Re: F&SF that I Read in 2007: W

In article <9ibp14djf23bm2bh3tn09i9dbb1vcbrs8t@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
David T. Bilek  <davidbilek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sat, 3 May 2008 16:00:40 +0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James
>Nicoll) wrote:
>>In article <fvi0dk$ngu$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>Title                                    Author                
Publication
>>>                                                                   Date
>>>
>>>BY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER                   Weber, David           
7/1/2008
>>>
>>>	The second in an ongoing series, this details the struggle by
>>>one brave kingdom and its allies to free itself and presumably
eventually
>>>the world from an oppressive religion and its minions.
>>>
>>
>>	Note that this was published by Tor and if I am not mistaken, 
>>edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden. 
>
>Do you think that had anything to do with what I agree is less bloat
>(if not less length) than in his later Baen books?  The first one in
>this series was not in any sense bloat-free, but the ration of bloat
>to content was definitely smaller than in, say, ASHES OF VICTORY.
>
	Yes, I do. Given Baen's editorial policies as they have been
described here, I think it would be unlikely for Baen to curtail
any characteristic of any author's writing as long as their sales
didn't slip. My impression of pnh is that he will provide editorial
feedback even when the bottom line is not directly involved.

	Or to put it another way, I don't think it's coincidence that
two of the living book editors who won Best Editor Hugos work at Tor
and none of them worked at Baen. 
-- 
http://www.livejournal.com/users/james_nicoll
http://www.cafepress.com/jdnicoll
(For all your "The problem with
defending the English language [...]" T-****rt, cup and tote-bag needs)