Free Flash Gordon! (A little activism)

[neologik]

I don't know that this has been posted here, so I figured I'd do it.

Announcing the FREE FLASH GORDON petition!

http://www.petitiononline.com/ffg/petition.html

"In an attempt to revitalize the Flash Gordon franchise, HarperCollins Entertainment hired Matthew Woodring Stover to write The Real Flash Gordon. Stover’s editor at HarperCollins, Josh Behar, apparently loved the story. Harper’s marketing staff apparently loved the story. It was sent off for approval at Hearst Publications, the honchos at which apparently loved it. The novel eventually made its way to King Features Syndicate, the Hearst subsidiary which actually controls the rights to the Flash Gordon franchise.

Approval for publication was never given; Rick Karo, Executive Vice President, Entertainment Licensing and Family Programming of Hearst Entertainment, decided that the book was an “unwholesome use of the trademark.”

The Real Flash Gordon should have come out mid-2002. It has been solicited on online bookstores such as bn.com and amazon.com. It’s made it into the Books in Print catalogue. And right now it looks as if it will never be published."

Go. Sign the petition to force King Features Syndicate to publish Matt's book. Show how much you *really* care about fantasy and science fiction.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ffg/petition.html

[estranghero]

For those who didn't catch it, Matthew Stover is the author of one of the fantastic heroic fantasy books around, 'Heroes Die' and 'Blade of Tyshalle', so you can expect a lot of slam-bang action, great characterization, and suspense-laden, roller-coaster adventure of a story.

[neologik]

C'mon kiddos. You know there's more of you here that like Matt's work, and you know that there's more of you here that are willing to step to bat to protect *any* SFF author.

Let's see some activism.

[Jon Shannow]

Signed up like the good little Sci/Fi Fantasy fanatic that Iam....