Impressions: So Campbell rejected *Nova* because he didn't think Americans were ready for a black protagonist. But all the decidedly non-mainstream sexuality in previous stories wasn't a problem. So some things *have* changed. [/sarcasm]
Re. Le Guin's rejection for *Left Hand of Darkness*: Interesting to see that performance art had a home in the editorial suites of publishing houses. I mean, writing a rejection letter in language that parallels the sin of which you are accusing the writer? Genius. *Forever War*: aside from brilliantly missing the main point of science fiction (namely, that it's not really about the future), I learn that I've probably not read the whole book after all since my copy was printed in the '70s, and it wasn't printed in full form until the '90s. No wonder it seemed so short. *Animal Farm*: I'd have been sort of disappointed if they didn't censor Orwell's preface about censorship. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Dana Paxson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes to what you wrote, Craig. Reading all these, for some mysterious > reason, makes me feel that my sheer bloody-minded stubbornness as a writer > is not necessarily a bad thing. We never get to read the rejections that > ended up dunked in a dumpster along with the groundbreaking, transcendent > works that drew them. Giving up is the greatest wrong we can ever do > ourselves. > > > > On 10/20/2010 7:02 AM, delancey wrote: > >> Always reassuring to see what got pummeled. The highlight is the >> letter to LeGuin for _Left Hand_. >> >> >> http://io9.com/5668053/15-classic-science-fiction-and-fantasy-novels-that-publishers-rejected >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- -- eric scoles | [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
