Are there significant unpublished or uncollected works?
When this FAQ was last published, many of the best short stories had not been published in book form. This has been remedied by the publication of the two Golden Gryphon press anthologies, which do a fine job of gathering up most of the best material that needed a book home; see question 14. There are still quite good short stories which have not been collected yet. I do not know how many unpublished stories Effinger left behind. Apparently there are some unpublished novels. In a letter dated Dec. 2, 1986, Effinger wrote that he had sold several books “to various publishers that, for one reason or another, never appeared. They’re in limbo now. One has been resold to TOR and should be out in ’87; the others may never see the light of day. My agents thinks they may be too clumsy, haven been written early in my career; I’m supposed to become a big success after WHEN GRAVITY FAILS comes out in January, and my agent doesn’t want any old crummy books diminishing the effect.” [The reference t
