This idea of writing stories around Tom Orley is all nice and well of course, but then we *would* be meddling with a character from a trilogy that is copyrighted by David Brin. Technically, he could say "no way -- I will not allow that", although I doubt he would.
But we are civilised people, and we would not want to turn His Authorness The Brin against us, so I have taken the liberty of forwarding the relevant posts to David Brin and ask how he felt about it. It seems he has no problem with it, as long as we "don't take it too far out-of-group and make fanzine fiction out of it". I think we can manage that. Anyway, His reply: >Heh. Sounds like fun... so long as people don't take it too far >out-of-group and make fanzine fiction out of it. Kirk/Spock kinky stuff. >Yuck. > >Might I suggest two levels? 1) semi serious and 2) gonzo.... > >If it's to be a rambling set of "I wish Tom would --" daydreams, no order >is needed, just someone to collect the ideas and eventually send em to me! > >If the aim is to do a real round robin, people would want to sign up and >each person take a week offline to read what came before and prepare the >next installment. In the latter case there should be a maestro in charge >of continuity/consistency. > >Just pondering ways to keep it fun. > >Might want to wait until CONTACTING ALIENS is out in July, along with the >revised gurps UPLIFT. These books could let people game the scenario as >they go. See below. > >Anyway, keep it informal and have fun... and tell Brinellers I miss em. >It's just that life is so damned busy.... Ask em please to keep an eye at >http://www.davidbrin.coma/ >and let me know if there's ever any news worth posting! > >With cordial regards. > >David Brin >www.davidbrin.com Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
