On Apr 12, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Ray Chiang wrote: > On 4/12/2012 4:42 PM, Parks White wrote: >> As we are in the 30 year anniversary since publication of Magician and with >> Magicians End ominously on the horizon, and as the world of Midkemia >> predates Magician and as you have acknowledged in your books ideas and >> collaborations have come from many sources, collaborations with other >> authors, friends and family, fans etc...and contributed to the rich fabric >> of the World you have woven... To what extent have your fans over the years >> contributed ideas, feedback and suggestions that has assisted in the process >> of plot development and storytelling and Midkemia Universe creation? Any >> examples? > > I'll be curious to see what REF says. Outside of the collaborations, it's > pretty much REF's writings, with the Midkemia game history as a bit of a > constraint, but the examples I can think of: > > - John's massive amount of work on the Crydee.com website > - Ralph Askren's excellent map of the Kingdom/Kesh part of Midkemia > - Sean Tate winning the character contest with Malar (debuted in Shards of a > Broken Crown) > - Neal Hallford and John Cutter for the Betrayal at Krondor storyline (which > became Krondor: The Betrayal) > - ? for Return to Krondor storyline (which became Krondor: Tear of the Gods) > > But certainly without enough fans, REF wouldn't get pestered with questions, > picked on for continuity and spelling errors, and wouldn't have sold millions > of copies of his books. :) > > -Ray > >
I would like to point out the following: John and Ralph's contributions had nothing to do with my writing stories. Sean's winning was a one time giggle. Neal and John worked on a game adaptation from my source material, and I returned it back into the canon (at times cursing Neal for coming up with stuff without asking me first so I had to twist some silly stuff into the universe and make it fit). Ditto with RtK. So, except for Sean's bit, none of that is FAN influence, but pro in one fashion or another. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
