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 Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> >> 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