(P.S. A friendly tip. Someone will most likely advise you not to double post
so I might as well do it now. Just lettin' ya know, my friend!)
I don't believe I did - I've always taken "double posting" to mean inadvertently posting the same thing twice.
But I did make multiple posts in rapid succession. Mea culpa. But I did so because the first two posts were in response to (and quoting) two different people, and I was simply too lazy to hit Quote, copy the text, go back, hit Quote on the other post, paste in the the quoted text above or below the other quoted text, add my answers to both and hit Submit. Though granted, I've done it before... Anyway, the third post I made because I thought of the regional differences possibility after making the second post. IIRC I'd actually meant to edit it, but must have hit the wrong button.
(Clearly, the one thing I'm not too lazy to do in forum postings is write lots and lots and lots and lots of words about matters of trivial significance; I'm quite adept at that... )
Argh. Stoo, I hadn't thought to reply to this until after making my reply above. I hope you'll forgive a wee bit more consecutive posting from me.
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How do you tell if it's a first edition? It doesn't say on the publishing page. Don't the string of numbers at the very bottom signify something? Mine are....
RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
My copy sounds exactly like your's, Stoo. And it's edited. I live in the US.... what gives?
Mine has those numbers, but going all the way ("RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"), the Indiana Jones®™ logo in the title on the cover is embossed, and on page 168, Indy uses a naughty word, twice. I'm now inclined to think we just have different printings.
So, Genesis Deluge is the only instance in the adult IJ books where Indy says the F-word, and it's only in the early printings. Okay.
Probably asking too much but... anyone know how rare are unedited edtions, and how could I assure that that's what I'd be getting if I ordered a copy from, say, amazon?
Well, we don't know that it's only the early printings yet, though that does look very likely now, in my opinion.
If it's the case, I think any copy you order from Amazon is definitely not going to have it - this book's first printing came out years before Amazon even existed - and will instead be whatever the final revision is, unless you're talking about ordering from another seller on Amazon who's specifically offering them as first printings. In that case, it's all about whether you find someone offering them...
I now think I'd like to find out if there are any other differences between different editions of the books. I'd like to see a comprehensive guide to different versions of the various Indy tales, documenting everything from the extensive reconfigurations of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles into The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, to content edits in the licensed publications, like this one.
Anyone here have a set of Indy paperbacks with different-edition duplicates, a scanner with some optical character recognition software, and a lot of free time?
Last edited by Crack that whip : 05-06-2008 at 04:15 PM.
Mine says February 1992, RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4. First edition, fourth printing. It's unembossed and F-bomb free. So, did they catch it before the second printing?
And would someone kindly scan and link to the rude page?
I don't have a scanner (if I did, I'd probably have planned on doing myself the project I mentioned in my previous post), but I wonder whether I can get a decent pic of a page using my camera. I'll try that later for you, if no one beats me to it with a nice scan.
Mine has those numbers, but going all the way ("RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"),
That is called a Printer Key.
The lowest number in the sequence is the number of the printing - meaning the number of times they've gone to press. If it is something other than 1, it means they stopped production for a while - such as fulfilling the initial contract. Each time they go back to press, the number changes.
The Edition (not shown above) changes only if the typeset changes. The typeset is the position of the letters on the pages. For the edited version of Deluge, the typeset had to change, so the Edition number changed. If the publisher changes the typeface (font), the Edition would also change.
The letters at the beginning of the key represent the company that did the printing.
Mine says February 1992, RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4. First edition, fourth printing. It's unembossed and F-bomb free. So, did they catch it before the second printing?
And would someone kindly scan and link to the rude page?
I'd be interested in seeing that also. When they changed the text, they should have changed the edition.
Adherence to the standards in a printer key isn't always as strict as it should be. Especially where mass market paperbacks that are contracted out to multiple printing companies are concerned.
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these are movie swears ---------------------------------------------
at least in raiders when marion is cleaning indy's wounds she says g-d d-------t
and when the bantu wind is stopped and katanga tells indy that "they have most important friends" indys says "h--y s--t"
and of course in temple of doom the bridge scene indy says oh s--t
Ah the expanded universe! How better to destroy something awesome...a real kick in the junk for a fan.
Can't agree more!
On a side note: If you're going off on a tangent...like Mickey D's, at least write how you were swearing at the employees, or cursing them out!
Indy puts on his grubby gear and steps into the shadows, but he never went past a PG vocabulary! (PG13 was for the gore people!)
He always kept one foot in the academic world, and the worst he mustered for the outrage of enslaving/killing innocent children and Short Round, was Bastards...not even f'n bastards. It was edited to maintain character...and as posted before remains memorable for others because it was so out-of-place.
Too many people bringing their own f'd-up bagage to the party!
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Ah the expanded universe! How better to destroy something awesome...a real kick in the junk for a fan.
I'm still interested in an image of possibly the only use of the F-word in the Lucasverse. You just might be holding a collector's item! Once again:
Indiana Jones and the Genesis Deluge
First edition, first (and second?) printing
February 1992, "RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
Page 168
Indy: "F--- the Sultans, and f--- you!"
Thanks a MILLION, Icybro! I can't believe you cracked the spine. Not having that edition, to me, yes, it was worth it.
Stoo, I'm ashamed that you would condone violence towards books! Books are our friends. (When my dad borrows my books I always try to take the dust jacket off first, to preserve it!) Indy would have something to say on the matter, if I consulted The Last Crusade.
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I'll try and get a screen grab of the subtitles with Remy and the lions.
I know I'm late for the party, but I didn't discover the edits to the Indy novels until I received a few extra galleys copies from Rob several years ago. Not only is there more profanity in the original text, but there are entire scenes removed from the final print editions. In Genesis Deluge, Katrina's dream love sequence is more graphic, and there's a lot of swearing between Indy and Jack before the drive-by shooting at the Shannon residence.
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twice. 
I can't believe you cracked the spine. Not having that edition, to me, yes, it was worth it.
