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Old 02-03-2019, 09:45 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Unless errors have a material impact on the storyline, I'm pretty tolerant of factual errors in books. Most of the time they simply don't actually matter (to me).
Unless, of course, it's some author talking about that great warrior king, King Tut and his sword of Damascus steel, perhaps? And what was your take on the Scorpion King?

I suspect errors in matters of major interest to us, that show massive ignorance rather than a simple minutia error bother most people. I perfectly understand why movies use Patton tanks rather than the correct model. Finding correct tanks for movies is hard.
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