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Re: Brown's revisions

Jim Roberts — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:12:11 GMT

Pretty sure the Dennis McMillan has his hands full. He calls me about once every six months. When I next hear from him, I'll ask. -- Jim Roberts

Re: Brown's revisions

Phil Stephensen-Payne — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:28:49 GMT

... Now that IS a bummer! ... Gosh, many more than that. DM was not attempting a COLLECTED MYSTERY FICTION OF FREDRIC BROWN - he was compiling THE UNCOLLECTED

Re: Brown's revisions

Ben Yalow — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:42:39 GMT

... Of course, in the case of the NESFA volumes, they stay in print. As we sell out of a printing, we do another. So those don't need a PoD edition. ... Ben

Re: Brown's revisions

M-K — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:37:35 GMT

... then you had already read all of FB's published fiction, as the three stories above were previously in McMillan volumes, as my previous post commented. <<

Re: Brown's revisions

Joe Fann — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:02 GMT

... Allow me to offer you a dose of *encouragement*. ... I was recently in touch with Masters, who shows up on eBay now and then trying to sell that Volume I.

Re: Brown's revisions

Phil Stephensen-Payne — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:56:55 GMT

... If you've already read the McMillan volumes, as you seem to imply, then you had already read all of FB's published fiction, as the three stories above were

Re: Brown's revisions

Joe Fann — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:40:46 GMT

... Well, you *did* mention McMillan -- and I believe he did just that. Of course, unless you're one of the fortunate who have all 19 volumes of the series,

Re: Brown's revisions

M-K — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:16:19 GMT

... Thank you for the information (I can finally say that I've read all of Fred Brown's published work--unless Dennis McMillan missed some), and for the lovely

Re: The Angelic Angleworm and "flying saucers"

tomdemary — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:00:31 GMT

... Thanks for saving me the time and trouble of trying to track that down myself. I do think that "flying saucer" works better; it's more timeless than

Re: Brown's revisions

Ben Yalow — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:03:23 GMT

... Generally, I went with the last text from before Brown died, on the assumption that this was a set of changes he made. As opposed, for example, to the

Re: Brown's revisions

Phil Stephensen-Payne — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:15:08 GMT

... That's easy - none of them are - all the stories have appeared in previous Brown collections. Regards, Phil S-P

Brown's revisions

M-K — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:39:01 GMT

Many years ago I compared the text in several different editions of Brown's stories, and found noticeable differences. Unfortunately I don't think I ever

Re: The Angelic Angleworm and "flying saucers"

Ben Yalow — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:44:38 GMT

... I can tell you (since I had to decide which version to put into the book). The original said "German bombers", not "flying saucers". But that was changed

Re: Earthmen Bearing Gifts

tomdemary — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:53:54 GMT

Thanks, Ben. I was not aware of the alternate title. I thought I had looked at the stories from around 1960, and, if so, I obviously failed to recognize

The Angelic Angleworm and "flying saucers"

tomdemary — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:53:44 GMT

My next question concerns the phrase in "The Angelic Angleworm." It's not really a NESFA question, but a question of whether Brown revised his text, probably