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RWoS Revision Blues

Discover the challenges of creating a new introduction to a book amidst rapid politics and science developments. Get involved!

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I just learned that I have, like, three weeks to make all changes to my book in time for the paperback version--and to write a new introduction to boot. So much has happened in the world of politics-and-science since late August when RWoS first came out in hardback that the notion of comprehensively updating would be a futile endeavor. Instead, most of the new information will be contained in the new foreword. But, inevitably, there are numerous things that will need changing because they are dated or no longer true. For instance, in the book I asserted that Bush had not yet taken a position on "intelligent design." That's because, at the time, he hadn't. Since then, he has. That has to change, obviously.

And then there's typo monitoring, errata, etc. It's a hell of a task, and when you combine it with the fact that I'm supposed to be ...

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