Dinner Tales editing help!

Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby dafttart on 30 Dec 2009 16:05

samburusunset wrote:
I really like the little glossary of people in the back. But, I wondered if Dietmar shouldn't have been included. WE all know who Big D is, but 'people reading the disaster gig blog might be thinking, "Who's Dietmar and why is he going to string them up?"




Totally agree. That's what jumped out at me when I read the book. We NEED an SC description of Dietmar!
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Bob from NJ on 30 Dec 2009 19:56

Hi Melisa,

Right off the top of my head, I recall seeing a mis-spelling of Stewart's co-star "Tisch" in the Rhythmatist movie. On page 60, it's spelled both "Tisch" and "Tish." I believe "Tisch" is the correct spelling. Might not be a bad idea to put her last name in there, as well.

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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby DirtyMartini on 30 Dec 2009 20:22

[quote="ltwoman"]And surely Dirty Martini (Kelly) will have some input (she's our resident literary expert-- and then some).[/quote]

Haha. Thanks, but no can do. But good luck, Melisa! And kudos, team!
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Ben on 30 Dec 2009 23:10

I am not sure if someone else mentioned this, but on p. 22, the score of Rumble Fish was recorded in 1983, I believe, not 1985.
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Mrs. Gradenko on 31 Dec 2009 01:04

So how's Stewart to work for? ;)
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby luddite lady on 31 Dec 2009 04:58

On page 264 there are more of those marginal floating numbers that samburusunset mentioned. Thanks for giving me a good excuse to reread some of the book. It really is a terrific read.
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby samburusunset on 31 Dec 2009 08:10

Hi Melisa,

I found the typo. It's on page 64 of the US version in the Rhythmatist chapter. Stewart is talking about Khalid Khashoggi's game reserve and ex-polo pony. A few sentences later the name is spelled "Kahlid."

I don't understand why the Eberhard Schoener chapter is in the reunion section of the book. It seems out of place there. Eberhard had already "set them free" 30 years before so I think it should go somewhere around "Tagging London" and "Klark Kent." BUT, I'm not in Stewart's head. Perhaps there's a good reason he put it there that I don't get.

Just another little nit-picky thing that a 'normal' fan wouldn't notice (and probably not care), the Halloween pic on page 289 is in the Singapore chapter. All us uber reunion geeks know the Halloween show was in NYC. But, it's a cool pic and maybe there wasn't any place else to put it ??

Thank you for all your hard work and good luck. Stewart probably mentioned that we could analyze our way out of a paper bag. :lol:

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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Ben on 31 Dec 2009 15:07

Also, on p. 5, Stewart describes himself as a forty-somethihng during the late 1980s, but I think he was still in his thirties by the late 1980s, I believe.
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Mrs. Gradenko on 31 Dec 2009 15:23

Ben wrote:Also, on p. 5, Stewart describes himself as a forty-somethihng during the late 1980s, but I think he was still in his thirties by the late 1980s, I believe.

Yep, definitely thirtys.
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby reggattagirl on 31 Dec 2009 17:58

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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby policefan on 31 Dec 2009 19:29

One more little thing I noticed:

In the contents section it says MALIBU FEY CHOIR but the title on page 251 only says MALIBU.
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby giovanni on 31 Dec 2009 19:42

Ciao Melisa, Giovanni here.
Thanks for joining us down here (this is a kind of hell...ahahha); a great news then, as now we will have a reprint of the book different from the original one...that means we, the hardcore fans, will also buy the new version as well...ehehe!
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby ltwoman on 31 Dec 2009 19:58

giovanni wrote:a great news then, as now we will have a reprint of the book different from the original one...that means we, the hardcore fans, will also buy the new version as well...ehehe!
Happy new year!
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Shangeris on 01 Jan 2010 18:52

ltwoman wrote:
giovanni wrote:a great news then, as now we will have a reprint of the book different from the original one...that means we, the hardcore fans, will also buy the new version as well...ehehe!
Happy new year!
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That means that I'll have 3 books in the end! :lol:

BTW, Melisa, is it possible to publish the book in other countries?
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Re: Dinner Tales editing help!

Postby Divemistress of the Dark on 02 Jan 2010 18:00

Ha! Yeah, I have three as well (US, UK, audiobook), so I guess I'll wind up with four. It's all good.

I posted this in the other thread, but thought I'd add the page number - on page 242 our man mentions the wire service that made hay out of the 'disaster gig' post here at SC.net. The book says the culprit was with the AP, but plenty of 'Nuts can tell you the perp was Dean Goodman of Reuters. I figure the guy's more or less permanently on our collective shit list.

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