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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The stories might be good, but what made the Visions "Dangerous" was that they broke the rules of the establishment...
...circa 1960...
Going where no publisher of the time would let them go.
By now there's a whole new establishment in control and a big chunk of the field is out of the control of any establishment. Breaking rules, old or new, is hardly daring or dangerous or notable.
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I do agree. Though ironically, nowadays publishing stories meant to push buttons in the seventies may wind up pushing a whole different set of buttons today.
I appreciate that he is crowd-funding the book first* Hopefully that will protect the book from sensitivity readers and so forth, which could stop the book (or portions of it) from seeing the light of day. It is still possible for there to be Dangerous Visions.
*I don't understand why he's using Patreon though. Kickstarter or Go Fund Me seem like they would make more sense.
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If it were just the old stories it just might have some historical value for showing what was considered dangerous then.
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I do think sticking to the originally planned stories would be the best way to go. But then:
- Not all of the stories are still available
- I don't think there ever really was a final planned table of contents
- I'm guessing new stories from big shots may make the book more attractive to the major publishers