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Elwood's eight-volume young adult hardcover Lerner SF Library ( 1974 ), with three or four stories per volume, includes stories from three authors whose only recorded sale, according to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, was to that book ; two more authors who only ever sold stories to Roger Elwood ; and one whose only first sale was to Roger Elwood, but who had the story picked up for republication elsewhere.
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* Robert Silverberg's " The Wind and the Rain ", from Elwood's 1973 anthology Saving Worlds, was reprinted by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss in their Best SF: 1973 anthology.
* " After King Kong Fell " by Philip José Farmer, from Elwood's 1973 anthology Omega, was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1974, and reprinted by Harrison and Aldiss in Best SF: 1974.
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* Elwood's 1973 anthology Showcase contains Silverberg's novelette Breckenridge and the Continuum, which was chosen by Terry Carr for The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 3 ( 1974 ), as well as " The Childhood of the Human Hero " by Carol Emshwiller, which was included in Nebula Award Stories 9, edited by Kate Wilhelm.
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) As well as upsetting the mafia, Elwood also falls foul of a white supremacy group ( led by Darrell Hammond ) and the Illinois police force, at least until the zealous and ruthless Cab " sees the light " and becomes a Blues Brother with the help of Elwood's old friend, Rev.
Nielsen Hayden reports that, prior to Elwood's involvement in the market, anthologies and collections were very popular with readers, and were considered by the publishing industry to be " a surer bet than novels.
After leaving Elwood's hometown, the pair meet up with Gamma's long-time partner C. T.
Elwood's and stories
She describes Elwood's theme anthologies as " carelessly edited " and " low-grade ", although she allows that " some of Elwood's collections were quite decent ," and that " all of them featured some good writers and good stories.
The following are examples of peer recognition accorded to some of the stories printed in Elwood's anthologies ( source: the Internet Speculative Fiction Database ):
* No less than twenty of the stories chosen by Barry N. Malzberg for inclusion in his collection The Best of Barry N. Malzberg ( 1976 ) were first published in one or other of Elwood's original anthologies.
Elwood's Fantastic Fiction biography claims that he has sold " a thousand articles and a few short stories " to publications including Ladies Home Companion, Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine, Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, Photoplay, Grit and Weekly Reader.
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The biography also claims that " 12 of his novels have won Excellence in Media awards for best book of the year ", although the Silver Angels award website includes only a general " Print " category, and does not list Elwood's name.
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Elwood's significant presence in the genre anthology field in the mid seventies is not without its detractors, whose criticisms range from professional to ad hominem.
* The short story " Forever and Amen " by Robert Bloch, from Elwood's 1972 anthology And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire and Other Science Fiction Stories was chosen by Forrest J. Ackerman for inclusion in his Best Science Fiction for 1973 compilation.
* Thomas F. Monteleone's short story " Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep ", from Elwood's 1975 anthology Dystopian Visions, was nominated for a Nebula award in 1976.
Whether Elwood's impact has been a long-term one, as Nielsen Hayden maintains, is difficult to discern from the figures, which point to continuing high numbers of anthologies published annually.
Elwood's and authors
Additionally, Nielsen Hayden discusses speculation about the financial details of some of Elwood's projects " that by all indications should have had generous budgets " but were " peculiarly long on authors who had slight or nonexistent publishing credentials outside of Roger Elwood projects.
Given the availability of experienced short fiction writers at the time, Elwood's choice of inexperienced authors aroused suspicions.
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Elwood's biography on the Fantastic Fiction website omits all mention of his work in the mainline science fiction / fantasy field and identifies him as a Writer-in-Residence ( or occasionally a " professor of literature ") at a Bible college in the mid-west.
A review of Elwood's 1976 anthology Six Science Fiction Plays in the Star Trek fan magazine Enterprise Incidents remarked that except for the inclusion of the original teleplay of the episode " The City on the Edge of Forever " by Harlan Ellison, the book was " another excursion into mediocrity by Roger Elwood ".
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The original production was directed by Antoinette Perry and produced by Brock Pemberton and starred Frank Fay as Elwood P. Dowd and Josephine Hull as Elwood's sister Veta.
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As Elwood's sister, Veta, Patricia Routledge gave another superb performance in a bomb ; after ( this show ) she
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Publishing houses which published Roger Elwood's anthologies:
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As they are preparing for the injection, Elwood's sister is told by their cab driver about all the other people he has driven to the sanatorium to receive the same medicine, warning her that Elwood will become " just a normal human being.
When Elwood shows up at the sanitarium looking for his lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood's delusion has had a strange influence on the staff, including sanitarium director Dr. Chumley and his medical partner Dr. Sanderson.
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* The Rutland on George Elwood's Fallen Flags site.
Damodar puts a price on Marina, Ridley, Snails and Elwood's heads.
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His antiquarian learning caused him to be appointed a member of the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1869, and in that capacity he acted as joint editor ( with John Prendergast ) of the eight-volume Report on the Carte Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library ( 1871 ) and the Calendar of Irish State Papers during the reign of James I ( 4 vols., 1872 – 1877 ).
Carte's papers were arranged for binding in 276 volumes in 1862, and in 1871 Charles William Russell and John Prendergast edited the eight-volume Report on the Carte Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library.
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Perhaps the peak of Carpeaux's production was his eight-volume História da Literatura Ocidental ( History of Western Literature ), unfortunately available only in Portuguese, in spite of being in public domain.
Priscus was the author of an eight-volume historical work, written in Greek, entitled the History of Byzantium ( Greek: Βυζαντινή Ιστορία ), which was probably not the original title name.
Later works include, from 1969, a five-volume biography of Shinran ( 1173-1262 ), the founder of the Pure Land sect, and in 1983 an eight-volume work on Rennyo, a 15th Century monk who died on a pilgrimage to India.
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The results of the survey were published in an eight-volume series, with Kitchener ’ s contribution in the first three tomes ( Conder and Kitchener 1881 – 1885 ).
There was a second German edition in 1800 – 1801 and a further eight-volume edition ( 1841 – 1844 ) revised and with additional material by Th. L. W.
Ordeal of the Union, an eight-volume set ( published 1947 – 1971 ) on the American Civil War by Allan Nevins, is one of the author's greatest works, ending only with his death.
He collected and published Noson's eight-volume magnum opus, Likutey Halachot, as well as an expanded version of Noson's Likutey Etzot ( Advice ) with additional material from Rebbe Nachman's teachings, under the title, Likutey Etzot HaMeshulash.
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The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981.
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The crowning work of Wellek's career was an eight-volume magnum opus entitled A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950, the last two volumes of which he dictated from his bed in a nursing home.
Pastor edited his mentor Janssen's eight-volume Geschichte des deutschen Volkes ( History of the German People ) and published it from 1893 to 1926.
His major work, History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 appeared in seven volumes, 1893 – 1906 ; the eight-volume edition appeared in 1920.
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He taught himself Dutch to reference scientific publications for his eight-volume work " Kyuritsu ", which was considered the top work of Western natural science in Japan at that time.
" His eight-volume work describing this approach to theology, Systematic Theology, was first published in 1948 and is still a required textbook for some courses at DTS.
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This was an eight-volume collection of Gregorian accompaniments, composed by Van Nuffel himself, Flor Peeters, Jules Vyverman, Marinus de Jong, and other professors at the Lemmens Institute.
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