early publications

[Mark Kohut]

Thanks Tore....interesting.....

What this probably means, in terms of legal rights, is that Epoch magazine had the right from the inititial deal 
to REPUBLISH the story in any legitimate way. 

However, Epoch most likely is not able to relicense it naked, so to speak, i.e. license it as a stand-alone or to a publisher---such
as the publisher of Slow Learner when that was being compiled. 

But, I continue speculating, if TRPs other stories have been republished, i.e. a deal was worked-out with Candidia, then (at least) two possiblities
emerge:    1) Deal with Candidia and Epoch was not legally clear and she could not legally get back rights.
                2) Is it possible this story went to Epoch by TRP direct? and he did not secure the best deal---happy to get it published then and no business-
man about it?  I believe in this possibility.  
Epoch is Cornell's literary magazine, founded by Baxter Hathaway, a known teacher of TRP's.
        and 3) TRP lets it be with Epoch......does not care if it is reprinted (for whatever reason). 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_(magazine)



----- Original Message ----
From: Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 3:25:16 AM
Subject: RE: early publications


Mark:

> There is some kind of rights problem with "Mortality and Mercy"...........
> ...which has not been reprinted legally since its original publication, 
> to the best of my knowledge.

It was reprinted in "Stories from Epoch - The First Fifty Issues (1947-1964)"
- a nice hardcover from Cornell UP (1966), edited by Baxter Hathaway. The Aloes
piracy is offset from that edition.                         
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