DUNE Authors Win Advance Rumored to Be the Largest for a Single Science Fiction Contract.Entertainment Editors COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is a prolific American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E. : Summary: Kevin J. Anderson and his writing partner, Brian Herbert Brian Patrick Herbert (born 1947) is a best selling American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of famed science fiction author Frank Herbert. Brian and his wife, Jan Herbert, have been happily married for forty years (as of 2007). , have been awarded what is rumored to be the largest advance on a single science fiction contract for the next series of DUNE novels, which bests their last advance, also a rumored record-breaker. One might say this has been author Kevin J. Anderson's month. The science fiction world's "invisible man" has been long renowned as one of its most prolific writers. Now he's also known as sci-fi's best-paid author, securing a rumored-to-be record-breaking advance, a three-book publishing deal for his own "The Saga of Seven Suns" space opera series, and a renewed film and TV option, all in one 30-day period. Anderson, along with writing partner Brian Herbert, was awarded a contract from U.S.-based Tor Books and U.K.-based Hodder & Stoughton. The deal includes the two-volume "grand climax" to the "Dune" chronicles, based directly on the "Dune 7" outline written by creator Frank Herbert, as well as "The Road to Dune," a compendium of never-before-published chapters from "Dune" and "Dune Messiah," plus original stories and a short novel written by Anderson and Brian Herbert. Frank Herbert's classic DUNE is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, the genre 's equivalent to LORD OF THE RINGS. When Herbert died in 1986, he left his DUNE CHRONICLES uncompleted--in fact, the last published novel, CHAPTERHOUSE DUNE, ends on a cliffhanger cliff·hang·er n. 1. A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense. 2. A suspenseful situation occurring at the end of a chapter, scene, or episode. 3. . Before he died, he placed his last outline in a safe deposit box A safe deposit box (sometimes incorrectly called a safety deposit box) is a type of safe usually located in groups inside a bank vault or in the back of a bank or post office. . Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson will now be completing the story that fans have waited 18 years to read. Additionally, Anderson has sold Books 4 - 6 of his own science fiction space opera epic, "The Saga of Seven Suns," to Warner Aspect in the U.S. and Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. in the U.K. via Trident Media Group. The popular series has already branched out into comics with a newly published hardcover graphic novel from DC/Wildstorm titled "The Saga of Seven Suns: Veiled Alliances." Also this month, Anderson's film and TV option on his "Captain Nemo" novel has been renewed by Steven L. Sears Steven Lee Sears (born December 23, 1957, in Fort Gordon, Georgia) is an American writer and producer primarily working in television.[1] He is perhaps best known for writing and co-executive producing the popular series , as well as his subsequent creation (Xena, A-Team, Sheena) at PondaLee Productions and Gabriel Grunfeld (The Stepford Wives) at Laureate Films for the third year in a row. |
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