Re: (ReacTor) Five Superb SFF Fix-Up Novels

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
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A celebration of the SFFnal tradition of transforming short works into
more commercially viable novels.
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https://reactormag.com/five-superb-sff-fix-up-novels/

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"A Canticle For Leibowitz" is pretty good, I have not read the other four.
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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