Re: Leigh Brackett - The Halfling (collection)


"Anthony Nance" <nance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The question I have for The Halfling and Other Stories is relevant to
> the 1973 Ace first edition paperback I have:
>
> Both the acknowledgments and table of contents list only seven stories,
> but the book itself has an extra 8th story ("The Truants") tacked on
> as the last ~38 pages. Does anyone know, or can anyone make an educated
> guess as to, how that could happen? There's no mention of an original
> contribution written for the collection, and not being in the table of
> contents seems very odd regardless.

According to ISFDB [1], The Truants dates back to 1950. I'd guess it was
just a screwup. Similarly, the ToC for WJW's Frankensteins and Foreign
Devils has several of the stories out of order. Stuff happens.

1. Which reminded me that Gordon Dickson died five years ago today. Crap.


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