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Cosmopolis#15 COSMOPOLIS Number 15 April–May, 2001 THE GIFT VOLUME a special VIE preview. COUP de GRACE and Other Stories The VIE is planning to publish a preview book, to include some great, rare and favorite Vance shorts. We will use this book to promote Jack Vance and the VIE at the international book fair in Frankfurt this fall. It is conceived as an introduction to Jack Vance for those who have never read him. Presented in VIE format, it will speak our conviction that Vance is a writer to be taken seri- ously. The Gift Volume will contain the following seven texts: Flutic, The Coup de Grace, Green Magic, The Murthe, Alfred’s Arc, The Moon Moth, Dodkin’s Job. It will be printed and bound in the same style as the Reader’s Edition. It is not a part of the VIE book set, but includes Contents stories from three different VIE volumes. It will be delivered in the 1 Proofing Update and fall of 2001. This preview is also a way for us to oil our production HONOR ROLL wheels. Steve Shreman Price: $25, plus a shipping fee of $8 or less. There is a 10% discount 4Downpayments Bob Lacovara on any order of 2 or more books. See all the details, and order your 4 Project Report copies at: http://www.vanceintegral.com/GiftVolume/ Orders will be accepted Paul Rhoads for a limited time only, so don’t dawdle. Updates about the Gift 6 VIE Volunteer Ombudsman Volume will be posted. Hans van der Veeke 6 Post-Proofing Guidlines Chris Corley Proofreading Update 10 VIE Lending Library With the publication of the list above, the phase of the VIE known as Suan Yong PreProofing comes to an end. We now have reasonably clean texts of each of the 12 VIE Illustrations works of Jack Vance; the ongoing efforts of the Double Digitization and Paul Rhoads TechnoProofing teams will make them even cleaner, and the Textual Integrity work 13 TI for Book ofDreams now in progress will ensure that the work of this remarkable and unique writer Patrick Dusoulier will see print in as close to the form he intended as possible. 17 Sci-Fi Re-Redux I know I speak for all of VIE management when I express gratitude for the many Paul Rhoads thousands of hours of dedicated labor by this group of over a hundred volunteers. 18 The Cosmopolis Literary Many of them have already gone on to other duties: DD, Techno, TI, PostProofing, Supplement Composition. Every one has made a lasting contribution to the VIE. For myself, it 18 Jane Austin and Jack Vance has been a unique pleasure to work with these fellow admirers of Jack Vance. I’ve Paul Rhoads said it before and I’ll say it again: in 34 years as a software developer, I’ve worked 21 Letter—Pro Paul Auster in any number of collaborative projects. No other has been as collegial, as grati- Bill Sherman fying and as successful as the VIE. I want to say special thanks to the Proofreader The Book ofDreams Dover Spargill’s Ghastly Floater Ronald Chernich Kurt Harriman Support Team of Chris Corley, Dave Kennedy and Patrick Lawrence McKay Jr The Domains ofKoryphon Dusoulier. Numerous proofreaders, upon completing a Dave Worden Michel Bazin first assignment under the guidance of these master The Brave Free Men David Kennedy Mike Barrett Steve Sherman proofers, have expressed the degree to which their job Chris Coulter The Dragon Masters was made easier and more pleasant by being able to draw Greg Reddick Ronald Chernich Cat Island Evert Jan de Groot upon such a reservoir of experience and expertise. Chris McCormick Patrick Dusoulier Thanks are also due to Suan Yong, whose mastery of The Chasch Bob Moody Ronald Chernich Steve Sherman arcane and diabolical software systems permits him to David Kennedy Dream Castle produce statistics and reports on just about anything I can Lee Lewis Rob Friefeld think of—the honor roll below is just the latest example. Tonio Loewald David Reitsema Chateau d’If Paul Wedderien Really, I should express thanks to everybody in VIE Erik Arendse Ecce and Old Earth management. There is not a one of them who hasn’t found Arjan Bokx Ronald Chernich Joel Hedlund Till Noever some way to help me do a better job. If I mention John Cholwell’s Chickens Steve Sherman Schwab and Tim Stretton specifically, it is only because I Patrick Dusoulier Emphyrio have had the most interaction with them; they have David Kennedy Peter Bayley Bob Moody David Kennedy therefore saved me from messing up more often than Clarges Richard Linton anyone else. And my gratitude to Paul Rhoads, who Ronald Chernich Steve Sherman Rob Friefeld Suan Yong remains the source of the vision of the VIE, cannot be Suan Yong The Enchanted Princess expressed in words, at least not by anyone whose gifts Coup de Grace Jasper Groen with the language are not a significant fraction of Jack Peter Ikin Lee Lewis Thomas Lindgren David White Vance’s own. David Reitsema The Face Crusade to Maxus Rob Friefeld Peter Bayley Brent Heustess Steve Sherman Craig Heartwell Tim Stretton Proofreading Team Lead* Steve Sherman Dave Worden Cugel the Clever The Flesh Mask Chris Budgen Paul Rhoads * Editor’s note: Steve has worked himself out of a job as the PreProofing team D.P. Koen Vyverman lead, and now is a prinsipal editor with the TI team, as well as the Monkey Arjan Bokx Four Hundred Blackbirds team lead. Andrew Edlin Lisa Brown Per Sundfeldt David Gorbet The Dark Ocean The Fox Valley Murders HONOR ROLL: Evert Jan de Groot Deborah Cohen the proofreaders Antonio Duarte III Rob Friefeld Rob Gerrand Steve Sherman Steve Sherman Suan Yong A Practical Man’s Guide The Asutra Dead Ahead The Genesee Slough Murders Brian Bieniowski Linnéa Anglemark Damien Jones Hans van der Veeke Arjan Bokx Chris McCormick R C Lacovara The God and the Temple Robber Kimmo Eriksson Tim Stretton The Deadly Isles Richard Behrens Abercrombie Station The Augmented Agent Michel Bazin R C Lacovara Patrick Dusoulier Helmut Hlavacs Jody Kelly Gold and Iron Lawrence McKay Jr George Logan David Kennedy R C Lacovara Turlough O’Connor Jeffrey Ruszczyk The Devil On Salvation Bluff Jeffrey Ruszczyk The Absent Minded Professor Bad Ronald Jasper Groen Steve Sherman Carl Goldman David Kennedy Helmut Hlavacs Gan Uesli Starling Stéphane Leibovitsch Gabriel Stein Joe Ormond Green Magic Thomas Rydbeck Big Planet The Dirdir Alan Bird Alfred’s Ark Michel Bazin David Kennedy The Green Pearl Foppe Brolsma Jody Kelly Stéphane Leibovitsch John Robinson, Jr. Patrick Hudson Steve Sherman Dodkin’s Job Steve Sherman R C Lacovara Bird Island John Chalmers Dirk Jan Verlinde Paul Rhoads David Kennedy Chris McCormick Hard Luck Diggings The Anome Hans van der Veeke Hans van der Veeke Patrick Dusoulier Steve Sherman Douglas Wilson The Dogtown Tourist Agency Craig Heartwell Suan Yong The Blue World and Freitzke’s Turn Patrick van Efferen Araminta Station Patrick Dusoulier Mike Barrett The House Lords Michel Bazin David Mead Till Noever Linda Escher Richard Chandler Steve Sherman Suan Yong R C Lacovara John Schwab Mike Schilling Cosmopolis 15 • 2 The House on Lily Street Masquerade on Dicantropus The Pleasant Grove Murders Sulwen’s Planet David Kennedy Arjan Bokx Michel Bazin Michel Bazin Lee Lewis Owen Davidson Christian Corley Christian Corley Paul Rhoads Joel Hedlund Till Noever Dave Peters Hans van der Veeke Mazirian the Magician The Pnume Telek The Houses ofIszm Richard Behrens Richard Develyn Per Kjellberg Damien Jones Meet Miss Universe Till Noever John McDonough Jody Kelly Rob Friefeld Steve Sherman Dirk-Jan van der Duim David Reitsema Matt Picone Ports ofCall Three Legged Joe The Howling Bounders John Robinson Jr Patrick Dusoulier Patrick Dusoulier Ronald Chernich Men ofThe Ten Books R C Lacovara Damien Jones Linda Escher Jeremy Cavaterra The Potters ofFirsk R C Lacovara Willem Timmer Joel Hedlund Carl Goldman Menno van der Leden The Insufferable Red-headed Daughter R C Lacovara Rumfuddle Throy ofCommanderTynnott, O.T.E. The Men Return John Foley Michel Bazin Lori Hanley Paul Rhoads Sabotage on Sulfur Planet Deborah Cohen Thomas Lindgren Hans van der Veeke Lisa Brown Suan Yong The Killing Machine The Miracle Workers Deborah Cohen To B or Not to C or to D Lee Lewis Evert Jan de Groot Christopher Reid Christian Corley Steve Sherman David Kennedy Sail 25 Patrick Dusoulier Tim Stretton Betty Mayfield Fred Ford Andrew Edlin The King ofThieves The Mitr John Jenkins Trullion: Alastor 2262 Ronald Chernich John Kleeman Steve Sherman Foppe Brolsma Wayne Henry Axel Roschinski Sanatoris Short-cut David Kennedy Gabriel Stein Hans van der Veeke Patrick Dusoulier John Robinson Jr The Kokod Warriors The Moon Moth Patrick Dymond Ullward’s Retreat Ronald Chernich Carl Goldman Andrew Edlin Derek Benson Carl Goldman John Kleeman The Secret Graziano Carlon David Reitsema R C Lacovara Wayne Henry David Kennedy The Kragen Stéphane Leibovitsch John McDonough The Unspeakable McInch Michel Bazin The Narrow Land Joe Ormond Patrick Dusoulier Christian Corley Peter Ikin Seven Exits from Bocz Andrew Edlin Andrew Edlin Per Kjellberg Brian Bieniowski Martin Green The Languages ofPao The New Prime Rob Friefeld Paul Rhoads Erik Arendse Betty Mayfield John McDonough Per Sundfeldt Rob Friefeld Thomas Rydbeck Shape-Up Va n da l s of th e Vo id The Last Castle Night Lamp Lisa Brown Carl Goldman Lyman Leong R C Lacovara Christian Corley Fernando Maldonado Joel Riedesel Steve Sherman Richard Platt The View from Robin Rouch Noise Sj a m b a k Chickweed’s Window A Daniel Stedman Helmut Hlavacs R C Lacovara Michel Bazin Madouc Ralph Jas Steve Sherman R C Lacovara David Kennedy Nopalgarth Son ofthe Tree Turlough O’Connor John Schwab Evert Jan de Groot John Chalmers Dave Worden Steve Sherman
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