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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

That's the type of pun that he probably came up with first and then wrote the plot around it, lol.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Oh for sure. He often used puns that his fans gave him in fanmail too. He'd take their ideas and try to fit them somewhere into the story. He credited them in his books all the time.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 points 6 months ago

I take you haven't read some of them as an adult. Or his novel Firefly.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago
[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 6 months ago
[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oof.

Edit: Also, Avon Books... what the hell. How did you publish that as is?

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Avon books in 1990: I discovered this thing called anime...

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