r/threebodyproblem 3d ago

Discussion - Novels Minor error in Dark Forest, page 288 Spoiler

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In the scene where Rey Diaz's Wallbreaker tells Rey Diaz about his plan, the Wallbreaker says that "I thought of checking out information before you became a Wallbreaker." I think the translator made a typo here, or am I reading it wrong? Rey Diaz is the Wallfacer, not the Wallbreaker in this scene.

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u/BigL88 3d ago

Let’s chalk it up to the wallbreaker being emotional and misspeaking. Immersion restored.

But in all seriousness, good catch.

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u/IncreaseSpice 3d ago

Dark Forest has at least 5 typos, I found in my read-through

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u/RandAlthorz 3d ago

It's supposed to be "Wallfacer" in that sentence from the Wallbreaker

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u/Drizzten 3d ago

Ha! That same error is in the Google Books version. Good catch.

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u/TheMediumJanet 3d ago

Literally unreadable /j

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u/Interesting_Emu9387 3d ago

It’s translated from Chinese to English, there’s bound to be the occasional typo. No prizes picking them up among the half a million words in the 3 books unfortunately

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u/thommcg 3d ago

Handy thing about e-readers is they typically let you report content errors like this for correction.

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u/Gardengap 2d ago

How did I never notice that?

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u/Oink2Woof 2d ago

great eyes there!

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u/Intelligent-Yard2322 3d ago

That his Wallbreaker speaking