Re: different versions of _The Mad Man_

I have read both, and the most substantial and extensive 
changes/revisions are in the last section of the book--the love story 
section.

At 6:41 PM -0700 7/27/07, Michael Hemmingson wrote:
>He did some changes on the Masquerade/Rhino edition because he was 
>rushed on the hardcover edition.  Richard Kasak, the publisher, had 
>bought the book as a partial, it was announced, and it had to be at 
>the printer, so SRD rushed to get it done -- there are typos and 
>such, and stuff he felt he left out.  Any writer who has ever sold a 
>book to Kasak, as I have sold a few too in the past, know what an 
>ass he can be -- of course he would issue an unfinished book with 
>errors because people are going to but it anyway.
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>The recent small press reprint has an extra added 50 pages.  Much 
>more raunchy sex.
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>Like plays, some novels are never "finished."
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>MH
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>[email protected] wrote:                                  Heh. I have the 
>Rhino(eros) paperback, and I haven't read any other
>  editions -- mostly for the same reasons as you.
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>  I was able to enjoy reading 'The Motion of Light in Water' in three
>  different editions (original (Plume), UK, and Rhino(eros), happily noting
>  all the textual variations, amendments, and expansions. But then it's a
>  much less difficult text.
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>  Cheers,
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>  --Zvi
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>  > My copy of _The Mad Man_ is the first, hardback, edition. When I
>  > finished it I felt like I had completed an Olympic endurance event.
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>  > I understand that he revised it substantially for two subsequent
>  > paperback editions. Has anyone here read the multiple editions and can
>  > generally describe the revisions? Or has a pointer to a document that
>  > does? I'm not sure I want to commit to climbing Everest again to find
>  > out myself...
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>  > --
>  > Erich Schneider  [email protected]
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