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From: samson@h-sc1.UUCP (gregory samson)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Target Novelizations (Shada?)
Message-ID: <579@h-sc1.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 15:03:41 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 29 15:03:41 1985
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In article <5020028@acf4.UUCP> percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) writes:
>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".)

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