(urth) Interlibrary Loan

Marc Aramini marcaramini at gmail.com
Tue Apr 30 04:35:41 PDT 2019


I guess I will formulate a sample one and see if we can agree on the
verbiage. Have to make the tone just right.

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, PAUL RYDEEN <rydeen at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Does anyone here have a Twitter account? That might be a better way to
> express our concern. It would have more visibility than a letter and we
> should get a response (a response would not be guaranteed with a letter).
>
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2019, at 6:11 PM, Dr. Bloodmoney <spaulmcdonald at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I think that a polite letter to Tor wouldn't hurt anyone. As long as there
> is a chance of accidental editorial errors occurring we can at there very
> least try, in our small way, to prevent it.
>
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 2:02 PM Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes every edition but the Ace uses the Scribner flawed printing.
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 1:58 PM PAUL RYDEEN <rydeen at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>> The Gollancz SF Masterworks ebook has "fifteen" (spelled out).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 28, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> See page 161- “it must have weighed a good fifteen pounds” - I have had
>>> translators contact me and had to explain it should be fifteen hundred
>>> pounds.
>>>
>>> On Sunday, April 28, 2019, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have the Charles Scribner's Sons edition of Fifth Head (New York,
>>>> 1972). Is that one corrupted as well?
>>>> Op 28-4-2019 om 01:16 schreef 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?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 26, 2019, at 9:55 PM, Bailey Swartz <bsswartz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 7:51 PM Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *******
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric Bourland
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eb at hwaet.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.hwaet.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, April 26, 2019, Evan Pickett <picketter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm reminded of a scene from The Insider, although Mr. Wolfe would
>>>>>> probably not ever take this tone:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/724e8b4b-0515-48cf-b7f2-e49501158ca4
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Surely any editor would know by now that Gene Wolfe chose his words
>>>>>> with care?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Evan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 3:48 PM Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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