"The Eleventh City"

mark millman · 17 Oct 2000, 16:14 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: mark millman <millman at us.ncipher.com>
Subject: (urth) "The Eleventh City"
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:14:28
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Folks,

"The Eleventh City" has just appeared in the anthology _Graven=20
Images_, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche=20
(Ace/Berkley Publishing Group; ISBN: 044100766X; $13.00). =20
The usual disclaimer applies--I have no personal interest in pro-
moting the publisher, either of the editors, or anybody else--but=20
since it had been discussed on the list, I thought people might like=20
to know. =20

The title of the anthology for which "The Eleventh City" was=20
originally written had been _Grotesques_, but either that project=20
folded or the book's title was changed--I don't know which, since=20
I never knew who were to be the editors and publisher of=20
_Grotesques_. =20

My old query about this story appears below.

Mark Millman


> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:56:08 -0400
> To: urth at lists.best.com
> From: mark millman <millman at us.ncipher.com>
> Subject: "The Eleventh City"
> In-Reply-To: <199912221349.FAA08182 at lists1.best.com>
> References: <199912221310.FAA24739 at lists1.best.com>
>
> Folks,=20
>
> I bought the anthology _Such a Pretty Face_ (edited by Lee=20
> Martindale, available in both hardcover and paperback from=20
> Meisha Merlin Publishing) the other day, for the Wolfe story=20
> "The Fat Magician" that it contains.  The story, which features=20
> Sam Cooper, Wolfe's folklorist character, has an introductory=20
> note that refers to three other Sam Cooper stories.  The first=20
> two--"The Nebraskan and the Nereid" and "Lord of the=20
> Land"--I'm familiar with, but the third--"The Eleventh City"--
> I hadn't heard of before and was unable to find despite a=20
> search of both my collection and _Locus_ magazine's on-line=20
> Indices to Science Fiction.
>
> Does anyone know whether "The Eleventh City" has yet been=20
> published, and, if so, where?  If it's scheduled for publication=20
> later this year, when and where will it appear?
>
> If you don't want to clutter the list with your replies, feel free=20
> to write to me directly at millman at us.ncipher.com.
>
> I appreciate any help you have to offer. =20
>
> Mark Millman

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