Harold Billings RIP

[Nemonymous]

For any publisher to republish books as ebooks, the authors’ agreements would be required, I guess.

I also think that a memorial RIP thread is not the best place to debate this or any other potentially controversial matter.

[Nemonymous]

One of my many Harold Billings memories, his comments on TLO about The King in Yellow, posted as Longreader:

Quote Originally Posted by Longreader

All of which to say how iconic this compilation of stories by Chambers continues to be in the world of fantastic literature, sharply artistic, probably redolent of the folklore, Bretonic, that he early gained from his artistic study in France -- and a reminder of how readable his historical "romances" continue to be. And who would have dared within his popular time of writing a novel in which a young woman allows herself to die to be within the same heavenly realm in which her deceased, illegitimate baby lies!

	TLO THOMAS LIGOTTI ONLINE

[qcrisp]

Quote Originally Posted by Nemonymous

For any publisher to republish books as ebooks, the authors’ agreements would be required, I guess. I also think that a memorial RIP thread is not the best place to debate this or any other potentially controversial matter.

I agree that this thread is not the place for such discussions. I think the issue of what happens to an author's work when they die is a neglected one, however. I suggest that someone interested in the topic might start a new thread devoted to it.

[Zaharoff]

Sorry, fellows, it was not my intention to upset any one.
Nor did I mean to initiate a topic considered bad form.
I shall try to be more careful in the future.
Rest in peace, Mr Billings.