Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:28:43 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Stephen Donaldson news
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>From PW Newsline:

"Stephen R. Donaldson, creator of the fantasy classic Chronicles of
Thomas Covenant series, whose last volume appeared 20 years ago, will
conclude it with a final four novels, in a deal just made with Putnam.
The house's editorial director, Jennifer Hershey, bought North
American rights to the new quartet from agent Howard Morhaim and will
publish the first of them, The Runes of Earth, next fall, with a
Berkley paperback to follow in 2005. Movie rights have also been
optioned by producers Marc Gordon and Peter Winther, and U.K. rights
have been picked up by Orion. The initial six books in the series,
published between 1977 and 1983, sold more than six million
copies."

mjw