They ultimately did 12 more, wound up, I think, like, 15. Bantam 's contract ran out, Del Rey outbid them for the next, and the book's been with Del Rey ever since.But nobody knew if the "Star Wars" fans were there, and they were, and still are.
The two kickers of that story are-- first of all, my editor almost didn't suggest my name at that Bantam meeting, because I had three books under contract and she told me later that she didn't want me getting sidetracked with media stuff. I think that was her terms.
about that same time the Lucasfilm people were considering restarting their adult fiction line and looking around for a publisher. The two came together, Bantam and Lucasfilm made a deal, Bantam 's editors were asked to find an author, they made up a short list, Lucasfilm decided they liked my style best, and I had a November of '89 phone call from
In 1988, Lou Aronica, who was head of Bantam Spectra, contacted Lucasfilm, suggesting that since George wasn't doing anything more with Star Wars, that Bantam would like to pick up the saga after "Return of the Jedi." The letter languished for about a year, about that same time the Lucasfilm people were considering restarting their adult fiction line and looking around for a publisher.
I think that was her terms. The other kicker is, I'd been with Bantam books at that point for a grand total of six weeks. We had just left Baen Books, because they couldn't afford what my agent was going to ask.
"Star Wars" was one of those completely out-of-the-blue, platinum-platter type of things. In 1988, Lou Aronica, who was head of Bantam Spectra, contacted Lucasfilm, suggesting that since George wasn't doing anything more with Star Wars, that Bantam would like to pick up the saga after "Return of the Jedi." The letter languished for about a year,
He almost took me to Tor Books because one of the editors there really liked me, and he thought, you know, we could probably get an extra 5,000 in advance for a book out of Tor, but I think Bantam is where you really should be right now. Little did he know.
both in and out of A Song of Ice and Fire. Which character was the toughest to kill off?" George Martin: Well, I won't mention any character names, but the Red Wedding was the of Ice and Fire, which is under contract at Bantam and Random House.
When I started with the "Thrawn" trilogy, no one had been allowed to write post-Return of the Jedi before, so I had a very clear canvas. And I could basically suggest what I wanted to do to Lucasfilm, and at that time, Bantam . And they would tell me, yes, this is fine, or this may be encroaching on something.
Previously, she wrote a column on transitioning for McSweeney's Internet Tendency and contributed to "The Collection." And Jeanne Thornton is the author of "The Black Emerald," which is forthcoming later this year, and "The Dream of Doctor Bantam ," which was a Lambda Award finalist for 2012, as well as the web comics "Bad Mother" and "The Man Who Hates Fun."
Oh, that's creepy. I don't want to look at that. OK. So I'm going to read to you from the beginning of my book "The Dream of Doctor Bantam ," which is in the back. And let's just go.