Charles Wimmer
November 19, 2018
Lizard Music- different editions?
Hello, I’m re-reading “Lizard Music” as an adult, for the first time in decades. It is a book that I remember quite vividly. This may be odd, because I could not tell you the plots of the last two Rowling novels, even though I remember enjoying them immensely. Anyway, did the book change between editions? I could have sworn that (in the earlier copy), Victor mentions the title to the film “The Island of Dr. Moreau” while watching it on his first night alone. I remember thinking that it was not a real film and made-up for the book (of course, this is not true). In the edition I am reading now, the film is described, but not mentioned by title. Am I imagining this? Did the book change? Or am I just wacky?
Daniel replies:
Understand, everybody else has read the book more recently than I. In addition to writing it, (those long years ago), and reading over my manuscript before submitting it to the publisher; then I had to read at least parts of it during the editorial process, if any; then there was the final read-through of the edited and approved manuscript; next the printed galleys for typos and errors; and finally the bound book arrived, (no requirement to read it, but this would be when readers would raise questions, such as yours). From then to now, unless I might be the reader for an audio version, I'm not likely to have ever read the book again. Which is to say, I don't know if there are any differences between editions or printed versions--there aren't supposed to be any. Or you're just wacky.
