Errors in The Dead Zone
- In chapter 6, Johnny speaks, while he is still connected to the respirator. It would be impossible for him to speak, because when he got connected to the respirator, a tube is placed down his windpipe. With that tube in place, it would be virtually impossible for him to speak, because the tube blocks his vocal cords. (This error was discovered by Jay Phillippi)
- In Chapter 7, Subchapter 1, when Johnny grabbs Weizack's hand, he has memories of world war II invasion of Poland including a German Tiger tank in 1939 - the Tiger tank did not enter service until late 1942, over 2 years following the invasion of Poland. (Thanks to Steve for this error).
- In chapter 7 Sam Weizak asks Johnny to imagine different objects, such as a rowboat lying at the foot of a street sign, to give an example. What Weizak is doing there is what one would call a cognitive test. Depending on whether on not Johnny can imagine these objects, Weizak wants to see if some parts of Johnny's brain has been damaged. Johnny is at the same time connected to an EEG machine. If one should believe Weizak, then those graph's from the EEG machine should, together with whether or not Johnny could imagine the objects, determine if his brain has been damaged. Alas, an EEG machine can only give an indication of brain waves (such as awake, the types of sleep etc), not if the brain has been damaged.
- In the very last line of chapter 15, it says that Johnny didn't see Sarah Hazlett for three years. At that time it was around the 18th of October 1975. But when Johnny's father marries Charlene Mackenzie in chapter 22 on the 2nd of Jan 1977 it says that Sarah attended the wedding. Johnny actually saw Sarah again one year and three months later, not three years later.
- In chapter 16 subchapter 4, when Johnny goes out into the shed to look for the newspaper that had the article of Frank Dodd, it is noted that the paper is Sunday's paper from three weeks ago. On the next page right after the line, "THE DO-NOTHING COPS IN OUR....." it is said that this Sunday supplement article in now nearly six weeks old while just a couple of minutes ago it was three. (Found by James Cook)
- Roger Chatsworth is called Stuart for a couple of pages in Chapter 17.
- In Chapter 21, subchapter 4 it says that it was a .357 magnum that Harry Callahan had used in the Dirty Harry movies, but it was in fact a .44 magnum that he used in the movies.(This error was discovered by Mark D. Barnett via B_Hansen)
- The boy, that Stillson uses as a shield, is, when we meet him the first time, called Sean (Chapter 27, Subchapter 5), then a bit later he is called Tommy (Chapter 27, Subchapter 5), and finally at the Congressional Investigation he is called Matt Robeson (Part 3, Subchapter 8). (Irrelevant and very bizarre note: In the Danish translation of the book the boy is called Tommy Robeson every time he is mentioned)
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