YBMCU%CUNYVM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA (05/29/85)
From: Ben Yalow <YBMCU%CUNYVM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA> I showed copies of the recent discussion of "Door Into Shadow" to Diane Duane. She asked me to post the following info to clear up some questions. (The words are mine, the comments are hers). The decision for Tor to reprint DIS before reprinting DIF was due to a number of factors. As was mentioned, part of it came from the order that the books appeared from Bluejay. Also, the people at Tor felt that since there were already a large number of people who had read DIF in the Dell (or British) editions, that it would be better not to make them wait any longer for the sequel to appear in mass market, so they reprinted DIS first. They are reprinting DIF, as well. To slightly expand on A. Marina Fournier's comments on the timespan between when DIF was written and when new Duane material started to appear, the comment was "I got stuck for a while, then I got unstuck. In the meantime, I had to do something to eat." It was during that time period that she was working on various Saturday morning cartoons. A minor correction to the booklist is also required. SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD was from Delacorte, not Atheneum. The sequel, DEEP WIZARDRY, is also out from Delacorte. However, it has gotten fairly poor distribution, so it may be hard to find (try bothering your local bookstore - it's the only way to tell the publisher to do something about the problem).