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- From: werewolf@cwis.unomaha.edu (Eric E. Buckner)
- Subject: Re: SK cancels Dark Tower series!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.184403.22708@news.unomaha.edu>
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- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
- References: <C1E5Iy.BAy@me.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:44:03 GMT
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- steinman@me.utoronto.ca writes:
- > prs9k@brain.med.virginia.edu (Phil Scarr) writes:
- >
- > >Gee, you mean SK isn't in it for the artistic value of his work?
- > >Heavens. SK is a mass-market hack. He pulled crap like this before
- > >with the Bachman book Thinner. When sales were abysmil for the first
- > >few months, he came out and laid claim to the work and sales picked up.
- > >His work is geared for mass consumption and he is used to staggering
- > >press-runs so when he has a flop on his hands it doesn't surprise me
- > >that he drops it without regard for its possible merrit.
- >
- > My understanding was that the Bachman pen-name was exposed *after* Thinner
- > was published by a nosy reporter. Unless you believe in Oliver Stone-ish
- > conspiracy theories, I suspect King did *not* reveal his authorship to
- > sell more Thinner books. He used the pseudonym to write different stories
- > from the supernatural novels he was already (in)famous for. Why would he
- > blow a well-guarded secret to make a few more million? After all, he
- > has lamented that he had wanted Misery to be the next Bachman book...
- >
- > Now, after the secret was out, I'm sure the publisher couldn't resist
- > taking advantage of the situation. I don't see King as the villain here.
-
- _King says_ that his ID as Bachman was discovered by a nosy reporter and by a
- couple of hints that were left incidentally...Also according to King, Bachman's
- next book (_Misery_) was to be released in hardcover (hardly the sign of an
- author who can't get sales).
-
- EtSA
- > Dave!
- --
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