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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Superb SFF Fix-Up Novels
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:15:27 -0400
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James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <uvrsj3$2e3pk$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/18/2024 11:09 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> Five Superb SFF Fix-Up Novels
>>>
>>> A celebration of the SFFnal tradition of transforming short works into
>>> more commercially viable novels.
>>>
>>> https://reactormag.com/five-superb-sff-fix-up-novels/
>>
>> "A Canticle For Leibowitz" is pretty good, I have not read the other four.
>>
>> I would add "Ender's Game" to this list.
> 
> That's not a fixup. That's an expansion of a single short work into a
> novel, like Flowers for Algernon or Second Game. I cannot offhand
> think of an example where the novel was as good as the novella, although
> I suppose there must be at least one.
> 

I think a case could be made that Dickson's "Soldier, Ask Not" novel is 
as good as the novella.   I don't think so myself, but I am glad the 
novel was written.

William Hyde