Perhaps someone who knows Benson should drop some hints **hint, hint**
Short story anthology
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scaramanga
, Apr 18 2003 10:03 PM
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Posted 22 April 2005 - 11:48 AM
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Posted 22 April 2005 - 01:50 PM
Clinkeroo is right, it is the IFP that is holding things back.
While the stories have already been written - I would think there might be some right's issues with Playboy and TV Guide. While IFP holds the copyright - I would think both magazines had some sort of exclusivity clause about the work not appearing elsewhere for x amount of time.
Even if Benson was gung ho for the idea, his main contact at IFP, Peter Janson-Smith, has retired. If Janson-Smith were still there I would imagine Benson would have a better chance of moving the project forward.
The best analogy I can make is when Steve Jobs came back to Apple and consolidated. Before he came - the product line was all over the map. He came back and consolidated the lines back to the core business.
IFP is doing the same thing - they are concentrating on Fleming and Higson only.
While the stories have already been written - I would think there might be some right's issues with Playboy and TV Guide. While IFP holds the copyright - I would think both magazines had some sort of exclusivity clause about the work not appearing elsewhere for x amount of time.
Even if Benson was gung ho for the idea, his main contact at IFP, Peter Janson-Smith, has retired. If Janson-Smith were still there I would imagine Benson would have a better chance of moving the project forward.
The best analogy I can make is when Steve Jobs came back to Apple and consolidated. Before he came - the product line was all over the map. He came back and consolidated the lines back to the core business.
IFP is doing the same thing - they are concentrating on Fleming and Higson only.
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Posted 25 April 2005 - 04:03 AM
What is "The Heart of Ezirule"? An unpublished short story by Benson? The only unpublished story I'm aware of (that is actually in existance) is Per Fine Ounce by Jenkins.
