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Old 06-18-2013, 08:34 AM   #278
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
If you want tough to read, try Feersum Endjinn by Iain M Banks.
One of the characters 'thinks' entirely phonetically. (Starts at chapter 4)
I read that a few years ago, and after a few pages you get used to it and you can read it at normal speed. But I bet it was a nightmare for the proof-reader, assuming it was first published in the days when big publishers still used proof-readers.
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