Mark Hennion
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S.D. Perry:
Hi S.D.! So happy to see that the Resident Evil books entered a new printing; picked them all up at B&N and reading them again for first time in many years. Do/did you actively pursue the intellectual properties you wanted to write? Or, in other words, how did you end up with the contracts for RE, Aliens, etc..?
S.D. Perry
Hi back atcha, Mark! The RE books--and Aliens, Star Trek, etc.--were all invitationals; an editor called and offered the job. I wrote the books for a flat fee and little or no royalties. As to how I got them, I was lucky... my father is a writer. The first few books I wrote were ones that he turned down or couldn't make time for.
I saw that the RE books came out again a couple of years ago... ah, would that I still got royalties from those! No one even told me that they'd been re-released.:) Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying them (again), and have a lovely day!
I saw that the RE books came out again a couple of years ago... ah, would that I still got royalties from those! No one even told me that they'd been re-released.:) Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying them (again), and have a lovely day!
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Victor Flores
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S.D. Perry:
Hello S.D., I loved the Resident Evil series you wrote years back. I had been wanting to ask, have you ever played the games, if so what was your experience? Having played the games myself reading books 1, 3, 5, and 6 at times felt like I was reading a strategy guide while also getting some behind the scenes info which is what made me love the series more.
Jean-Francois Boivin
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S.D. Perry:
in your book ALIENS: LABYRINTH, you wrote "every year or so there was a rumble about some renegade scientist or top brasser who had gone mental and set up some bizarre operation, like the one about Doctor Reuf with the DNA pushing" Was that originally meant to be a reference to Professor Ernst Kleist from ALIENS: ROGUE? Or is Reuf a new character with a story yet-untold?
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