Editors not always right

A mildly amusing walk through rejection letters received by (subsequently) major writers:
http://flavorwire.com/232203/famous-authors-harshest-rejection-letters To be fair, some of these are early works, and I have always maintained that one role of acquisition editors is to protect writers from publishing their earlier, not-quite-ready works prematurely. And even the editor who rejected "Left Hand of Darkness" (which went on to become a major classic) is making a reasonable decision on what kind of book is right for his press.

But, you know, sometimes we're just wrong.