nijimeijer Wrote:Re-reading The Tomb and I'm noticing a couple things. First off, this is the edition with the "Jack silhouette" on the cover, "The Tomb" in letters with a chain making the "O" in "Tomb". Not sure if that's the updated edition.
Yep, it's the updated edition. There are just a few microscopic changes. For example, in the original THE TOMB, Nellie says she watches the Johnny Carson Show. As this reference dates the book, Johnny Carson is removed.
Quote:As I mentioned in another thread: Vicky and chocolate. Specifically, her strong allergic reaction to chocolate being a plot point of this book. Yet a year (and a bit) later in Crisscross, she's crazy about chocolate candies on Halloween. Maybe I'm wrong somewhere here (probably; FPW is usually very tight on details).
I'm not an Endocrinologist, but some people grow out of allergies, and sometimes medications are found which negate or minimize the allergic reaction. It may be dealt with in the next book.
Quote:Second: Abe says, in one of his first conversations with Jack, that he doesn't have a "fallout shelter" type deal. They're going on about Abe's prediction of an economic Holocaust. He could be lying, sure. I mean, who wants to tell someone, even someone they trust implicitly, about their ace in the hole. But in Nightworld, doesn't Abe take Gia and Vicky to a shelter somewhere in the woods to ride out the worst bits of that book?
Enough time has passed that Abe could have established one. The discussion in THE TOMB could have been the cause. And in Night World, Jack already knows about it.
Quote:Last (I think; not done yet): I thought Abe was shorter than 5'9". That's the height in the book, but I swear he's shorter in the later novels. Again, this is from memory (and mine is . . . what was I saying?), so . . .
Anyhow, just pointing these out; I've noticed some people spot editorial errors so FPW can repair them in later editions. Don't know if Rakoshi has wrapped editing so it can be printed, and if so--maybe the movie tie-in paperback could benefit.
Abe's height is a bit of a problem. In some of the earlier novels, he is, or is barely, 5'8". In Crisscross he is 5'2" or 3". I just see it as the authors slightly changing vision of the character. It's only noticeable to fanatics like you . . . and me.
Ken V.