maximus otter
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I used to review science fiction books for SFX magazine from the late 1990s for a decade or so, and the number of typos rose steadily over that period.
One magazine I worked for printed 'Britian' in very large letters on the cover rather than Britain. I hasten to say that this was after I left... as was 'prostrate cancer', which also made the cover.
Reminds me of a classic exchange between Tim and his girlfriend Sophie in Spaced (from memory):
Sophie: “l have to go in to work, it’s an emergency; there’s been a spelling mistake in the title of one of our magazines.”
Tim (suspicious): “Which one?”
Sophie: “Total Cult.”
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