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- 117 Corrections for the Amazon Kindle version of Perseus by Scott Rhymer.
- http://www.amazon.com/Perseus-ebook/dp/B005FIT8JG
- the ocean. The discharge illuminated the angry green sea for stadia1
- Location 75
- Note: Footnote reference error: what should be a link appears as text instead.
- and the muscles of 1 Nine stadia are roughly a mile.
- Location 79
- Note: Foot note incorrectly appears as part of the text.
- fishing craft bobbing nearby on the serene waters, Okeia – “Swift”
- Location 98
- Note: Paragraph broken.
- not sail. She was painted shining white, with cobalt blue gunwales
- Location 100
- Note: I wonder what term was used before guns were used on boats?
- asking about home, again,” she added. “I am keep telling him
- Location 176
- Note: Should be: "I keep telling him"...
- While he laughed, but the mirth did not reach his eyes.
- Location 214
- Note: Should have one of these two words in this sentence, but not both: "but", "while".
- to his feet. Suddenly, the elder seemed taller, fuller in statue,
- Location 249
- Note: Is "statue" the right word here?
- young do not think; they react, they emote. They allow their
- Location 251
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- this attempt to thwart the will of Fate failed, my friends,
- Location 277
- Note: Just needs "this attempt".
- pressed on, “My mother’s cell – and while it was
- Location 278
- Note: Should be "was as".
- was a comfortable a cell as it could be made it
- Location 279
- Note: made, it
- been behind the pregnancy, Acricius could find no other explanation that
- Location 284
- Note: than
- -- yes, far-fetched one -- Danae had presented him with. Impregnated
- Location 285
- Note: Quotation marks needed around paragraph.
- the child on a hillside and be done with the girl!
- Location 295
- Note: Quotation marks.
- of the Gorgon. They are appropriately named: Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo.2
- Location 363
- Note: Broken footnote reference.
- the doorway to Perseus. It would 2 Dread, Horror, and Alarm
- Location 371
- Note: Footnote in text.
- the boy into this foolish quest.” “Right here,” Perseus reminded them.
- Location 393
- Note: Very modern turn of phrase.
- a wheel, with a series of small roads circling a regular
- Location 462
- Note: At instead of a.
- she was dispatched to gain the aid of Hephaestus, who willing
- Location 566
- Note: Willingly
- Tartarus, to aid them in rescuing Zeus. These enormous things, possesses
- Location 574
- Note: Possessed
- quickly undid the myriad chains. Released, Zeus made the ringleaders paid
- Location 577
- Note: Pay
- that once had, the use and maintenance of the same become
- Location 592
- Note: Becomes
- to know about the nature of this ‘symposium.’ “I will be
- Location 729
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- quickly, he felt alert and anxious – but in a good
- Location 732
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- into the sack. He collected the old bronze sword from Dictys
- Location 740
- Note: Apostrophe
- surprisingly smooth. The wind was light, but steady and pushed Telephemus
- Location 765
- Note: Apostrophe.
- that was pleasing to look at – whitewashed walls terra cotta
- Location 774
- Note: Walls with
- boats tied up to wood pylons along the length. Perseus held
- Location 777
- Note: Helped
- “So, lesson one: Do. Not. Look. At. The. Gorgon.” Athena stressed.
- Location 827
- Note: A very modern turn of phrase.
- e
- Location 896
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- of empty air separated him from the wine dark sea below.
- Location 939
- Note: Nice. :)
- Hermes shook him sharply. “You have to be in charge. Confidence.
- Location 939
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- “Because it amuses me to stir the waters. We are old,
- Location 957
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- mostly
- Location 1002
- Note: most likely
- and
- Location 1023
- Note: as they
- shallow and quiet through his mouth. He stepped slowly and careful,
- Location 1157
- Note: carefully?
- with nervous energy in reaction to her presence there. A trivium
- Location 1338
- Note: Triumvirate?
- Athena, gore-covered, armed, and ready for a fight. Her “birth” had
- Location 1371
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- if only for the sport of the thing,” she said, “and
- Location 1436
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- a while, then as the sun was dropping behind the treeshe
- Location 1461
- Note: trees he
- behind the treeshe walked back to check his snares, and rabbit
- Location 1461
- Note: and found a rabbit
- one. He quickly killed, gutted, and skinned the animal -- it
- Location 1462
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- a fire, but by sundown he was warm, and soon after,well-fed.
- Location 1463
- Note: Missing space.
- and soon after,well-fed. At some point after that, he slept... ...and
- Location 1464
- Note: New par, don't begin with "...and".
- There it was again: dragging, rhythmic. He could hear something else...something
- Location 1466
- Note: Missing space
- on his head. He could still see his body and arms...was
- Location 1470
- Note: Missing space
- A mass of asps swayed in a halo around her heard,
- Location 1475
- Note: Head
- The images he had been shown portrayed Stheno3 as powerful-looking, Euryale4
- Location 1476
- Note: Broken footnotes.
- her head off, he realized, was going to be difficult, to
- Location 1535
- Note: New sentence here.
- the centaur in between him and the monster. He could her
- Location 1554
- Note: Could *see* her shadow
- (he surmised), his basket of goods -- strangely empty -- lifted
- Location 1575
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- arcing high into the air and showering the temple, him, the
- Location 1593
- Note: And the body
- see a mammoth figure forming out of the ocean -- deep
- Location 1596
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- sons...you are all that is left of your mother now. Her
- Location 1606
- Note: Broken paragraph.
- hero, alike, their suffering has also come to an end," Zeus
- Location 1649
- Note: Broken paragraph
- while impelled by her transformation, threatened beast and man alike. It
- Location 1651
- Note: Broken paragraph
- and the predilections of the creatures caught in the Fates’ web
- Location 1687
- Note: Broken paragraph
- daughter back? That you -- her brother and lover -- gave
- Location 1713
- Note: Broken paragraph
- I will -- with your permission, of course! - - retire
- Location 1727
- Note: Broken paragraph and exclamation point doesn't belong
- to try to figure my path to Hispania at night,” explained
- Location 1756
- Note: Broken paragraph
- simplest this way: head straight east and you will arrive as
- Location 1760
- Note: At
- Cassiopeia cried, “I have brought this to Tyre? What price? What
- Location 1835
- Note: Broken paragraph
- that which you valued above the nereids...” “No!” gasped Cassiopeia. “...you
- Location 1837
- Note: "You
- Tyre from descriptions of merchants that passed through Serifos -- the
- Location 1911
- Note: Broken paragraph
- to follow, her body slithering a circle to in the water,
- Location 1940
- Note: Rephrase?
- fury and pain, the cries -- Perseus could swear -- almost
- Location 1961
- Note: Broken paragraph
- the offerings, he first burned a votive to Hermes -- thanking
- Location 2008
- Note: Broken paragraph
- speed; it had been little more than murder. Cetus had require
- Location 2094
- Note: required
- over the left shoulder and cloak provided, put on his swortbelt
- Location 2098
- Note: Sword belt
- “Gods, what has happened!” came a cry. Beyond the field standing
- Location 2146
- Note: field of standing
- rulers decorating the palace hall, they were understandably upset and concern...who
- Location 2161
- Note: concerned. Who
- think she had a hand in the insult to Nereus’ daughters?”
- Location 2200
- Note: Broken paragraph
- Poseidon. Now, thanks to you, noble Cepheus and his beautiful
- Location 2203
- Note: Delete space
- idiotic, unnecessarily violent, and despite his sunburned, almost black skin, stunning
- Location 2214
- Note: stunningly
- continued, even after Apollo and Hephaestus -- Aphrodite’s husband -- discovered
- Location 2219
- Note: Broken paragraph
- will have a war here, on Earth, in those dark place
- Location 2239
- Note: that dark place or those dark places
- own power. My wife, my brother, my children...you will not interfere
- Location 2246
- Note: Broken paragraph
- will honor your command concerning her.” “That is all I ask,”Zeus
- Location 2264
- Note: Needs space
- after Okeia and her master. Phida, one of the boat captain
- Location 2274
- Note: captains
- his journeys, my friends! And not a moment too soon!” Polydectes
- Location 2305
- Note: Broken paragraph
- besieged the Temple of my father, with my mother inside,” Perseus
- Location 2306
- Note: Broken paragraph
- -- my father in affection, if not in blood -- away
- Location 2307
- Note: Broken paragraph
- -- away in his house.” Polydectes snarled, “It is true. You
- Location 2307
- Note: Your
- and waited, turning to watch Perseus. “Wait here a moment,” he
- Location 2372
- Note: Broken paragraph
- as a tool by greater forces to... annoy one another. It
- Location 2390
- Note: Broken paragraph
- the tally of rulers’ heads Perseus had racked up, but though
- Location 2456
- Note: Thought
- -- men and monsters -- I’ve had my fill of killed,
- Location 2461
- Note: Killing
- of the sailors that an unnamed ship was an unlucky ship...they
- Location 2468
- Note: ship. They
- killing Acrisius with a discus, or with a quoit -- the
- Location 2501
- Note: Broken paragraph
- dead, although there had been rumors you had survived Acrisius’ attempt
- Location 2536
- Note: Broken paragraph
- and the attack by Phineas and his men, and Perseus’ dispatching
- Location 2554
- Note: Broken paragraph
- long for this life, Perseus, and I find that -- as
- Location 2577
- Note: Broken paragraph
- for those you have wronged here in our city,” -- Perseus
- Location 2588
- Note: Broken paragraph
- a wave of applause from the crowd -- Tiryns and Argos,
- Location 2626
- Note: Argonians
- to Acrisius’ mind. The young man was strong looking -- sunburned
- Location 2648
- Note: Broken paragraph
- highlights...a Phoenician girl, he would bet. All were dressed with in
- Location 2650
- Note: dressed in
- family and I arrive much as we left Argos -- with
- Location 2670
- Note: Broken paragraph
- strode to meet Perseus, who -- along with Megapenthes -- stepped
- Location 2675
- Note: Broken paragraph
- was faster and more flexible, but Megapenthes had the muscle. The
- Location 2694
- Note: That
- of Tiryns camped in Larissa, while most of the people or
- Location 2694
- Note: Of
- often to the seated King Acrisius and his nephew, and the
- Location 2703
- Note: to their
- A monster slayer and a demigod, he knew that -- eventually
- Location 2748
- Note: Broken paragraph
- king. No one noticed the old man and the young body
- Location 2750
- Note: boy
- to the sea that I had worked since a boy.” You
- Location 2762
- Note: Missing opening double quote mark.
- sailor from the old days who brought congratulations and a gifts
- Location 2778
- Note: and gifts
- followed, another son, and then a daughter that they named Gorgophone5,
- Location 2782
- Note: Broken footnote reference.
- cousin never fully trusted Perseus, but trade between their states because
- Location 2789
- Note: became
- his lands, getting to know the 5 “Gorgon Slayer” in Greek.
- Location 2790
- Note: broken footnote.
- on this “hero” Perseus’ army, and his son Argeus -- only
- Location 2825
- Note: Broken paragraph
- and arms, a new bronze breastplate with leather skirt -- never
- Location 2838
- Note: Broken paragraph
- manically; he had longed to pit himself against this supposed “greatest”
- Location 2888
- Note: Broken paragraph
- a warrior taller than any man on the field, staggeringly power
- Location 2902
- Note: powerful
- with red trimming, red horsehair crest over his helmet -- before
- Location 2903
- Note: Broken paragraph
- The command was felt, more than heard, and the soldiers felt
- Location 2913
- Note: fell
- responded. She confirmed, “Not you, no.” “Father!” Electryon cried and felt
- Location 2919
- Note: fell
- favorite of my children -- we both know this -- but
- Location 2953
- Note: Broken paragraph
- puzzle, and Man seemed at the heart of it -- the
- Location 2966
- Note: Broken paragraph Edit
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