The Man Who Loved the Sea

E-Mail   By Phillip Barcia   Bio/Address

We regret to inform our readers that we originally published this story under the authorship of Phillip Barcia.  However, this morning (April 20th 2000) we received an E-mail (letter below) from the true author of this story.  We have complied with the author's wishes and removed the story from this issue, replacing it with this retraction and apology.  Fortunately with electronic media any correction is immediate and ends the transmission of this unfortunate error.  For more information about this plagiarism please check out Locus Online.  If there are further repercussions worth noting, we will update this page on an ongoing basis.  We offer our sincere apologies to Alan Brennert for this infringement of his copyright. 

April 19, 2000

To whom it may concern:

This is to advise you that a short story posted on your website, "The Man Who Loved the Sea," purportedly by one Phillip Barcia, is in fact a plagiarism of a copyrighted story of my own, also titled "The Man Who Loved the Sea" and originally published in THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION for September 1995, copyright (c) 1995 by Alan Brennert.

I am not the only author whose work has been appropriated by Mr. Barcia; there is a detailed article on his activities at http://www.locusmag.com/2000/News/News04c.html.

I assume you published this unknowingly, and since you seem to be a not-for-profit organization I will not ask for any compensation. But I do insist that you remove this story from your website immediately, and inform your readers of the true authorship of the story.

Sincerely,

Alan Brennert

3/16/00

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Date Published 03/02/02