From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Flinty things . . . longish . . .was: Re: The World Turned Upside Down - and changes
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:54:11 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:31 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Flinty things . . . longish . . .was: Re: The World
Turned Upside Down - and changes

>     The real problem with Eric Flint's editing is that
> James Schmitz is no longer around to approve, disprove or
> do a major rewrite.  Also Schmitz is a REAL good author.
>  There are several authors currently living and writing
> who I feel I could improve upon if I cut out some/a lot/ a
> little of their books.  Kinda of like having Star Wars
> with some of the  unneccesary characters removed.
>     If Schmitz was still a live author, I would think that
> Eric Flint was just doing an editor's job.  As it is, I
> resent his work.  I also resent the fact that he doesn't
> have a forward explaining that the works were slightly
> changed from the original publication.

I agree.  There's a smarmy, "I'm right, of course" tone to Flint's
justification for his rewriting Schmitz, as quoted by Mike.

--Ted White