quite a few. If so I guess I should count myself lucky I found out before actually reading it, I was just looking for a post-BH glossary to check something in when I noticed the weirdness.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

#2 Sinisdar Toste

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Posted 20 January 2011 - 04:43 AM

i don't have the paperback, but that sounds like you got a misprint there mate

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#3 Daydreamer

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Posted 20 January 2011 - 05:10 PM

Well, a trip to my local bookshop confirmed that a serious printing error had consumed about 35 pages of my copy. They had one in stock complete with ending and were happy to exchange them for me. Unfortunately, when I got home and had a closer look, it turns out this second volume is missing everything up to page 49 and had the missing ending from the first one instead.

The bookshop, of course, doesn't have another in stock. But they are ordering me one and I'm hoping for third time lucky on getting a version with all the content in the correct order. At least I have RG, TtH and RotCG to read first. :unworthy:

#4 Sinisdar Toste

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Posted 20 January 2011 - 05:15 PM

wow... that's a bummer dude. sounds like the printing company needs some better quality control :s

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#5 Ceda Cicero

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Posted 20 January 2011 - 10:51 PM

Daydreamer, on 20 January 2011 - 05:10 PM, said:

This is one of the more baffling threads I've read. I'm glad they're sorting it for you, and enjoy RG, TtH and RotCG - that's a happy ending to a crazy tale if ever there was one.

Illuyankas, on 07 April 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

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#6 Daydreamer

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Posted 26 January 2011 - 06:06 PM

Well, it isn't a happy ending yet. A third copy was identical to the second. :w00t:

Waterstones is contacting the printers and I should hear something in a few days, apparently. Here's hoping this gets sorted before I run out of stuff to read!