Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:14:16 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Won't read these . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Sam Lubell cast forth:
>>At 05:19 PM 3/20/02 -0500, mjw wrote:
>>written by Jon Gregory Betancourt." (cover 3 of the 11 March PW)
>>
>>And in the future we have the joy of a sequel to Schmitz's Witches of =
=
>>Karres written by Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey and David Freer. Don't =

>>believe it?  Check out Flint's own page: http://www.ericflint.net/whatsne=
w_=
>gt;archives/whatsnewarchiveaprjuly01.htm
>>
>>Such a waste of trees . . .
>
>Well, since it is causing Baen to reissue the original Karres novel, it
>isn't a complete waste.
>
If having three writers write a sequel to a classic book is what it takes =
to have said classic reissued, then either the sf reading public is in sad =
shape or the publisher is sadly deluded.  Or maybe both.  Feh.

mjw