Re: What Was The First S-F Story You Ever Read? (Was: "Re: Book ID: Old SciFi, Children in old Volcanic Cav

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Schinske) wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >One of the eternal puzzles of publishing is why they only keep the
> >first two of that series in print.
> 
> I've wondered that too. Particularly since _Time and Mr. Bass_ is one of the
> best. I can't offhand think of any bits that would be objectionable these 
> days,
> or anything like that. The worst thing about those books is a certain major
> continuity flaw, but surely that kind of thing never stopped anybody from
> reprinting a series, or Oz would be way out of business.

Well, for a very long time, the Oz books not written by L. Frank Baum 
weren't available, either. It's only in the last ten years or so that 
they've all come back into print (and even one of those seems to be OOP 
again), and even then you generally need to order them mail order or 
online or such.

--Eric Gjovaag, who supposes "The Wizard of Oz" was the first SF/fantasy 
book he ever read, as he can't recall anything earlier