Blame it on the spell-check program?

[dagibbs]

Incubus Dreams, latest Anita Blake novel by Laurell K. Hamilton (yeah, I'm late getting around to it), page 7, "He didn't want to squeak the mundanes, so...". The word is squick. I'd even bet that was the word in the original copy, but I'll also bet someone (without the right type of clue) applied a spell-checker, and accepted "squeak" as a suggested replacement for "squick". *sigh*

(e.g. LJ's spell checker suggests, "quick, squawk, squeak, sick, suck, ... ")

Comments

[leolac.livejournal.com]

there are other grammar and spelling errors. I was disappointed to find a lack of "." on some pages, even with capital letters before them.

The editing could have been done better aswell.

I just felt like a rushed book.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Which is odd, since they should have had lots of time to correct these sorts of issues between the hardcover and paperback printings.