{"id":11560,"date":"2013-11-11T20:20:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=11560"},"modified":"2013-11-11T20:20:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T01:20:39","slug":"the-best-and-possibly-saddest-typo-youll-read-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/11\/the-best-and-possibly-saddest-typo-youll-read-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The best (and possibly saddest) typo you’ll read today"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was too busy having fun during the World Fantasy Convention to download the new issue of Locus<\/em><\/a>, so it wasn’t until today that I discovered Dick Kearns had died.<\/p>\n

We’d crossed paths several times in the early ’80s because he’d attended Clarion in 1978, the year before I did. I doubt we’d seen each other since the late ’80s, but I remember him as being a good writer and a fun person to hang out with. That’s not why I called you all together, though.<\/p>\n

His Locus<\/em> obituary contained a typo that had me scratching my head at first. But once I figured out what was really meant, I thought … oh, that’s wonderful<\/em>. Dick would have gotten a kick out of it.<\/p>\n

It’s a typo I’m sure someone would have mentioned somewhere online had it been read, but as I haven’t seen any of you mention it, I’m guessing, sadly, that no one’s bothered to read it.<\/p>\n

Can you spot the typo?<\/p>\n

\"RichardKearnsLocusObituary\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Did you see it?<\/p>\n

Last chance before I spoil it for you.<\/p>\n

Ok, then …<\/p>\n

If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of an “advocate for medical cannibals,” well, that’s because, as far as I know, there ain’t no such thing.<\/p>\n

Dick was an advocate for medical cannabis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

(And if there are any advocates for medical cannibals out there, I hope I haven’t offended you.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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