Re: Arthur C. Clarke question

"Robert A. Woodward" <robertaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

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

	Ah!  You've got it.  I have a copy of _Buy Jupiter_ for some 
reason, and it does contain 'Day of the Hunters' as well as Asimov's 
explanation that he didn't realize that it turned to be a slightly 
longer version of 'Big Game'.  'Big Game' had failed to find a 
publisher and he stopped thinking of it.  ``Some eager young fan'' 
found 'Big Game' in the Asimov Papers Vault and Perloo Society, though, 
and Asimov included it in _Before The Golden Age_.  

	And as Asimov had forgotten entirely what 'Big Game' was, it is 
some sort of unconscious act that he wrote it again.  

-- 
								Joseph Nebus
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