Steroid Hit the Earth: The Catastrophic World of Misprints; or 'Thank God it Wasn't Me' by Martin Toseland, ISBN 9781906032708

> Entertainment Books > Humour Books > General Books Author: Martin Toseland Each demonstrates a sub-editor or proofreader taking their eye off the ball to the delight of millions every single example preserving the humble misprint as a perpetual source of 'schadenfreude'. From the holy typo of 1631 when Barker and Lucas' 'Wicked Bible' exhorted people to commit adultery by omitting a crucial 'not' from the seventh commandment A STEROID HIT THE EARTH reaches back in time to the days before modern printing and our own spell-check obsessed age. It is a joyous and irreverent paean to gaffes of all sorts that have caused confusion consternation and outright offence among readers incorporating confessions from insiders - retired newspapermen and typesetters - for the inside story on both what was and what might have been. A highly entertaining and deeply resonant book appealing to the 'there but for the grace of...' feeling in all of us. It will be proof-read six times before publication. RRP: $12.99 Availability: Available at our supplier, usually ships in 10 to 14 days. ISBN 13: 9781906032708 ISBN 10: 190603270X Binding: Paperback Released: 01/10/2009

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