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Until Coke spoiled the fun. It is coke after all.

Well, it was until about 1912, or so the legend goes...


It's funny. You can tour the official Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, but, despite several floors of exhibits, covering the entire glorious history of Coke, the one word you will NEVER find anywhere on the premises is "cocaine."

(I know. I looked.)
 
Until Coke spoiled the fun. It is coke after all.

Well, it was until about 1912, or so the legend goes...


It's funny. You can tour the official Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, but, despite several floors of exhibits, covering the entire glorious history of Coke, the one word you will NEVER find anywhere on the premises is "cocaine."

(I know. I looked.)

Revisionism is a wonderful thing.

(speaking of revisionism - they started using pre- "de-cocained" coca leaves in 1904, not 1912. Knew I'd get the dates wrong...)
 
The four Abramsverse novels were supposed to be June to September, but they were pulled so late in the process that it apparently wasn't feasible to fill all four months with replacement books.
 
June we get no books at all? That's not a good thing.

Congratulations on having nothing on your to-read pile, and your to-read-again pile.

There have been several months this year already with two titles, so it'll all work out even in the end. Would you have preferred one of those to be held over in warehouses until June?
 
June we get no books at all? That's not a good thing.

Congratulations on having nothing on your to-read pile, and your to-read-again pile.

There have been several months this year already with two titles, so it'll all work out even in the end. Would you have preferred one of those to be held over in warehouses until June?

I was thinking a reprint of something would be better then nothing. But since I'm not the one making the decisions, it's not going to happen.
 
I was thinking a reprint of something would be better then nothing. But since I'm not the one making the decisions, it's not going to happen.

Another thought occurred today: Pocket had some concerted efforts, over recent years, at reprinting high-profile ST stories - and many of them had disappointing sales. The "Signature Edition" (two-in-one trades) stopped at seven volumes, over two years, with Marco saying there'd be no more. The four TOS anniversary MMPB "classic reprints" ("Entropy", "Strangers", "Federation", "Vulcan's Glory") with new cover art had lower-than-hoped sales, as did two chunky DS9 Relaunch omnibuses.

Hamilton is a big name now, and many Hamilton fantasy fans probably missed her ST:TNG title the first time around.

Who else is high calibre enough for a last-minute reprint, with a much-sought-after ST novel under their belt. There's Greg Bear, but how memorable was "Corona"? I read it when it first came out, when I only knew Bear from fan artwork in the "ST Concordance"!
 
Who else is high calibre enough for a last-minute reprint, with a much-sought-after ST novel under their belt. There's Greg Bear, but how memorable was "Corona"?

I found it at least as memorable as Nightshade. However, it was a pretty short book, maybe too short for the current MMPB market.
 
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