(urth) Interlibrary Loan

[Marc Aramini]

Copy editors managed to mess up the horn reveal in reprints of Long Sun and
I insist the ace version of Fifth Head is the least corrupt. Wolfe was very
mad about the switching of horn for I about two thirds of the way through
exodus in reprints. He wanted the reveal at that dinner scene.

On Saturday, April 27, 2019, PAUL RYDEEN <rydeen at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I've never been sure how much leeway an editor really has. Would they
> really cut whole scenes they didn't like?  Do they redo things wholesale or
> just fix things and make recommendations?   Since Wolfe picked this editor,
> can we rely on his pick?  Even if Wolfe were alive, how much of the
> editor's influence would make it to publication?  And if the answer is the
> editor has a lot of sway, how many of his edits would the author notice on
> review?
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> On Apr 26, 2019, at 9:55 PM, Bailey Swartz <bsswartz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I like to have faith that Wolfe (who so carefully constructed each work)
> anticipated the possibility of posthumourous publication and made
> appropriate plans for that eventuality.
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> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 7:51 PM Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote:
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>> I am wondering what result we would get if, individually and noisily, we
>> reached out to Tor editors and implored them to do basic proofreading on
>> the new novel, but make no changes in its substance, and publish it as Mr.
>> Wolfe wrote it. I am willing to act on this.
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>> Eric
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>> *******
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>> Eric Bourland
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>> eb at hwaet.com
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>> https://www.hwaet.com/
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>> *From:* Urth <urth-bounces at lists.urth.net> *On Behalf Of *Marc Aramini
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2019 8:25 PM
>> *To:* The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: (urth) Interlibrary Loan
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>> One hopes. Yes that’s how I feel about those who would edit Wolfe.he can
>> create meaning in so many ways that every reader will certainly miss,
>> especially in his post 2000 work.
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>> (I’m glad cell phones made top posting the de facto response - I remember
>> the days of the list when it was a sin.) I have always preferred it.
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>> On Friday, April 26, 2019, Evan Pickett <picketter at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'm reminded of a scene from The Insider, although Mr. Wolfe would
>> probably not ever take this tone:
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>> https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/724e8b4b-0515-48cf-b7f2-e49501158ca4
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>> Surely any editor would know by now that Gene Wolfe chose his words with
>> care?
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>> Best,
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>> Evan
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>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 3:48 PM Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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