Re: Project Gutenberg

--- In [email protected], "Callum James" <callumja@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Greg and one-an-all,
> 
> I hope this will not be simply teaching grandmas to suck eggs but if it 
> helps at all to clarify the bibliographical pedigree of the early
texts...:
> 
> ----------------
> 
> Jewels of Aptor. First published by Ace Books, New York, 1962 as Ace
Double 
> F-173 (with James White's 'Second Ending')
> 
>                          Second edition, "revised and expanded" Ace
Books, 
> New York, 1968
> 
>                          Gollancz, London, 1968. Uses the text of
the second 
> Ace edition
> 
>                          Sphere Books, London, 1971. "contains
additional 
> textual revisions"
> 
>                          Gregg Press, Boston, 1976. Uses the text of
the 
> Sphere Books edition which Stephens describes as "Delany's preferred
text"
> 
>                          Then of course there comes the Bantam,
Gollancz 
> paperback, Gollancz Collectors editions and possibly others, some of
which 
> may have minor textual changes made in them, some of which may have
been 
> printed by offset lithography from earlier editions.
> 
> -----------------
> 
> 
> 'Captives of the Flame' First Edition. Ace Books, New York, 1963 as Ace 
> Double F-199 (with Keith Brunner - pseud. John Bunner - 'The Psionic 
> Menace')
> 
>                         Sphere Books, London, 1968. Retitled, 'Out
of the 
> Dead City' (Stephens describes this as "Delany's original title")
"Enlarged 
> text"
> 
>                         Ace Books, New York, n.d. (Ace 22643-4) uses
the 
> text of the Sphere edition and again Stephen's describes this as
"Delany's 
> preferred text"
> 
> ---------------
> 
> There's been precious little work done on SRD's bibliography since
Stephens' 
> checklist in 1992 (published by Ultramarine) and it's crying out to be 
> updated. Also, I wouldn't put too much store in the comments made by 
> Stephens about 'Delany's preferred this or that' not because I doubt
his 
> information at all but because there's been 12 years of more
editions and 
> possibly more changes since Stephens wrote. Also, as you are in
touch with 
> SRD all you have to do is ask - which it sounds like you are doing.

Yep. He suggested the Bantam edition from the 80's for both of them.
I've ordered copies. When they come in I'll double check copyright
dates and editions with him.

> Also, possibly of interest to you or to the person who eventually
writes the 
> introduction would be the passages in 'The Motion of Light in Water' in 
> which Delany explains the evolution of the earliest forms of the
text and 
> how they had to be cut massively to fit the tight strictures of
Ace's double 
> format.
> 
> Hope there's something of help in that. Other members of the list
probably 
> have the Peplow bibliography which almost certainly has more
information...
> 
> Keep well all,
> 
> Callum
>

Thanks. This sort of thing is very useful. I've started putting
together the bibliography I'll be using. It's in pretty rough form still.

http://durendal.org:8080/twiki/bin/view/PGRule6/SamuelRDelanyNotes

Greg Weeks





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