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Post by steppedonwolf on Mar 15, 2010 0:06:03 GMT
Why do they do this?
Dean R Koontz, Guy N Smith, Robert R McCammon, Poppy Z Brite, Phillip K Dick...the list goes on.
Why? Actors and film directors don't do this, so why is this strange practice the preserve of the literary world?
If you have a short first and surname, perhaps it can add something. Guy's first books were published under the name Guy Smith - no N for Newman. But if you have long names, what's the point? No-one refers to Robert R McCammon by that name, most people who know him call him Bob McCammon.
And there's lots of writers with short names who don't see the need for a middle initial. Steve Harris could have used one if he was worried about being mistaken for the Iron Maiden Harris.
Dean Koontz is now...well, Dean Koontz. The R has been dropped, one of the few writers using middle initials who has done this.
On the flipside...F Paul Wilson. His first name is Francis, but he didn't go for Francis P Wilson.
There's a lot of new writers who do this as well, and I cannot understand why.
Your thoughts, chaps and chapesses?
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Post by TheWalkinDude on Mar 15, 2010 10:25:26 GMT
It is a bit odd, i mean they dont get greeted by their family "Hey, Dean R. Hows life bro" and so on, so whats the point. what about writers who use just first and second initial and surname?
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Post by ian on Apr 13, 2010 11:17:15 GMT
Then again Dean did drop the 'r' eventually didn't he.
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