Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!acf4!percus From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Target Novelizations (Shada?) Message-ID: <5020030@acf4.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 16:01:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.5020030 Posted: Mon Sep 30 16:01:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 20:09:46 EDT References: <648@hou2a.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 20 > >The three Douglas Adams stories, "Pirate Planet," "City of Death," > >and "Shada," WILL eventually be published. The books will be written > >by Adams, and hence the delays in their being written (Adams is > >too lazy, and besides, he makes more money with the "Hitchiker's" > >books: he'll do the Doctor Who books one day, however). > > > Where'd you get this info from? I heard from Mr. Adams himself that he doesn't > want to novelize these episodes because his total word length is limited and > the fee paid is fixed as well and non-negotiable. (I spoke to him when he > visited the Coop over here to autograph "Life, the Universe, and Everything".) According to both Ron Katz and John Nathan-Turner, what I originally said was true. However, with their statements and 89 cents, I wouldn't guarantee entrance to the New York subway (in case you didn't know, the fare is 90c). All the same, I very much hope it is true. A. G. Percus (ARPA) percus@acf4 (NYU) percus.acf4 (UUCP) ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!acf4!percus