Yup - I wish the stats / debate on all the Newbery selections were available, but apparently they're pretty shrouded in mystery these days. :P
On the other hand, whoever voted for "Cedric" and "Golden Fleece" had pretty good taste, even if there were only 11 of them together as opposed to these inexplicable 29... ^_^
*googles "Witches of Karres"* Uh. Wow. I would be interested in the rant? :-) Also, I can't think of any novelette / short story off the bat that was improved by being expanded imo, although I'm sure there is at least one I'll think of as soon as I post this. XD
(Wait, I lie. Cobra by Timothy Zahn - started with a short story, got a sequel, expanded into a book with three more short-stories, happens to be all-round amazingness. Highly recommended if you like thinky sci-fi, well-handled PTSD, complicated characters doing space politics, and/or really good cyborg fight scenes. :D Can't recall if I've squeed about it on my personal journal's "reading log" tag, but that's one of the two dozen books I grabbed off my bookshelf on the Desert Island Question a week or two back.)
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On the other hand, whoever voted for "Cedric" and "Golden Fleece" had pretty good taste, even if there were only 11 of them together as opposed to these inexplicable 29... ^_^
*googles "Witches of Karres"* Uh. Wow. I would be interested in the rant? :-) Also, I can't think of any novelette / short story off the bat that was improved by being expanded imo, although I'm sure there is at least one I'll think of as soon as I post this. XD
(Wait, I lie. Cobra by Timothy Zahn - started with a short story, got a sequel, expanded into a book with three more short-stories, happens to be all-round amazingness. Highly recommended if you like thinky sci-fi, well-handled PTSD, complicated characters doing space politics, and/or really good cyborg fight scenes. :D Can't recall if I've squeed about it on my personal journal's "reading log" tag, but that's one of the two dozen books I grabbed off my bookshelf on the Desert Island Question a week or two back.)