Talk:Solip:System

Unsupported assertion that contradicts author's other works

I question the documentation and conclusions of this article. If Williams intends this to be a link between 2 other novels (which are, on careful reading, not only unrelated but would be directly contradictory, especially when compared to other works in his ouvre) then there needs to be a lot more than an unsupported assertion. I have not made the actual edit to this article because fixing it would remove over half the content, however, I will do some research this weekend and see what I can find out. If my research contradicts this article I will edit it at that time. Wikieponymous (talk) 05:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

From Williams himself interviewed for The Zone:

Unfortunately this question takes us into the long and depressingly mundane story of how Voice Of The Whirlwind got to be a sequel to Hardwired in the first place. It was originally a standalone novel, but when I turned it in, my editor asked me if I could make it a sequel.

 "Why?" I asked. "Sequels sell better," she said. This seemed a morally justifiable reason for making a few cosmetic changes and turning the novel into a sequel, but it never explained how one future evolved into the other. Once I began wondering how that change had occurred, Solip:System came along.

So to return, after this long digression, to your question, Solip:System is a valuable resource if you actually care how the world of Hardwired evolved into the world of Voice Of The Whirlwind. And if you don't care, you should read the story anyway, because I think it's pretty spiff.

So that settles that. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:27, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Only 900 copies of this book in existence

I recently purchased a copy of this book (#57). According to a page in the book, there was only one printing 900 copies. There were 100 Leatherbound, 100 Hardback, and the rest paperback - All signed by the author and numbered. I don't have the book in front of me as I type this, but if this information is considered to be of interest, I can add a paragraph to the article. PointLookoutResident

STATEMENT OF LIMITATION

I am quoting from the book: "SOLIP:SYSTEM by Walter Jon Williams has been published in an edition of 900 copies.

100 Deluxe, bound in leather, signed and numbered 1 - 100

300 Limited bound in cloth in dust jacket, signed and numbered 1 - 300

500 Trade, perfect bound in paper, and signed. Not Numbered

There are also 10 PC Deluxe, 25 PC Limited, and 35 PC Trade Paper copies produced

THIS COPY IS:

 Deluxe Leather #________
 Limited Cloth # ___57___

Note:

 The signature of Walter Jon Williams appears on the title page in from of the story"

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