Jeremiah - was first a girl...

Post by **Khat** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:40 pm

This is from a gradual interview from this summer - gosh I've been busy. (I was very excited when my question was answered!)

Kathleen: Stephen; I truly enjoyed Runes and felt the need to reread the two Chronicles again. This brought up a few questions which were answered in this interview. I have only one question that was not answered (that I could see) when I searched in the GI:
In The Wounded Land, when the three children place their right hands in the fire, the third child is indicated as a girl: "And the third waif followed in turn, surrendering her flesh to harm like lifeless tissue animated solely for immolation."
Jeremiah, the third and youngest, is a boy. I was wondering if you thought about putting in something about Jeremiah's appearance resembling a little girl (skinny, long hair, sweet face) and Linden at first mistaking him as a "her"?
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You're not the first to point this out; and it's a certified solid-gold Authorial Fu*kup. In fact, of all the unarguable mistakes that I made in "Runes," I found this to be the most mortifying--because (he admitted, cringing) I actually checked my facts before I introduced Jeremiah, and I *still* got them wrong.

This is one of several internal consistency problems that should disappear when "Runes" comes out in paperback (or trade paperback). I sent the corrections that I wanted to both my US and UK publishers months and months ago.
(07/27/2005)

Has anyone read the 'fix' in the paperback? What does it say?

Post by **kevinswatch** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:06 pm

Here's the correction:

Linden: "Hey, shouldn't you be a girl?"

Jeremiah: "Um..."

(All of a sudden, Doc Brown appears)

Doc Brown: "Great scott!!!"

Jeremiah: "Who the (deleted) are you?"

Linden: "Hold on, I must think about this."

Doc Brown: "We must go back...............TO THE FUTURE. Er...Back to the past. Whatever."

Linden: "Hold on, I must think about this."

(The Back to the Future theme plays, as everyone except for Linden goes back in time to fix the mistake that Donaldson made in The Wounded Land. Linden meanwhile is busy thinking.)

Jeremiah: "Yay! I'm a boy now!"

Doc Brown: "Great scott!"

Linden: "Hold on, I must think about this."

FIN

That's 100% quoted from the new paperback.-jay

Post by **Khat** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:10 pm

And the real story is

Website · Post by **The Somberlain** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:47 pm

kevinswatch wrote:Here's the correction:

Linden: "Hey, shouldn't you be a girl?"

Jeremiah: "Um..."

(All of a sudden, Doc Brown appears)

Doc Brown: "Great scott!!!"

Jeremiah: "Who the (deleted) are you?"

Linden: "Hold on, I must think about this."

Doc Brown: "We must go back...............TO THE FUTURE. Er...Back to the past. Whatever."

Linden: "Hold on, I must think about this."

(The Back to the Future theme plays, as everyone except for Linden goes back in time to fix the mistake that Donaldson made in The Wounded Land. Linden meanwhile is busy thinking.)

Jeremiah: "Yay! I'm a boy now!"

Doc Brown: "Great scott!"

Linden: "Hold on, I must think about this."

FIN

That's 100% quoted from the new paperback.-jay

Tears in my eyes...

Post by **wayfriend** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:12 pm

Liand: Wait a minute, Doc ... are you telling me you made a time machine ... out of a Ranyhyn?!?

Post by **Khat** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:14 am

my leg is REALLY hurting here folks from being pulled so much!

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:53 am

Well spotted Khat, never noticed myself, mainly because I didn't re-read the Chrons before Runes I guess.

I too am curious as to the fix...

--A

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:44 pm

Well, they can't go back and change TWL.

My guess is that they'll change Runes to have Jeremiah be the oldest/first child in the immolation parade. I cannot find anything in the text to indicate that he can't be about 7 years old, with two younger siblings.

Post by **Khat** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:52 pm

True Wayfriend - that would be an option -- I am trying to remember in Runes where/what the description of who Jeremiah was --
I really DON"T want to go buy the paperback to see how he fixed it.

(and Avatar <gee thanks

> - I think it is the 'Mom' in me that made me remember - I think that had to be The WORST/scariest part of the Chronicles for me as most Moms PROTECT their children.)

Post by **Xar** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:58 am

I got the Uk paperback a few days ago, to complement the hardback I got last year... I'll check it and let you know

Post by **Jerico** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:51 pm

Hey I thought Jerimiah was a bullfrog?

Post by **Khat** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:13 pm

Only through the eyes of Three Dog Night, and then
HE was a good friend of mine, never understood a single word HE said,
but I helped HIM drink HIS wine...
at least they got HIS gender correct huh?

LOL and Joy To your World this holiday season Jerico & Xar (Thanks for looking for/finding it)!

Post by **Jerico** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:40 pm

Wonder if SRD was a 3 dog night fan? 'never understood a single word he said'

Post by **Khat** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:57 pm

You should ask that on the GI!

Let me know if you get an answer!

Post by **danlo** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:12 pm

I think he's........<wait for it>........a Three Kresh Night fan!

Yes my memory and WL guard was up during that--for some reason I couldn't totally figure out...I was too busy to check my facts. I did reread that part, then, but I think I was still TOO addled by the mega-summoning and SO many people getting hit with bullets in Runes.

Now I must buy the paperback!

**OW! Stop twisting my arm! OW, OW, OW!...**

Post by **Khat** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:15 pm

LOL Danlo!
except after playing AQ with my kids, Kresh became big ugly spiders...

... and the race is on - who will find the fix first?

Post by **Giant Friend** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:10 am

Jerico wrote:Hey I thought Jerimiah was a bullfrog?

very, very good.

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Jeremiah - was first a girl...

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