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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

YOU ARE THE HERO - Putting out the call

I am so close to finishing the manuscript for YOU ARE THE HERO that you could say I'm at paragraph 395 (to use a gamebook analogy). I have interviewed a great many people about Fighting Fantasy and their experiences of it - and they've had some great stories to tell - but there are still a significant number of creators I have not been able to contact*, despite having trawled the Internet, and called in all manner of favours.

So, if anyone could help me in tracking down and contacting any of the following, I would greatly appreciate it. But time is, as they say, of the essence...

Emmanuel (original cover artist on The Citadel of Chaos)
Malcolm Barter (interior artists for The Forest of Doom)
Duncan Smith (illustrator of Scorpion Swamp)
Gary Ward & Edward Crosby (interior artists for Caverns of the Snow Witch)
Tim Sell (illustrator of House of Hell)
Steve Jackson US (of Steve Jackson Games and writer of Scorpion Swamp)**
Bob Harvey (artist)
Andrew Chapman (writer)
Geoffrey Senior (artist)
Kevin Bulmer (artist)
Bill Houston (artist)
Brian Bolland (artist)
Declan Considine (artist)
David Martin (artist)
Gary Mayes (artist)
Dave Carson (artist)
Martin Allen (writer)
Jim Bambra (writer)
Stephen Hand (writer)***
Keith P Phillips (writer)
Simon Dewey (cover artist on The Adventures of Goldhawk series)
Pete Tamlyn (co-writer of the Advanced Fighting Fantasy series)
Carl Sargent (writer)
Nik Williams (artist)
Chris Moore (cover illustrator for the Wizard Books edition of Starship Traveller)
Richard Corben and R Courtney (cover artists of some of the US editions of FF gamebooks)
Clarecraft (who made a range of Fighting Fantasy figurines)
Richard Scrivener (Puffin commissioning editor on the FF series towards the end of Puffin's tenure)

I know that seems like I lot, but I can assure you I have already interviewed a lot more for the book!

Feel free to pass this on to anyone who you think might be able to help.


* Or who have not returned my calls, if you know what I mean.

 ** Every time I contact Steve Jackson Games, they seem to think I'm trying to contact Steve Jackson UK (whom I know), despite me repeating repeatedly that this is not the case.

 *** I'm really keen to talk to Stephen Hand.


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13 comments:

  1. Tony Hough25 September 2013 at 22:14

    I dropped Richard Scrivener a message via LinkedIn.

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  2. Tony Hough25 September 2013 at 22:15

    I dropped Richard Scrivener a message via LinkedIn.

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  3. Tony Hough25 September 2013 at 22:16

    I sent a message to Richard Scrivener via LinkedIn if that helps

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  4. Stuart Lloyd25 September 2013 at 22:41

    Andrew Chapman has a blog

    http://andrew-e-chapman.blogspot.co.uk/

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  5. Anonymous26 September 2013 at 00:57

    Posted a comment re Dave Carson on the Kickstarter page.

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  6. Thomas Nielsen26 September 2013 at 07:43

    Jim Bambra used to work in a small gaming company called Pivotal Games under Eidos Interactive. It was closed when Eidos was taken over by Square Enix some years ago, but he may still be in that company. If that is so, Ian Livingstone might be able to help you.

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  7. Thomas Nielsen26 September 2013 at 07:55

    I've found Edward Crosby for you.
    I found an interview with him on the official FF webpage, and it had a link to his own page.

    http://www.eddycrosby.com/

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  8. Thomas Nielsen26 September 2013 at 08:35

    Oh, it seems that i have found Jim Bambra's LinkedIn profile. According to Stephen Hand, he worked at MicroProse before moving on to Eidos, so i am pretty sure this is him.

    http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1454041&authType=name&authToken=6yrY&goback=

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  9. NiceMazeShark27 September 2013 at 02:59

    Have you considered asking Steve Jackson or Ian Livingstone if they can get you in touch with American Steve Jackson? I suspect they might be able to get past the confused Steve Jackson Games staff.

    This post looks very confusing when I read it back. A good thing, then, that there wasn't a second author called Ian Livingstone.

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  10. Jonathan Green28 September 2013 at 07:28

    Thanks, Tony! :-)

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  11. Jonathan Green28 September 2013 at 07:41

    Thanks, Mr Shark. I'm now in touch with the US Steve Jackson, thanks, along with Edward Crosby. :-)

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  12. Jonathan Green28 September 2013 at 14:21

    Thanks, Thomas. I've dropped Jim a line. :-)

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  13. Jonathan Green28 September 2013 at 18:24

    Hi Anonymous

    I couldn't find anything about Dave Carson on the Kickstarter page.

    Please could you email the information at info@jonathangreenauthor.com?

    Thanks.

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