Posted: December 19, 1997 at 02:59:18: by Richard Frahm
: : There are plenty of other misprints out there.: : The recent posting on QUEST ACROSS TIME is probably the same type of misprint. : I don't know whether QUEST ACROSS TIME is correct or not, but that's the way it is listed in Books In Print (Forthcoming). Also, Amazon.com seems to be under the impression that it is correct -- just delayed (according to an e-mail I received last week). : We'll just have to see. Regarding the misprint of Were Wrath as Wraith, it seems to have started with the listing in LOCUS which has it wrong. It appears that way in the Locus Index to Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror 1984-1996 at http://www.sff.net/locus/. I wrote Charles Brown the editor asking for a correction but it has never been made. I also wrote a note correcting it on this message board some time ago. I own the quite beautiful limited edition of this and can assure you that it is Wrath. Quest Across Time has puzzled me for some time and as I live in Seattle where Amazon.com is located, I called their catalog detail man and he told me that he didn't think it was a misprint because it had been given a copyright date of 1997. Since the publication date has been delayed we will not know the truth of the matter until it appears. In my opinion, Irene Harrison is most likely correct in her statement on this. We should remember that when you write as many books as Andre Norton has, some small bibliographic problems are likely to occur. We owe a great deal to Irene R. Harrison and Roger C. Schlobin for providing us with such a superb bibliography for Andre Norton. Every Norton collector should have it. Richard Frahm
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