Discrepancies between editions?

[Berenford]

I've just noticed that my edition of <i>The One Tree</i> (first UK printing) has several differences from the "canonical" editions others seem to be using. Some trivial examples: my topic "What has gone before"; the word "Elohinfest" [sic] on page 124. But I just found a very significant difference.

At the end of Chapter 7, my edition reads:

Linden hardly heard the Elohim. Her mind was awhirl with implications. Intuitions rang against the limits of her understanding like the clamor of bells. We are the Wurd. Morning-light swirling with color like a portrait of the clachan in metaphor. A willow leaved in butterflies. Self-contemplation.

Power.

But there the Chapter ends! The next Chapter begins:

WHAT the hell?

Linden could not move. The lucidity with which the soundless bells had spoken staggered her. She gaped at Daphin's outstretched hand. It made no impression on her. Feverishly, she grappled for the meaning of the music.

So I have just discovered that the following text at the end of Chapter 7 <i>is not in the first UK edition</i>:

Dear God! She could hardly form words through the soundless adumbration of the chimes. The Elohim-! They're Earthpower. The heart of the Earth. Earthpower incarnate.

She could not think in sequence. Hopes and insights out-raced each other. These people could do everything they wanted. They were everything they wanted. They could give any gift they chose., for any reason of whim or conviction. Could give her what she was after. What Honninscrave desired. Give Covenant-

They were the answer to Lord Foul. The cure for the Sunbane. They-

"Daphin-" she began. What secret reply had these people already decided to give the quest? But the clanging muffled everything. Volitionlessly, she protested, "I can't think. What in hell are these bells?"

At that instant, Morninglight suddenly swept himself into human form, effacing the vlei. He was tall and stately, with inward eyes and gray-stroked hair. He wore a mantle like Chant's as if it, too, were an expression of his self-knowledge. Moving up the hillside, he turned a gentle smile toward Linden.

And as he approached, the notes in her mind said as clearly as language:

-We must hasten, lest this Sun-Sage learn to hear us too acutely.

As if she were uplifted by music, Daphin rose to her feet, extended her hand to Linden. "Come, Sun-Sage," she said smoothly. "The Elohimfest awaits you."

I wonder what else I have been missing?!

Apologies if this is old news.

[I'm Murrin]

Wow. Which edition did you find this missing text in? I have the 1996 single-volume UK edition of the Second chrons, and I've checked and the text you quoted is indeed missing, even though on the very next page Daphin says, "Have I not said that the Elohimfest awaits you?" - which she hasn't said at any point in this copy.

[dlbpharmd]

The missing text is included in every edition of TOT that I have (US editions.)

[Vector]

In his gradual Interview, SRD states that between editions of his books, he fixes various "internal consistency" issues. I assume some of these fixes probably require more than just a few sentences to fix the issue that he thinks is at fault.

These changes that you mention are probably a case of that.

Actually, this is pretty cool since it means, for example, when the paperback edition of "Runes of the Earth" is released, I will have good reason to purchase and once again read it, if only to experience a slightly more up to date version of the story...

I am always looking for a good excuse to once again immerse myself into SRD's works