The story I remember hearing at a con was that the series (or the Tarzan series I forget which) started off when he decided on a bet to write the most hackneyed book possible and see if it would be published. Not only was it published but it became a big hit. And so he was trapped in writing that stuff from then on.
larry On 8/16/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:24 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: needed: list of audio books : sci-fi/horror/humor > > > > Tangential quasi-threadjack here, but Kerry Conran's next project > > (director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow") is an adaptation > > of some of the "John Carter of Mars" stories into a feature. > > I've heard about that... I'm guardedly excited. ;^) > > Burroughs wasn't a tremendously innovative writer - point of fact most of > his stories follow the same plot. He was a pulp writer, an archetypical > writer: people read the books one after the other after the other to see > heroes triumph over the strange and the weird. > > It doesn't really matter that they nearly always do it in the same way... > rescuing the same woman from a foe who was nearly a copy of the last foe. > > I hope the film honors this and doesn't try to "update" or "darken" things. > "Sky Captain" was good in that sense: it maintained those classic > sensibilities. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169526 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
