Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:57:36 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] RAH as Burt Reynolds? was[WSFA] Re: How To Go Broke
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>> twhite8 at cox.net 3/23/2005 11:45:34 AM >>>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
>To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:06 AM
>Subject: [WSFA] How To Go Broke
>
>>
>http://www.meishamerlin.com/RobertHeinleinTheVirginiaEdition.html
>>
>> Everything I've heard about the "complete" STRANGER indicates
>that
>> Heinlein's editor for the first edition did an excellent job.
>
>Heinlein himself was originally his best editor.  He typically wrote
>150%
>of a novel and then cut it down to published size.  Apparently he did

>this
>less and less after STRANGER, as he became more self-indulgent,
>until by
>TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE he wasn't cutting anything at all (and 90%
>deserved
>cutting).

The site notes: "When spined out on your shelf, the cover art will be
revealed so all who enter your library will know that you are a
collector of this masters work"

Hopefully it wouldn't be anything like JHUP did here:
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/1720.1.html

mjw