Comments for William H Patterson Jr

Comment on Volume 2 Editing by billsblog

billsblog — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:57:30 +0000

Story comment will be the main subject added — but just a touch. I’m in the process of doing another fairly sizeable book (with Dr. James) that covers the whole of his writings. A general survey hasn’t been published since 1987, so it’s about time.

Comment on Volume 2 Editing by Scott

Scott — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:11:16 +0000

Sorry to hear about your medical problems, but glad to know your better.
Vol 1 sits lonely on it’s shelf and awaits it’s twin or triplits as the case may be.
I would be glad to pay for a 3rd vol if it told more about RAH’s writings.

Comment on Volume 2 Editing by billsblog

billsblog — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:28:32 +0000

Let’s not forget Matt Dodson’s cell phone in Space Cadet — 1948!

Comment on Volume 2 Editing by billsblog

billsblog — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:27:09 +0000

Good to know. A lot of people did complain that volume 1 didn’t have enough material about the stories, so that will be the first thing to go in — but it won’t in that case be “restoring” material, as I didn’t write any in the first place. Albert Bigelow Paine could get away with a 4 volume biography of Twain in 1920, but in 2013 or 14 or 15 or (god help us!) 16, maybe not.

Comment on Volume 2 Editing by Robert

Robert — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:10:17 +0000

An informal and thoroughly unscientific poll of Volume I biography readers tells me that the idea of putting lots of material back in and splitting into Volumes II & III has overwhelming support!

Comment on Volume 2 Editing by Dale Dietzman

Dale Dietzman — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:47:00 +0000

Glad to hear the work is moving forward again, however slowly. Like so many, I am waiting for Volume 2 as patiently as possible for a 60+ year old who has been a Heinlein Fan since age 10 or there abouts. Like so many high tech geeks, I took my imprint from Robert’s works and have spent my life pursuing the kinds of things he dreamed of before I was born, like, for example the cell phone he put in Grandpa’s pocket in Podkayne of Mars.

Comment on Progress on Volume 2 — and another nomination by billsblog

billsblog — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:16:07 +0000

Very kind of you to say so. I don’t see, though, why footnotes couldn’t be done on a Kindle — just treat them as hyperlinks. In fact, the whole question of foot- versus endnotes is moot in electronic media. Placing them at the foot of the page is the closest thing to a link that could be done in hardcopy print — but e-text doesn’t have the same limitations.

The editor, David Hartwell, has broached the subject of splitting the second volume into two — I suspect so that we can get volume 2 out expeditiously. Well see what eventuates.

Comment on Progress on Volume 2 — and another nomination by Thomas Goodey

Thomas Goodey — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:51:43 +0000

Well Bill, I just read this incomparable book of yours for the third time during one long series of airplane flights, and it seems better each time I read it. I hope you can get the second volume out someday soon…

BTW, I understand what they are saying about footnotes versus endnotes, but footnotes are impossible on a Kindle, which is my preferred reading mode. However, I would have preferred the endnotes to have appeared at the end of each chapter individually.

Comment on Progress on Volume 2 — and another nomination by billsblog

billsblog — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:02:10 +0000

The good thing, though, is they’re all there.

Comment on Progress on Volume 2 — and another nomination by Yasunobu

Yasunobu — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:39:35 +0000

BTW, the photos you dwalnood from the online Heinlein Archives won’t be as pretty as those on the television program. They will be lower resolution and will have a visual watermark across them, but there is still a treasure awaiting you there. My personal favorite is .