[extropy-chat] For Us, The Living

[Damien Broderick]

Have just got *For Us, the Living*, Heinlein's rediscovered first novel.
Opened first page, read:

< He glanced back at the girl. She was still catching the beach ball. As she
settled back on her feet, he drifted clear of the car and turned in the air
away from her. Facing him were the rocks at the foot of the bluff. They
approached as he watched them, separated and became individuals. One rock
selected him and came straight toward him. It was a handsome rock, flat on
one side and brilliant while in the sunshine. A sharp edge faced him and
grew and grew and grew until it encompassed the whole world. >

Surely that's a typo for `brilliant white'? Since he's falling straight at
it, he has no reason to muse that it would look darker away from the sun (or
whatever).

Doesn't bode terribly well for the acuity of the editors...

Damien Broderick