I recently completed reading
cyber alert, by Peter Warren
& Michael Streeter. Not uninteresting and, in general,
easy to read. But several mistakes crept in.
| # |
Page |
Description |
| 1 |
5 |
"How can she allowed". A "be" between
"she" and "allowed" is missing. |
| 2 |
27 |
"would come under attack from sustained
attack from determined criminals". One "attack" and
one "from" would be enough. The two words "attack
from" between "under" and "sustained" should go. |
| 3 |
28 |
"a person who no real proven desire". A
"had" between "who" and "no" is missing. |
| 4 |
31 |
"take the view that - as I did - that
Parliament". It is in a quote, but it would surprise
me if the first "that" was in the original text. |
| 5 |
43 |
"the attack on the twin towers of 9 September
2001". If the Americans did what the rest of the world
does and write the day before the month, such confusions
would never take place. They could also go metric and
forget gallons, inches, feet, yards, miles, ounces and
pounds, but that's another story. Then, perhaps, when
they get going, they could also switch from Fahrenheit to
Centigrade. After all, Star Trek was metric! |
| 6 |
57 |
"The work carried out at such sites as
Symantec in Hampshire is just a part of the massive security
effort aimed at keeping computers and the internet from
being attacked by criminal and terrorists". It sounds
good, but it is impossible to prevent attacks. All you
can do is prevent the attacks from having damaging or
catastrophic results. |
| 7 |
61 |
"in spite of the avowal of government units
[...] that part of their remit". There should be an
"it is" between "that" and "part". |
| 8 |
95 |
"Such is the speed with which criminals role
out new technology". Replace "role" with "roll". |
| 9 |
125 |
"the source's impeccable credentials [...]
least raise at the very least some intriguing
questions". Replace "least raise at the very least"
with "at the very least raise". |
| 10 |
146 |
"not to reply on operating systems that
worked on just once basic code". Two mistakes in one
sentence: replace "reply" with "rely" and "once" with "one". |
| 11 |
152 |
"The Philippines did not that at the time
have". Remove "that". |
| 12 |
225 |
"trend is beginning to merge". With
what? Replace "merge" with "emerge". |
OK. I concede that none of the mistakes I detected are
conceptual. It is already something. But they are still
annoying, though. For the record, I do read books in which I
don't detect any mistake at all!
For your reference, here are the links to all past “Authors’
Mistakes” articles:
Lee
Child:
Die Trying
Colin
Forbes:
Double Jeopardy
Akiva
Goldsman:
Lost in Space
Vince
Flynn:
Extreme Measures
Máire
Messenger
Davies & Nick Mosdell: Practical Research Methods for Media
and Cultural Studies
Michael
Crichton
& Richard Preston: Micro
Lee
Child:
The Visitor
Graham
Tattersall:
Geekspeak
Graham
Tattersall: Geekspeak (addendum)
Donna
Leon:
A Noble Radiance
007
Tomorrow
Never Dies
Vince
Flynn:
American Assassin
Brian
Green:
The Fabric of the Cosmos
John
Stack:
Master of Rome
Dean
Crawford:
Apocalypse
Daniel
Silva:
The Fallen Angel
Tom
Clancy:
Locked On
Peter
David:
After Earth
Douglas
Preston:
Impact
Brian
Christian:
The Most Human Human
Donna
Leon:
Fatal Remedies
Sidney
Sheldon:
Tell Me Your Dreams
David
Baldacci:
Zero Day
Sidney
Sheldon:
The Doomsday Conspiracy
CSI
Miami
Christopher
L.
Bennett: Make Hub, Not War
CSI
Miami
#2 (Robert Hornak)
Jack
Greene & Alessandro Massignani
Peter
James
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