Where was the editor?
582303
Spoiler Alert!  Do not read this unless you don't care about knowing the ending.

I wasn't happy with the last couple of books but was so yearning for Anne McCaffrey books that I got it from the library anyway.  The author goes on and on and on, tediously, about minute details (who had what to eat, how the food got there). Editor, editor! There seems to be a cast of thousands with very little to help you differentiate between them.  Editor, editor?  He talks constantly of "timing it" as that is the only plot device he knows how to use.  After more than 100 pages of this I finally gave up and skipped to the last quarter of the book, only to find, to my distaste, that the main character is proposing a four-way relationship, in addition to pimping out her Weyrleader.  The main character is sixteen!!!  Ugh.  Then, as a final insult, one of the (many) secondary characters knowingly takes an action that will abort her child.  Oh yes.  It's to save the planet - which seems disappointly needful in the last few books.

This is not an Anne McCaffrey book - nor is it a Pern book.  I still have a very bad taste in my mouth 24 hours later.
1384241
An excellent book written by an authority on the subject. However, this edition is marred by some of the worst type setting I have ever seen. Did anybody bother to proof read this book after it was printed? What a shame!
527445
What "improvements" have been made for the St. Martin's Minotaur edition?  There are already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There are further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket.  There are further additions still in the Signet, Bantam, Berkley, and Black Dog & Leventhal editions.  For every publishing house putting out her works, there seem to be a new batch of editors altering Agatha Christie's words and the sound of her voice.  What's the matter with these publishers? Whose voice do they think we want to hear when we sit down to a novel by Agatha Christie? And what will she sound like twenty years from now? It's frightening that her estate has failed to see the importance of guarding her words as she wrote them.  Please tell me I'm not the only one here who senses that a crime has been committed.
1216879
I enjoyed reading this book, but I think it is severely un-editied and contains a number of bothersome errors.  Chief among those is the placement of Coney Island on the shore of Long Island Sound instead of on the south shore of Long Island.  This error was repeated several times.  I can't believe that editors missed this one.  Also, some of the events that developed did not have proper groundwork laid in earlier text, and were "jolting" and needed to be accepted without explanation.  This was a good first draft, but needed a lot more work before being published.  I look forward to more work by Mr. Besecker and with him the best in his endeavors.  I will read his future books with interest.
859345
would have been nice to know it was edited. I think I'm old enough to listen to bad words! not happy!
3343784
An interesting read, which apparently scooted thru without the editors notice. Attention to simple syntax might have made it more enjoyable
788436
I noticed the update that after 8/13 it was "professional edited".

Some things seemed out of whack with the story and my impression was that parts of the book are presented out of order.  The main character even references something occurring that doesn't actually take place in the book.

The story was okay, some may like it more, or less, than I did, to each their own.

The jumbled sequence of events actually had be going back to earlier parts of the book looking for parts I somehow missed.
4565166
It seems like perhaps this was printed and edited in a rush? Because some of the things are clearly copied & pasted to sections where it didn't belong. But on the whole, a fun read. I loved the creator's comments as well.
2399115
I don't know whether to blame the author or the editor - if there was an editor. This book is so badly written, it seems more like a draft or an outline.  Maybe this is a vanity publisher where editing is an optional cost. What a pity.
2449646
No quick fix here. A rather shameful plug to contact author for individual consultation? Would have felt more inclined to rate much higher, if that had been edited out.
2277222
If you are going into editing as a profession, it's a good idea to get information from people who have been around the profession for a while. The editors represented in this book are honest--editing is not all champaigne and caviar lunches with the most famous authors in the land. Editing is a job filled with politics, long hours, and sometimes very frustrating unknown authors.

What is most unfortunate about this book is that it is out of date. The last edition was created in 1995. At that point in time the publishing community was in turmoil. Many of the older publishing houses were being devoured by corporated entities that were more focused on making money than making intelligent literature. The overall sense given by the book is that the publishing field is doomed, and that true editing was being replaced by marketing strategies.

Much of this changed as the Internet took hold. Smaller publishers suddenly became important again, and the rise of on-demand publishing changed the entire publishing atmosphere. It would be nice to see a new edition featuring editors from this new wave of publishing. Still, as a historical reference to what was happening fifteen to twenty years ago in the field, it is a pretty good read.
3649233
Badly written, puerile and vague. If it was published, it was self published, but it probably was direct to Internet.
What happened to "editors"? Are any left alive ?
1157655
There is much to provoke thought here, but footnotes should be included so the reader can know the sources for the information. Also, this book is BADLY in need of editing; I read the Kindle edition and I'm not sure there was a single page that didn't have a typo and/or several grammatical errors. That's a big distraction for me, despite my interest in the material.
1293921
I enjoyed the first three books, and the idea of this one was good, but who wrote it?!  And who edited it?  Not up to standard, that's for certain!
1498589
This may have been an interesting crime/mystery read, but there are so many grammatical errors (at least one per page) that I was left thinking that someone released a pre-proof read version.  I am not a writer but I spend more time proof reading a Facebook or [book] review than the author spent proof reading this manuscript. Where is the editor in this process? Anyone associated with this project should be royally embarrassed to see their name anywhere near it!
1237397
Dude, you have to finish the story before you publish it. This is obviously an outline and initial draft. Did you or the publisher send the wrong copy in?
598014
I am still waiting on this magazine.  Was my subscribtion lost?  Please advise.