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* Some paperback editions of [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'' indicate that Lazarus Long goes back in time to become his own ancestor. While he does {{spoiler|sleep with his mother, this occurs after his birth, when he is a young child. A bit incestuous, true, but not paradoxical.}}
* Some paperback editions of [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'' indicate that Lazarus Long goes back in time to become his own ancestor. While he does {{spoiler|sleep with his mother, this occurs after his birth, when he is a young child. A bit incestuous, true, but not paradoxical.}}
** The synopsis writer was probably thinking of a different Heinlein story, "[[All You Zombies]]," {{spoiler|in which the protagonist not only becomes one of his/her ancestors, s/he becomes [[Squick|all of them]].}}
** The synopsis writer was probably thinking of a different Heinlein story, "[[All You Zombies]]," {{spoiler|in which the protagonist not only becomes one of his/her ancestors, s/he becomes [[Squick|all of them]].}}
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On the product description of [https://padmoreculture.com/products/alice-in-wonderland the new illustrated edition] of [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice in Wonderland]] it says that the book was translated into 80 languages and adapted for theatre and television.
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* The novel itself was translated into 170 languages, The book had Theatre, film and television adaptations, meaning the website didn't research or watch any films based on the book.
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* The main character is 7 years old in the book, not 8, while the character in the cover is portrayed as a teenager.
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* Pre-teens are from 10-12 years old, not 7 nor 8 years old.
** The same thing happened in the slipcover for the hardback edition of ''[[To Sail Beyond the Sunset]]'', followed by the statement that {{spoiler|Maureen was not only Lazarus's [[Incest Is Relative|mother and wife, but his daughter.]]}}
** The same thing happened in the slipcover for the hardback edition of ''[[To Sail Beyond the Sunset]]'', followed by the statement that {{spoiler|Maureen was not only Lazarus's [[Incest Is Relative|mother and wife, but his daughter.]]}}
*** As a possible answer to both examples, it is stated {{spoiler|by Maureen, on several occasions, that Lazarus is the spitting image (both physically and personality-wise) of her father. Thus, metaphorically, Lazarus might be considered a clone or semi-reincarnation of said father, thus fulfilling the statement in spirit.}}
*** As a possible answer to both examples, it is stated {{spoiler|by Maureen, on several occasions, that Lazarus is the spitting image (both physically and personality-wise) of her father. Thus, metaphorically, Lazarus might be considered a clone or semi-reincarnation of said father, thus fulfilling the statement in spirit.}}
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* Sebastian Faulks' book on British fictional characters makes a reference to the play ''Abigail's Party'', citing "Abigail proposing to put the wine in the fridge" - but the "Abigail" of the play's title is a character who, like Godot, never actually appears onstage. The party hostess who puts wine in the fridge is called Beverly.
* Sebastian Faulks' book on British fictional characters makes a reference to the play ''Abigail's Party'', citing "Abigail proposing to put the wine in the fridge" - but the "Abigail" of the play's title is a character who, like Godot, never actually appears onstage. The party hostess who puts wine in the fridge is called Beverly.
* Andre Norton's ''Beastmaster'' series in general. Anyone who writes about it, but hasn't read it, assumes it's about a [[Nature Hero]] in a loincloth, which it's not.
* Andre Norton's ''Beastmaster'' series in general. Anyone who writes about it, but hasn't read it, assumes it's about a [[Nature Hero]] in a loincloth, which it's not.
* The 1998 sf textbook ''Decades of Science Fiction'' says "[[Marion Zimmer Bradley|Bradley]]'s husband, Leigh Brackett, wrote ''The [[Darkover]] [[Universe Concordance|Concordance]]: A Reader's Guide'' (1979) to help sort out the complexities of the series." Leigh Brackett is a woman sf author who died in 1978. Bradley's husband and the author of the ''Concordance'' was Walter H. Breen.
* The 1998 SF textbook ''Decades of Science Fiction'' says "[[Marion Zimmer Bradley|Bradley]]'s husband, Leigh Brackett, wrote ''The [[Darkover]] [[Universe Concordance|Concordance]]: A Reader's Guide'' (1979) to help sort out the complexities of the series." Leigh Brackett is a female SF author who died in 1978. Bradley's husband and the author of the ''Concordance'' was Walter H. Breen.
* [[Russell T. Davies]] once defended Disney's ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' by saying "many more millions of children than have ever read the original [[Oscar Wilde]] story can come to know and love ''The Little Mermaid''." ''The Little Mermaid'' might have the same sort of ''feel'' as Wilde's children's stories, but it was by [[Hans Christian Andersen]].
* [[Russell T. Davies]] once defended Disney's ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' by saying "many more millions of children than have ever read the original [[Oscar Wilde]] story can come to know and love ''The Little Mermaid''." ''The Little Mermaid'' might have the same sort of ''feel'' as Wilde's children's stories, but it was by [[Hans Christian Andersen]].
* "Gabriel Ostman, 18 years old, is a highly-skilled hacker." (Translated) First sentence of the blurb of the german book ''Das Netz'' by Wolfgang Holhbein. The character's name is actually Gabriel Richter and he's in his fortys. The rest isn't much better.
* "Gabriel Ostman, 18 years old, is a highly-skilled hacker." (Translated) First sentence of the blurb of the German book ''Das Netz'' by Wolfgang Holhbein. The character's name is actually Gabriel Richter and he's in his forties. The rest isn't much better.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120516005549/http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/goodcomicsforkids/2012/03/06/warriors-manga-live-on-for-now/ This article] about the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' graphic novels includes a picture of what they call the "first and second volumes of the SkyClan and the Stranger trilogy". They ''do'' have the ''second'' volume of that particular trilogy, but what do they have as the "first" one? ''Warrior's Refuge'', the second volume in the Graystripe's Adventure trilogy, which came out four years and nine volumes earlier. You'd think that the "2" on the front of each would have tipped them off that it wasn't the first volume...
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120516005549/http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/goodcomicsforkids/2012/03/06/warriors-manga-live-on-for-now/ This article] about the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' graphic novels includes a picture of what they call the "first and second volumes of the SkyClan and the Stranger trilogy". They ''do'' have the ''second'' volume of that particular trilogy, but what do they have as the "first" one? ''Warrior's Refuge'', the second volume in the Graystripe's Adventure trilogy, which came out four years and nine volumes earlier. You'd think that the "2" on the front of each would have tipped them off that it wasn't the first volume...
* Contrary to the claims of Publishers Weekly, there are no [[Fauns and Satyrs|satyrs]] in Nancy Springer's ''Apocalypse''{{spoiler|, although Eros could be considered a sort of gender-flipped nymph if you squint. And while Shirley Danyo, in [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|in her role as Pestilence]], develops skin lesions reminiscent of Kaposi's sarcoma, she's ''not'' actually HIV-positive}}.
* Contrary to the claims of ''Publishers Weekly'', there are no [[Fauns and Satyrs|satyrs]] in Nancy Springer's ''Apocalypse''{{spoiler|, although Eros could be considered a sort of gender-flipped nymph if you squint. And while Shirley Danyo, in [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|in her role as Pestilence]], develops skin lesions reminiscent of Kaposi's sarcoma, she's ''not'' actually HIV-positive}}.
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* On the product description of [https://padmoreculture.com/products/alice-in-wonderland an illustrated edition] of ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice in Wonderland]]'' it says that the book has been translated into 80 languages and adapted for theatre and television.
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** The novel itself was translated into 170 languages; it has also had theatrical, film and television adaptations, meaning the writer of the blurb didn't research or watch any films based on the book.
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** The main character is 7 years old in the book, not 8, while the character in the cover is portrayed as a teenager.
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** Pre-teens are from 10-12 years old, not 7 nor 8 years old.



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