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2、EYITEMTHEPROPERSTUDY2430A.D.Page1THEGREATESTASSETTAKEAMATCHTHIOTIMOLINETOTHESTARSLIGHTVERSEToalltheeditors,whosecareersatonetimeoranother,haveintersectedmyown--goodfellows,everyone.InTHEEARLYASIMOVImentionedthefactthattherewereelevenstoriesthatIhadneversucceededinselling.Wha
3、t’smore,saidIinthatbook,allelevenstoriesnolongerexistedandmustremainforeverinlimbo.However,BostonUniversitycollectsallmypaperswithanassiduityanddeterminationworthyofafarbettercause,andwhentheyfirstbegantodosobackin1966,IhandedthempilesandpilesofmanuscriptmaterialIdidn’tlookt
4、hrough.Someeageryoungfandid,though.BostonUniversityapparentlyallowstheinspectionofitsliterarycollectionsforresearchpurposes,andthisyoungfan,representinghimselfasaliteraryhistorian,Isuppose,gotaccesstomyfiles.HecameacrossthefadedmanuscriptofBigGame,athousand-wordshort-shortwh
5、ichIhadlistedinTHEEARLYASIMOVastheeleventhandlastofmylostrejections.HavingreadTHEEARLYASIMOV,thefanrecognizedthevalueofthefind.Hepromptlyhaditreproducedandsentmeacopy.AndIpromptlysawtoitthatitgotintoprint.ItappearedinBEFORETHEGOLDENAGE.WhenIreadthemanuscriptofBigGame,however
6、,Idiscoveredthat,inaway,itbadneverbeenlost.Ihadsalvagedit.Backinearly1950,RobertW.Lowndes,thenpublishingseveralsciencefictionmagazinesforColumbiaPublications,andrevelinginthesciencefictionboomoftheperiod,askedmeforastory.ImusthaverememberedBigGame,writteneightyearsearlier,fo
7、rIproducedDAYOFTHEHUNTERS,whichwasanexpandedversionoftheearlierstory,andHadpublisheditintheNovember1950issueofFutureCombinedwithScienceFictionStories.DAYOFTHEHUNTERSItbeganthesamenightitended.Itwasn’tmuch.Itjustbotheredme;itstillbothersme.Yousee,JoeBloch,RayManning,andIweres
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