tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673718.post5757627459600035252..comments2023-10-24T07:26:23.558-07:00Comments on singularity: (not) James Patterson's SAILCap'n Frankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558951624021488338noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673718.post-58315010236960456132009-02-28T22:33:00.000-08:002009-02-28T22:33:00.000-08:00imagine the added cursing at your house if they dr...imagine the added cursing at your house if they drove around in Mister 2's!!!mesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07028442578148352715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673718.post-15181228929281989772009-02-27T15:18:00.000-08:002009-02-27T15:18:00.000-08:00Oh Gawd! It's a good thing these characters didn't...Oh Gawd! It's a good thing these characters didn't go SCUBA diving. Imagine how inaccurate THAT would have been! <BR/><BR/>And we <I>had</I> an autohelm unit on the ZP; it was just broken. (VBG!)Cap'n Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558951624021488338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673718.post-79727952062260511752009-02-27T14:36:00.000-08:002009-02-27T14:36:00.000-08:00Hmm. Well, Frank, clearly not *everybody* has auto...Hmm. Well, Frank, clearly not *everybody* has autohelm or I wouldn't have spent all those hours hand-steering. But then, we don't have more money than God.<BR/><BR/>(Unless "God" is a concept rather than a being. Then we have more money than God. :->)<BR/><BR/>I, too, hate it when authors (1) sell their names to give third-rate hacks a shot at the NYT list, and (2) get easily verifiable factoids wrong, thereby destroying the credibility of their stories and characters. Sailing and SCUBA are two areas where people seem to get it wrong at least half the time. For example, Nora Roberts once wrote that the sails on the boat were beginning to "reef" when what she meant was "luff." It's really basic sailing lingo, Nora. Google is your friend. The book this mistake is in is one of my favorites, and I've reread it several times, so I guess it's not a fatal flaw. But it is irritating and extremely distracting. Every time.Ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394775601858204784noreply@blogger.com