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Fix-up

January 01, 1970

This article is about the literary form. For the real estate concept, see Fixer-upper. For fixup in the context of executable formats on computers, see Relocation (computer science). For other uses, see fix-up (disambiguation).

A fix-up (or fixup) is a novel created from several short fiction stories that may or may not have been initially related or previously published. The stories may be edited for consistency, and sometimes new connecting material, such as a frame story or other interstitial narration, is written for the new work. The term was coined by the science fiction writer A. E. van Vogt,[1] who published several fix-ups of his own, including The Voyage of the Space Beagle,[2] but the practice (if not the term) exists outside of science fiction. The use of the term in science fiction criticism was popularised by the first (1979) edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by Peter Nicholls, which credited van Vogt with the creation of the term.[3][4] The name “fix-up” comes from the changes that the author needs to make in the original texts, to make them fit together as though they were a novel. Foreshadowing of events from the later stories may be jammed into an early chapter of the fix-up, and character development may be interleaved throughout the book. Contradictions and inconsistencies between episodes are usually worked out.

Some fix-ups in their final form are more of a short story cycle or composite novel, rather than a traditional novel with a single main plotline. Examples are Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, and Isaac Asimov's I, Robot both of which read as a series of short stories which may share plot threads and characters, but which still act as self-contained stories.[5] By contrast, van Vogt's The Weapon Shops of Isher is structured like a continuous novel, although it incorporates material from three previous van Vogt short stories.

Fix-ups became an accepted practice in American publishing during the 1950s, when science fiction and fantasy—once published primarily in magazines—increasingly began appearing in book form. Large book publishers like Doubleday and Simon & Schuster entered the market, greatly increasing demand for fiction. Authors created new manuscripts from old stories, to sell to publishers. Algis Budrys in 1965 described fixups as a consequence of the lack of good supply during the "bad years for quality" of the mid-1950s, although citing The Martian Chronicles and Clifford D. Simak's City as exceptions.[6]

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  1. ^ Weinberg, Robert (1980). . Icshi.net (interview). Isaac Walwyn. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Liptak, Andrew (2013-08-05). "A.E. van Vogt and the fix-up novel". Kirkus Reviews.
  3. ^ Nicholls, Peter; Clute, John (1999). New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. London, UK: Orbit. p. 432. ISBN 1-85723-897-4.
  4. ^ "Fixup". Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Third ed.).
  5. ^ Luscher, Robert M. (2012). "The American short-story cycle". In Bendixen, Alfred (ed.). A Companion to the American Novel. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Vol. 80. John Wiley & Sons. p. 370. ISBN 9781405101196.
  6. ^ a b c d e Budrys, Algis (October 1965). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 142–150.
  7. ^ Latham, Rob (2009). "Fiction, 1950-1963". In Bould, Mark; Butler, Andrew M.; Roberts, Adam; Vint, Sherryl (eds.). The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction. Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 9781135228361.
  8. ^ Bruccoli, Matthew J. (1979). Raymond Chandler: A descriptive bibliography. Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. University of Pittsburgh Press.
  9. ^ Ingersoll, Ralph (1940). "Publishers' foreword". Report on England, November 1940. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. p. v – via Archive.org.

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This article is about the literary form For the real estate concept see Fixer upper For fixup in the context of executable formats on computers see Relocation computer science For other uses see fix up disambiguation The article s lead section may need to be rewritten Please help improve the lead and read the lead layout guide January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message A fix up or fixup is a novel created from several short fiction stories that may or may not have been initially related or previously published The stories may be edited for consistency and sometimes new connecting material such as a frame story or other interstitial narration is written for the new work The term was coined by the science fiction writer A E van Vogt 1 who published several fix ups of his own including The Voyage of the Space Beagle 2 but the practice if not the term exists outside of science fiction The use of the term in science fiction criticism was popularised by the first 1979 edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by Peter Nicholls which credited van Vogt with the creation of the term 3 4 The name fix up comes from the changes that the author needs to make in the original texts to make them fit together as though they were a novel Foreshadowing of events from the later stories may be jammed into an early chapter of the fix up and character development may be interleaved throughout the book Contradictions and inconsistencies between episodes are usually worked out Some fix ups in their final form are more of a short story cycle or composite novel rather than a traditional novel with a single main plotline Examples are Ray Bradbury s The Martian Chronicles and Isaac Asimov s I Robot both of which read as a series of short stories which may share plot threads and characters but which still act as self contained stories 5 By contrast van Vogt s The Weapon Shops of Isher is structured like a continuous novel although it incorporates material from three previous van Vogt short stories Fix ups became an accepted practice in American publishing during the 1950s when science fiction and fantasy once published primarily in magazines increasingly began appearing in book form Large book publishers like Doubleday and Simon amp Schuster entered the market greatly increasing demand for fiction Authors created new manuscripts from old stories to sell to publishers Algis Budrys in 1965 described fixups as a consequence of the lack of good supply during the bad years for quality of the mid 1950s although citing The Martian Chronicles and Clifford D Simak s City as exceptions 6 Contents 1 Examples 1 1 Science fiction and fantasy 1 2 Other genres 2 See also 3 ReferencesExamples editScience fiction and fantasy edit Slan 6 1946 by A E van Vogt The Book of Ptath 1947 by A E van Vogt The World of Null A 1948 by A E van Vogt Triplanetary by E E Smith The Voyage of the Space Beagle 1950 by A E van Vogt The Martian Chronicles 1950 by Ray Bradbury 6 2 I Robot 1951 by Isaac Asimov 6 7 2 City 1952 by Clifford D Simak 6 The Mixed Men 1952 by A E van Vogt 2 More Than Human 1953 by Theodore Sturgeon Mutant 1953 by Henry Kuttner and C L Moore as Lewis Padgett The Weapon Shops of Isher 1954 by A E van Vogt 2 Earthman Come Home 1955 by James Blish Men Martians and Machines 1955 by Eric Frank Russell Hell s Pavement 1955 by Damon Knight Lest We Forget Thee Earth 1958 by Robert Silverberg as Calvin M Knox The Outward Urge 1959 by John Wyndham as John Wyndham and Lucas Parkes A Canticle for Leibowitz 1959 by Walter M Miller Jr The War Against the Rull 1959 by A E van Vogt 2 The Great Explosion 1962 by Eric Frank Russell Hothouse 1962 by Brian W Aldiss Savage Pellucidar 1963 by Edgar Rice Burroughs Stormbringer 1965 by Michael Moorcock Rogue Ship 2 1965 by A E van Vogt The Dying Earth 1950 by Jack Vance 2 The Eyes of the Overworld 1966 by Jack Vance Counter Clock World 1967 by Philip K Dick Pavane 1968 by Keith Roberts The Silkie 1969 by A E van Vogt The Ship Who Sang 1969 by Anne McCaffrey Quest for the Future 1970 by A E van Vogt Half Past Human 1971 by T J Bass Operation Chaos 1971 by Poul Anderson Puzzle of the Space Pyramids 1971 by Eando Binder To Your Scattered Bodies Go 1971 by Philip Jose Farmer The Fabulous Riverboat 1971 by Philip Jose Farmer The World Inside 1971 by Robert Silverberg 334 1972 by Thomas M Disch The Godmakers 1972 by Frank Herbert To Ride Pegasus 1973 by Anne McCaffrey A World Out of Time 1976 by Larry Niven In the Ocean of Night 1977 by Gregory Benford The Mercenary 1977 by Jerry Pournelle If the Stars are Gods 1977 by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund Born to Exile 1978 by Phyllis Eisenstein Space War Blues 1978 by Richard A Lupoff Catacomb Years 1979 by Michael Bishop The World and Thorinn 1981 by Damon Knight Windhaven 1981 by George R R Martin and Lisa Tuttle The Dark Tower The Gunslinger 1982 by Stephen King The Crucible of Time 1983 by John Brunner Icehenge 1984 by Kim Stanley Robinson Emergence 1984 by David R Palmer The Postman 1985 by David Brin Saturnalia 1986 by Grant Callin Tuf Voyaging 1986 by George R R Martin Life During Wartime 1987 by Lucius Shepard A Different Flesh 1988 by Harry Turtledove Prince of Mercenaries 1989 by Jerry Pournelle Mirabile 1991 by Janet Kagan The Sword of Destiny 1992 by Andrzej Sapkowski Crashlander 1994 by Larry Niven Amnesia Moon 1995 by Jonathan Lethem fix up of all previously unpublished stories Vacuum Diagrams 1997 by Stephen Baxter Kirinyaga 1998 by Mike Resnick Rainbow Mars 1999 by Larry Niven From the Dust Returned 2001 by Ray Bradbury Coyote 2002 by Allen Steele Sister Alice 2003 by Robert Reed Roma Eterna 2003 by Robert Silverberg The Carpet Makers 2005 by Andreas Eschbach Accelerando 2005 by Charles Stross From the Files of the Time Rangers 2005 by Richard Bowes Central Station 2016 by Lavie Tidhar Driftwood 2020 by Marie Brennan Other genres edit Scenes of Bohemian Life 1851 by Henri Murger Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town 1912 by Stephen Leacock The Inimitable Jeeves 1923 by P G Wodehouse The Big Four 1927 by Agatha Christie The Red Pony 1937 by John Steinbeck The Unvanquished 1938 by William Faulkner The Big Sleep 1939 Farewell My Lovely 1940 and The Lady in the Lake 1943 by Raymond Chandler 8 Report on England November 1940 by Ralph Ingersoll 9 Go Down Moses 1942 by William Faulkner Dandelion Wine 1957 by Ray Bradbury Three for the Chair 1957 by Rex Stout Lives of Girls and Women 1971 by Alice Munro Who Do You Think You Are 1978 by Alice Munro The Things They Carried 1990 by Tim O Brien Green Shadows White Whale 1992 by Ray Bradbury Trainspotting 1993 by Irvine Welsh Throat Sprockets 1994 by Tim Lucas Haunted 2005 by Chuck Palahniuk A Visit from the Goon Squad 2010 by Jennifer Egan The Seven Wonders 2012 by Steven SaylorSee also edit nbsp Novels portal Clip show Retroactive continuityReferences edit Weinberg Robert 1980 A E van Vogt Icshi net interview Isaac Walwyn Archived from the original on 2020 11 15 Retrieved 2016 12 27 a b c d e f g h Liptak Andrew 2013 08 05 A E van Vogt and the fix up novel Kirkus Reviews Nicholls Peter Clute John 1999 New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction London UK Orbit p 432 ISBN 1 85723 897 4 Fixup Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Third ed Luscher Robert M 2012 The American short story cycle In Bendixen Alfred ed A Companion to the American Novel Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture Vol 80 John Wiley amp Sons p 370 ISBN 9781405101196 a b c d e Budrys Algis October 1965 Galaxy Bookshelf Galaxy Science Fiction pp 142 150 Latham Rob 2009 Fiction 1950 1963 In Bould Mark Butler Andrew M Roberts Adam Vint Sherryl eds The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction Routledge p 82 ISBN 9781135228361 Bruccoli Matthew J 1979 Raymond Chandler A descriptive bibliography Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography University of Pittsburgh Press Ingersoll Ralph 1940 Publishers foreword Report on England November 1940 New York NY Simon and Schuster p v via Archive org 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