Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:42:39 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Title: The World Turned Upside Down
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>>On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:28:25 -0400, Michael Walsh
><mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> > elilley at mindspring.com 9/10/04 2:15:05 PM >>>
>> >Dear WSFAns,
>> >
>> >I just got a galley in from Baen with a collection of stories
>from
>> >the
>> >40s and 50s which share a twisted point of view. Is
>anyone
>> >out there
>> >interested in doing a review? It won't be due for a while, as
>> >the book
>> >comes out in Jan. Of course, you're welcome to submit it to
>> >the WSFA
>> >journal as well.
>> >
>> >Ern
>> >
>> >Title: The World Turned Upside Down
>> >Author: Eric Flint
>> >Reviewer: Issue: Status: 04 RECD
>> >
>> >ISBN: 0743498747 Publisher: Baen Media: Hardcover
>Galley:
>> >y ListPrice:
>> >$24.00
>> >Release Date: 01 January, 2005 Contact: Marla Ainspan
>> >
>> >Short Review: One of the hallmarks of Golden Age short
>> >stories was the
>> >surprise ending, the point at which the reader's world turns
>> >upside
>> >down. Even today, it's a neat trick to play on your readers.
>> >The
>> >editorial team of Drake, Baen and Flint have brought
>together
>> >34 of the
>> >best such stories from the best writers the Golden Age had
>to
>> >offer:
>>
>> The more cynical might wonder how much of the book *r*c
>Fl*nt has
>> "edited" . . .
>>
>> mjw
>>
>> "You may think that, I couldn't possibly comment." - -
>Francis
>> Urquhart, from "House of Cards"
>
> scpierce at gmail.com 9/10/04 3:24:31 PM >>>
>You mean they stand up well because... <gasp>  they've
>been rewritten?
>
>       Say it ain't so.
>
>Just shows how a reputation is a precious thing.

Flint, atleast with the Schmitz reissues, seems to be under the
delusion that unless an editor actually "edits" a collection of
previously published stories then . . .  well, I'm not too sure what he
thinks.

He'd probably be quite perplexed by Groff Conklin.  And by Healy &
McComas with the classic Adventures in Time & Space.  Nope, no rewriting
there.

Hmmm . . . .Eric Flint, the Roger Elwood of his generation?

I've gotten amused reactions with the various pre-Flint Schmitz books
I've sold with a post-it note on 'em reading "Flint Free Text"

mjw