wombat@uicsl.UUCP (07/19/83)
#N:uicsl:10700026:000:547 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 pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat