Stabbed by wayward curly quotes
So I'm reading John Dies at the End, which Sam sent to me in dead tree form. It's quite engaging and amusing ("the heavy monkey of sleep rested its warm, hairy ass on my eyelids") and I will probably never sleep again, what with the exploding people and various other entertainments, but...
Look, I recognize that it was originally published online. And that it was put into dead tree format by a small press. But. You would think that somewhere along the way, someone would have checked to make sure that all of the quotation marks were pointing the right way. Particularly as it often seems to go wrong around ellipses. It's not hard, people. I promise.
I would also mention the rules about equal spacing around ellipses and balancing the pages, but...baby steps. The quotes pointing the wrong way would be distracting to non-editorial types, I think, where they might not (consciously) notice the other stuff.
And just to end on a positive note, this bit of lyric from the book made me snort with laughter:
"There's a wolf behind you
No wait, it's just a dog
Oh, shit! Badger! Baaaadgeeeerrr!"
...maybe it's better in context.
Look, I recognize that it was originally published online. And that it was put into dead tree format by a small press. But. You would think that somewhere along the way, someone would have checked to make sure that all of the quotation marks were pointing the right way. Particularly as it often seems to go wrong around ellipses. It's not hard, people. I promise.
I would also mention the rules about equal spacing around ellipses and balancing the pages, but...baby steps. The quotes pointing the wrong way would be distracting to non-editorial types, I think, where they might not (consciously) notice the other stuff.
And just to end on a positive note, this bit of lyric from the book made me snort with laughter:
"There's a wolf behind you
No wait, it's just a dog
Oh, shit! Badger! Baaaadgeeeerrr!"
...maybe it's better in context.