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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Hartwell fired, Timescape out - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 22:50:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 18 22:50:25 1983
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uicsl!wombat    Jul 18 17:11:00 1983

	Pocket Books has fired David Hartwell and is dropping the 
Timescape books line. There were plans to start a new line (to be
called Starscope Books) which would be run by the Scott Meredith
Literary Agency (SMLA), though these plans have now been dropped.
SFWA claims it stopped the SMLA deal, but SMLA says it ran into an
internal problem that caused them to back out. The future of an
SF line at Pocket Books is up in the air.
	For details, see the Aug., 1983, issue of Science Fiction
Chronicle.
						Wombat
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