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- From: S_MARTIN@IRAV19.ira.uka.de (|S| Ralf Martin)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
- Subject: Re: Endless Discworld
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 11:43:12 GMT
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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- In-Reply-To: tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:59:00 +0000
-
- In <memo.900662@cix.compulink.co.uk> tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
-
- > I've had one of thoese mailings hwere the author says, why not answer in
- > a.f.p rather than privately 'cos other'll want to know...so...
- >
- > Question was: do the publishers force me to write DW books? (the subtext
- > being, we'd like you to do other stuff). And the answer is, no, you can't
- > work like that. It works the other way round -- I say I'm planning two more,
- > they say, fine, here's a contract. The DW is sufficiently big and vague that
- > it can cover Small Gods and Eric, so I've got a wide field to work in.
- > But...I'll say here again...the days of twice-yearly DW books have probably
- > gone. I'm still planning to write them regularly, in fact publishing
- > schedules might end up bringing out two in a year, but I want to do other
- > stuff as well. The fact is that each DW book sells more than the one before,
- > and the backlist sales keep on rising. I don't write DW _because_ of this,
- > but it suggests that there's a readership out there. I can't imagine how
- > anyone can be _forced_ to write a book.
- >
- > Terry
-
- Well,I guess you never read this Book by Steven King titled "Misery"
- or seen the film by Rob Rainer.
- It's about an author who thinks "Well,I've written enough books about that
- theme,I gona let the hero die." and that insane Fan (sounds familiar?)
- who finds him on her doorstep after a car-crash and keeps him in her
- cottage until he writes a sequel,breaking his legs so he can't flee
- and such things.
- But such things happening are a chance of one to a million(..GRINN..)
- After all, I'm sure your fans(thats us guys 'n girls) have got more
- fantasy.
-
- Ralf
-
- PS:Did'ya know that your german publisher had a competition(thanks to MTV
- that I remembered that word) running where you could win a first grade
- from the Unseen University ?
- Now I'm a full blown Discworld Wizard cause I knew the name of that
- BIG turtle.
- After all they didn't supply a hat.
-