![]() ![]() ![]() Foyt's book was self-published the weight of the inevitable political charges against her might only have dragged her down. (Black people are called "coals" in the book.) Ms. Foyt proceeded to tell a story in which white people-the "pearls" of the title-are lower in status than are black people, specifically because of their skin color. It is, after all, a politically favored idea. (1) If she had stopped with global warming, the author (and Marvin Kaye) probably wouldn't have caught any grief. Written for young people, Revealing Eden is a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel of a world ruined by global warming. Somewhere along the line he got himself into some trouble when he announced that Weird Tales would print an excerpt from Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt (2012). He was at the helm for just three issues, Fall 2012, Summer 2013, and Spring 2014. ![]() Marvin Kaye succeeded the widely admired Ann VanderMeer as editor of Weird Tales with the Fall 2012 issue. ![]()
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