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According to pulpgen, the novel is made up of these four stories, but whether they are changed, added to, or what, to make this 'fixup' I am not sure.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Eric John Stark Saga - Leigh Brackett Blue Tyson 2008
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According to pulpgen, the novel is made up of these four stories, but whether they are changed, added to, or what, to make this 'fixup' I am not sure.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Eric John Stark - The Eric John Stark Saga Blue Tyson 2008
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Hothouse is a 'fixup' novel originally published in 1962, comprising five novelettes originally published in 1961 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss Adam Whitehead 2009
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Hothouse is a 'fixup' novel originally published in 1962, comprising five novelettes originally published in 1961 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Archive 2009-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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The novel has the disjointed feel of being a "fixup" book.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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This book was originally 4 short stories that were put together in a "fixup" by van Vogt.
Archive 2007-06-01 Stephanie 2007
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This book was originally 4 short stories that were put together in a "fixup" by van Vogt.
Classic Sci-Fi and the Basis for Alien Stephanie 2007
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The novel has the disjointed feel of being a "fixup" book.
The Music of Razors 2007
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More Than Human is a collection ( "fixup") of 3 excellent novelettes that, taken together, tell the story of five people who make up a single gestalt entity.
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The word "fixup" was coined by van Vogt himself and is the commonly used term when authors patch previously published shorter stories together to form a makeshift novel.
REVIEW: The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt 2004
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The result is something known as a fixup novel: a book made up of a series of stories that come together to form a cohesive narrative.
One of my favorite space operas is coming back to print Andrew Liptak 2025
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