Re: Arthur C. Clarke question

In article <nebusj.1205546896@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 nebusj-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Joseph Nebus) wrote:

> cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Chuk Goodin) writes:
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> >On 13 Mar 2008 23:22:56 -0400, nebusj-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
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> >>	I recall Asimov once accidentally rewriting pretty much the 
> >>whole of a very early and poor short-short and having it turn out to 
> >>be a slightly more polished but not good short-short, mostly because 
> >>he forgot the first had ever existed.  
> 
> >Was the first one his own work?
> 
> >I remember him writing somewhere that he'd accidentally plagiarized 
> >something once, basically rewriting someone else's story that he'd
read, 
> >then forgotten. I think it all ended well, though.
> 
> 	Fair question, and yeah, there was that Asimov story that turned 
> out to be (possibly) unintentional plagiarism.  But no, I'm fairly sure 
> that Asimov wrote a story which turned out to duplicate an earlier one 
> he'd thoroughly forgotten. 
> 
> 	My vague recollection is that 'Day of the Hunters' was one of 
> the versions, although looking over the Jenkins list of Asimov stories 
> I don't see any that stand out as being too close to it.  Maybe it was 
> 'Darwinian Poolroom' instead.  

I believe the first version of "Day of the Hunter" was "Big Game" 
(written for Astounding for a Probability Zero slot, but not 
accepted, not sold elsewhere). However, I can't remember where I 
read this (just checked _The Early Asimov_, but it has Asimov 
confessing that he couldn't remember what the story was about and 
also believing that the manuscript was lost).

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Robert Woodward <robertaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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