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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Not really. Varley is attempting to write YA SF in these books, and Heinlein's juveniles largely defined the form. But the series wasn't the predominant format when RAH was writing his books. Now, it's hard to write a genre book and not have expectations that it could become a series. If a book does well, the publisher will want more of the same, because they'll sell.
If RAH were writing this sort of thing now, he'd face the same pressures.
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And there is a good chance he would have refused. He had a dedication to the story that came before profits.
One of my copies of "Podkayne of Mars" is a paperback, and it includes both the ending he wrote as well as the ending that was originally published. Did you know that he killed off Podkayne?
The book also has a personal letter in which he explains why he killed her. I'd quote it to you, but I don't have it (my teenage brother is reading it).