* * * * *
                                        
  “It's a novelization, based on a film, which in turn is based on a novel … ”
                                        
> “Almost everything is nailed down,” the agent said. “We're just dickering
> over the novelization rights.” 
> 
> “The what?” Setlowe said. 
> 
> “The right to turn the film into a novel,” the agent said. “It's already a
> novel,” Setlowe said. “Remember that's what you're selling—a novel.” 
> 
> “Oh,” the agent said. 
> 

Via Slant-Six, [1] Lost in Translation [2] 

More on this later … 

[1] http://slant-six.org/
[2] http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/08/08/apes/index.html

Email author at sean@conman.org

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