Chapter 24 International Hyper-Publishing Convention “A person who publishes a book wilfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay –––––––– THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING was undergoing a Renaissance. There were so many new programs being introduced into publishing that it was becoming harder for anyone to keep track of the advancements and progress of the Fourth Estate. Richard Foxxen employed a full team of people at his publishing firm to record all the new innovations in book publishing worldwide. The Scripted Futures company had the most talented science fiction authors working together to come up with brilliant ideas of the future. Each author created ideas of the

