DC>  The question is whether the detail is significant (and guns are
DC>  very significant to some people, even if they are only minor
DC>  elements of the plot). However, often there are serious mistakes
DC>  because the book was extensively rewritten and something was
DC>  missed. I've seen authors admit to calling characters by the
DC>  wrong name in the early printings of some novels (back before
DC>  word-processors with an S&R function).
If the detail is one that you identify with, it becomes important. It
may not push the plot along, but if the hero drives a Sunbeam Tiger and
you once had one yourself, they better know it has a V-8.
I've seen errors that I just laughed at and then went on. Doyle started
two of the Sherlock Holmes stories with the same 2 or 3 paragraphs. When
I read the second one, it sounded very familiar.
Technology is good for something. If I had to write with a typewriter,
I wouldn't last through the first rewrite.        (8-}
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