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Originally Posted by Katsunami
While I don't disagree, I think Terry Brooks is in a position in which money is not a big problem. He is also over 7, and has been writing fantasy for nearly 40 years... he as been writing for longer than I have been alive. Like his works or not, he was one of the earliest mainstream fantasy writers; he helped define the mainstream fantasy genre as we know it today.
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Perhaps that's precisely the reason. He is, as you say, over 70 (he's 72, in fact), so perhaps he felt that now was the time to make his pile from TV while he's still around to enjoy it? I fully accept (and agree with) all the points that you, and other posters here, have made about artistic integrity, but this is a book he wrote over 30 years ago, and it's sold pretty much all the copies it's going to sell. Make the most of the residual value it has in terms of TV rights.