[Dragaera] _Taltos_ and _The Hobbit_

[Peter Granzeau]

At 05:32 PM 8/17/2010, Mark Landin wrote:
>I remember reading an asimov story (forget which one) and was struck
>at how the last section's voice and pacing was so different than the
>rest of the story. Later found out campbell thought the ending was
>lacking and tacked on his own, over asimov's objections, before
>publishing. It was a heavy-handed effort...no wonder asimov disliked
>him.

OHOH, Campbell insisted on the ending to _The Cold Equations_, and made the author rewrite it several times until the cold, iron-clad denouement was the only thing he could do.  The author wanted any other result than Campbell's.  And the story would never have had the same impact.


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