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<blockquote data-quote="JLowder" data-source="post: 7886294" data-attributes="member: 28003"><p><em>Once Around the Realms</em> was created at a time when TSR's book department was struggling with some authors and editors over control of their Realms characters--some legal wrangling, mostly skirmishes for creative control. The book department's relatively new lead editor, Brian Thomsen, did not get along with all the authors and editors who had been working on the line, and he did not share what had become the department's philosophy on giving writers as much creative control of their work as possible. There had been a lot of blow-ups with different people, most notably with Bob Salvatore. <em>OAtR</em> was Thomsen's and TSR's way of showing the authors who had control of the world. It was written quickly, and by Thomsen because he was a full-time employee, so TSR could make it clear all the characters who appeared were controlled by the company.</p><p></p><p>The problems between Thomsen and Salvatore got to the point where Thomsen commissioned a Drizzt novel written by someone other than Bob. <em>Shores of Dusk</em>. There were ads for it in <em>Dragon</em>. If <em>Shores</em> had not been (wisely) shelved by Wizards after they acquired TSR, Salvatore would likely have been done with Drizzt in 1997.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Jim Lowder</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JLowder, post: 7886294, member: 28003"] [I]Once Around the Realms[/I] was created at a time when TSR's book department was struggling with some authors and editors over control of their Realms characters--some legal wrangling, mostly skirmishes for creative control. The book department's relatively new lead editor, Brian Thomsen, did not get along with all the authors and editors who had been working on the line, and he did not share what had become the department's philosophy on giving writers as much creative control of their work as possible. There had been a lot of blow-ups with different people, most notably with Bob Salvatore. [I]OAtR[/I] was Thomsen's and TSR's way of showing the authors who had control of the world. It was written quickly, and by Thomsen because he was a full-time employee, so TSR could make it clear all the characters who appeared were controlled by the company. The problems between Thomsen and Salvatore got to the point where Thomsen commissioned a Drizzt novel written by someone other than Bob. [I]Shores of Dusk[/I]. There were ads for it in [I]Dragon[/I]. If [I]Shores[/I] had not been (wisely) shelved by Wizards after they acquired TSR, Salvatore would likely have been done with Drizzt in 1997. Cheers, Jim Lowder [/QUOTE]
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