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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
If the purpose of the collection is to be provocative, then I suppose I can understand wanting to omit some stories from the collection if they end up feeling dated instead. I mean, would we really need another bog-standard post-apocalypse romp? Another Cold War metaphor?
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With the Dangerous Visions books, the stories were commissioned specifically for that collection. The collection was far enough along that Ellison published a table of contents.
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I suppose it comes down to whether you'd like a collection that is still relevant now, or if you just want to see what the hypothetical collection from 1979 would've looked like. I could see both angles.
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There's nothing wrong with creating a collection that is relevant now. But then the publisher and Straczynski are banking on the 'finally, after fifty years!' reputation. But is publishing a book with the same title, but different contents really doing what was promised?
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Both Brian Wilson Presents Smile and The Smile Sessions are on my CD rack.
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The difference is Brian Wilson is still alive.
Again, publish a fourth volume of new works in the spirit of Dangerous Visions.