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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Johnny Wilson" data-source="post: 708603" data-attributes="member: 6000">Note to all conspiracy buffs:1) Paizo does not do the creative on the ads.2) I personally blew it when I did the review of the dummy book because I didn't look closely enough at the ad to notice the provocative stuff (she's a demon with wings...okay?). I know that's hard to believe, but I didn't notice the anatomical "excitement" until one of my editors held up a printed copy of the back cover and asked me if I realized what we had done. You can disagree with a lot of the stuff I've done and you can point the finger at me directly on this one, BUT the truth is that this one was carelessness, not a plan to create additional shock value.3) We did not edit George RR Martin's vocabulary because:    a) we figured that those who would be interested in the        novella would already know what to expect;    b) we didn't want to be accused of bawdlerizing a novella        that would appear in its original form when the novel is        published; and    c) we don't hire our favorite authors to put restrictions on        them.    You should not expect to see either the S-bomb or the     F-bomb in traditional Dragon articles. Believe it or not, we    have turned down more than one story by significant    authors because the material was more sexual in nature    and didn't fit the game world. It would be hard to argue    that Martin's fiction doesn't tie in well with the game world.4) I'm hoping for some "normal" issues without any salacious    material for the conspiratorial grist mill.Johnny L. WilsonPublisher, Dragon magazine</blockquote>

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