John Scalzi on media tie-ins: "The assumption that tie-in novels are all hackwork is just that, an assumption..."
@Suvudu: Richard K. Morgan on Tolkien: "The great shame is, of course, that Tolkien was not able (or inclined) to mine this vein of experience for what it was really worth - in fact he seemed to be in full, panic-stricken flight from it."
That Tolkien link isn't half bad. But then, I happen to agree. Absolute Good v. Evil has never much appealed to me, no matter how impressive the world building.
Posted by A_Z on Friday February 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM