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Originally Posted by nekokami
Probably, and just as well, to my mind. An organization that isn't doing anything with a work shouldn't be allowed to hang onto the rights and prevent others from doing something with it, in my opinion.  |
Ace had previously republished a lot of Piper's work, save the collaborations with John J. Macguire.
I was hoping to see returns to print, like a new anthology edition of the Fuzzy books. (The SFBC hardcover I have doesn't include _Fuzzies and Other People_, because that hadn't re-surfaced at the time the book was issued.)
Some years ago, I was at a talk given by Dave Hartwell, who is a Senior Editor at Tor these days. At the time, he was consulting for the Signet imprint of NAL, helping revise their SF line. He described it taking 7 months simply to find out what all they had under contract, and another 5 to cross I's, dot T's, and get contracts renewed. At that, they lost properties because they'd forgotten they had the rights but the author or author's agent hadn't, and promptly sent a letter asking that the rights be reverted as soon as they lapsed.
I haven't seen a lot that indicates publishing has gotten any better in the intervening years.
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Dennis