Part of it is that so many have been hits and Hollywood loves going to the well of previous hits. Part of it is that Blade Runner was so influential to the industry, while regular people didn’t like it the kind of person that went on to write stories and make movies LOVED it, and through it PKD. Part of it is that his kids have realized that selling the rights to his stories not only earns them money, it keeps their dad’s stuff in print (really his stuff is much easier to find now than when he was alive) which preserves his legacy and earns them money, so they say yes a lot.
Thanks, interesting. A combo of returning to the same trough and ease of getting his rights. I wonder if him dying right at Blade Runner helped that too.
Do a lot of sci-fi authors/estates not give out the rights as easily? I know the rights are often purchased for the more popular books, even if popular culture never has heard of them, and then it seems like they are bought and sold again and again and nothing ever comes from it.
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