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Posted by SpaceKase
 - Aug 07, 2021, 05:41:36 AM
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Apr 16, 2019, 04:50:18 PM
Quote from: Xenomrph on Apr 16, 2019, 04:23:02 PMI forgot there even was a revised version. How can you tell the difference which one you're buying? I'd feel like an idiot if I bought it again and got the un-revised version *again*. :P

I can't even say for certain that there is a corrected version, I've only heard second-hand that a revised edition was done that fixed the Burke story in particular.

As for how you could be sure which you're getting - short of picking one up in a book shop and seeing "second edition" printed in amongst the production blurb at the start, I really don't know how you could be certain :-\

The correct version of the story is probably the one they used for the Audiobook, if you listen while you read along you'll see all the divergences.
Posted by Katanu
 - Aug 07, 2021, 01:41:02 AM
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Aug 06, 2021, 06:02:28 PM

Honestly I think some of the stories are great.

Just a few too many are meh, and a couple are truly dire.

Glad to know!
Just finished the first one, "Chance Encounter", it wasn't anything special, but kind of fun.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Aug 06, 2021, 06:02:28 PM
Quote from: Katanu on Aug 06, 2021, 06:00:25 PMDecided to give this one a shot, besides it not being very popular.
Found a good deal on it and the book arrived today, hope it's entertaining at the very least,

Honestly I think some of the stories are great.

Just a few too many are meh, and a couple are truly dire.
Posted by Katanu
 - Aug 06, 2021, 06:00:25 PM
Decided to give this one a shot, besides it not being very popular.
Found a good deal on it and the book arrived today, hope it's entertaining at the very least,
Posted by The Old One
 - Aug 01, 2019, 11:08:51 PM
Yeah, emulating the most popular entry with no depth is never a good choice.
Posted by razeak
 - Aug 01, 2019, 07:21:39 PM
I just finished Exterminators. That is some of the laziest writing I've ever read in my life.

I also wish writers in print and film would get over repeating dialog from movies. The bit about the gas lines almost made me quit. The characterizations were absurd. I'm sure I read the same quality work in creative writing assignments in the 8th grade.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Jun 17, 2019, 11:41:44 AM
Found a copy of this in a bookstore over the weekend. Still had the errors in the Burke story, but admittedly I couldn't see anything about it being a second edition in the publishing blurb.
Posted by Nostromo
 - May 18, 2019, 01:31:23 AM
Quote from: SM on Feb 15, 2019, 08:44:39 PM
It must do better in the telling over the reading.

I think it does. For me anyhow since I've almost always slept with some music on or something.Turn off the lights, listen to a chapter or 2, add the auto shut off at 30-45 mins, usually I'm so tired i'll be asleep after 10 mins. If the story is VERY interesting I'll last at least 30 minutes. Every night's a small struggle to find the spot I fell asleep at. I'll go through an audiobook in about a month lol, others like the Cold Forge in a week. Anyhow, no lights, voice over telling you the story seems better to me. A tad more immersive. Funner.






Quote from: Local Trouble on Feb 15, 2019, 11:21:57 PM
We don't need the knowing, we can live here.
:laugh:
Posted by Hudson
 - May 17, 2019, 09:14:15 PM
I don't think the lack of error is going to make it a better story though...
Posted by Xenomrph
 - May 17, 2019, 04:12:07 AM
Huh, interesting. I'm tempted to buy the ebook myself since I can't find the second edition in print anywhere so far, if I do then I can check for the error (under the assumption that what I buy is the revised edition).
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - May 16, 2019, 07:45:44 AM
I just checked and the error was still there for me.
Posted by Xenomrph
 - May 16, 2019, 04:50:52 AM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 15, 2019, 09:28:47 AM
Would existing purchases of that ebook have been updated too?


That's a no to the above.
What do you mean?

I've had ebooks get revised on my kindle all the time, I'd be really surprised if people who bought Bug Hunt at release didn't get a digital update when the second edition came out, since the current ebook version includes the changes from the new printing.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - May 15, 2019, 06:48:09 PM
Nah, I mean like redownloading it.
Posted by Hudson
 - May 15, 2019, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 15, 2019, 09:28:47 AM
Would existing purchases of that ebook have been updated too?


That's a no to the above.

Like someone's file being remotely edited you mean? Creepy.  :o
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - May 15, 2019, 09:28:47 AM
Would existing purchases of that ebook have been updated too?


That's a no to the above.
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