My brother just finished reading "the tomb" for the first time. We were discussing some of the obvious changes made to the book when it was republished to make it more modern. It occurred to me that jack probably didn't carry a Glock in 1984. Anyone know what he was using in the first edition? Also, was enough material changed to make looking for an original edition worthwhile, or were these changes pretty much limited to updating technology, etc to keep the book current with the rest of the series?

Thanks

I'll save you the trouble: In the original he had a Mauser .380 as his main carry. Most of the changes were to unmoor the book from the 80s (eliminating refs to Johnny Carson on TV, Betamax, etc)

Paul, thanks for the reply. I'm up to "all the rage" and really enjoying myself. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Thanks again,
Steve

I'll save you the trouble: In the original he had a Mauser .380 as his main carry. Most of the changes were to unmoor the book from the 80s (eliminating refs to Johnny Carson on TV, Betamax, etc)

I think there was a laser disc reference in there somewhere too.

As a stand alone novel, I prefer the original version of The Tomb. When you look at it as the beginning of a series, it needed to be updated, or it just wouldn't have worked.

I would have been interesting to simply set the entire series in the mid 80's. I'd read all the way through it again for an 80's reboot of the RJ series.

That was pretty cool. You can have the gun and try firing at the firing range with your friends.

I'll save you the trouble: In the original he had a Mauser .380 as his main carry. Most of the changes were to unmoor the book from the 80s (eliminating refs to Johnny Carson on TV, Betamax, etc)

From the way I read Jack, he seems the type to still have a Betamax.

My band put out a video a couple of years ago and only made copies on Betamax. We made ten limited edition copies, and of the ten I think only one person who won one actually had the means to view it. No, we were not elitist, just goofballs.

Jack had laser discs when most people still had VHS. He probably liked to get the best visual experience, at home.

I seem to remember an Apple Lisa mentioned.

That was his father's, I believe.

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in which book uses jack bepanthen ???
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