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[Garnfellow]

Loving the book. On page 65 there's a map of Golden Age Land Grants that shows Canopus (just rimward of Magyar) assigned to "J. Tibbetts & Sons". Anyone know anything about that grant or publisher! I've never heard of either.

 

[Yatima]

Loving the book. On page 65 there's a map of Golden Age Land Grants that shows Canopus (just rimward of Magyar) assigned to "J. Tibbetts & Sons". Anyone know anything about that grant or publisher! I'm I've never heard of either.

Publisher of The Grenadier Magazine, taking that over from GDW:

The Grenadier magazine issue 1 to 12 were published by GDW. The following issues were put out by J Tibbetts & Son.
Also published a News-letter (1992), The Bunker.

Source

More Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grenadier_(magazine)

 

[Garnfellow]

Publisher of The Grenadier Magazine, taking that over from GDW:


Source

More Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grenadier_(magazine)

That's really interesting -- it always amazes me how vibrant and diverse the gaming scene was in the late 70s/early 90s. Does anyone know if their Canopus land grant was discussed in an issue of the Grenadier? A look through the table of contents doesn't seem promising.

 

[lordsith]

Mine arrived Monday and it has been an enjoyable read. A great addition to my collection. The one big mistake is that Beowulf is misspelled on the spine: Beowilf.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Mine arrived Monday and it has been an enjoyable read. A great addition to my collection. The one big mistake is that Beowulf is misspelled on the spine: Beowilf.

I never looked at that. Now I’ll have to look.

 

[CordwainerFish]

Mine arrived Monday and it has been an enjoyable read. A great addition to my collection. The one big mistake is that Beowulf is misspelled on the spine: Beowilf.

 

[Geir]

Mine arrived Monday and it has been an enjoyable read. A great addition to my collection. The one big mistake is that Beowulf is misspelled on the spine: Beowilf.

I didn't see that until you pointed it out, and I've even posted a picture of the spine... no words...

 

[CordwainerFish]

Everyone here is familiar with the Virginia Edition, right? Complete works of Robert A. Heinlein, in 46 volumes, bound in leather, limited edition of 2,000 printings, goes for 1,500 Unistat dollars a pop? Two of the volumes misspell Heinlein's name on the spine.

 

[Terry Mixon]

I didn't see that until you pointed it out, and I've even posted a picture of the spine... no words...

One word: Beowilf.

 

[-Daniel-]

Is this a POD so the file can be fixed quickly or is it a pre-printed with a ton of books with the error on it?

I was looking to pick it up so I would like to know what I would be getting.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Is this a POD so the file can be fixed quickly or is it a pre-printed with a ton of books with the error on it?

I was looking to pick it up so I would like to know what I would be getting.

I don’t think it’s POD.

 

[Sigtrygg]

The pdf doesn't have the spine so we couldn't error check...

 

[-Daniel-]

The pdf doesn't have the spine so we couldn't error check...

And the printer did not send proofs to be checked and signed off before printing? Odd.

 

[flyteach]

The pdf doesn't have the spine so we couldn't error check...

I read "couldn't" and just see "didn't want to bother"

 

[OriginalCaruso]

I think this is a little harsh, it’s a mistake and not a huge one in the scheme of things, same as one I highlighted a while ago. Annoying but not the end of the world

Having had a few books published with the best intentions of checking it all too easy to not see “obvious” mistakes

 

[DigrizJB]

Hoping I am not the only nerd adult here who collected stamps before I discovered Traveller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny