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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2011-08-23 03:02 pm

As pointed out on rasfw

The perils and pleasures of long-running fantasy series

Also as pointed out on rasfw: Poor Gerrold; his grand unfinished series has pretty fallen off people's radar.

[identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
He was an example of *author* existance failure and as his next two books proved, the author can be dead for some time before new books stop appearing. Heck, Mark Twain still manages to get new material out from time to time.

[identity profile] mme-hardy.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The rumors of his death really were....?

[identity profile] icecreamempress.livejournal.com 2011-08-24 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
At one point, Louisa May Alcott and I had the same agent, and let me tell you who got faster service...

[identity profile] mme-hardy.livejournal.com 2011-08-24 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
::applause::