Geir,
Re your comment below:
> His editor - I don't remember his name -
finally
> persuaded John D. to do
> a series. John D. was strongly against it,
but
> finally gave in.
I've heard that the reason MacDonald's editor was so anxious
for JDM to develop a series was that Gold Medal had lost its
best performer, Richard S. Prather, to Pocket Books and
needed a quick replacement.
I've also heard that part of the impetus for Prather's
leaving Gold Medal was their rejection of his politically
oriented Scott novel, THE TROJAN HEARSE
(the second time they'd supposedly rejected a Scott novel on
political grounds; the scuttlebutt is that PATTERN FOR PANIC
was originally published by an outfit other than Gold Medal
because GM was uncomfortable with the anti-commie stance
taken in that book; later they were forced to publish their
own edition at a fairly premium price).
Can you, or anyone else, confirm any of this?
JIM DOHERTY
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