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Old 03-09-2015, 06:49 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
I guess I don't understand why you didn't just leave both of the stories in the original book? I've seen many many times when a short story collection would have a story in it which ended up becoming a part of a larger stand alone work, and the collection remains intact except for an added blurb on the cover to indicate that it includes a part of a larger book. Ender's Game is one example of this, along with a couple of other of Orson Scott Card's works--he is someone who is known for taking a short story and expanding it into a novel.

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Yep, I've seen numerous short stories expanded into novels (generally to their detriment).

2001 came from the short story The Sentinental
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress was a short story which became a series of novels
etc.
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