I just did some digging, the Heinlein Trust picked him. That's the trust Ginny set up after he died. They seem to have also put out an alternate version of Number Of The Beast - hard nope there, that's one of my favorites of his.
Now that Ginny is gone, they seem to be all set to cash in on his estate. I saw that Sipder has sold 3 more books of his book he did from Heinlein's rough draft. Fuck that.
That Pankera book was actually a pretty good read, in my opinion. As an E.R.B and "Doc" Smith fan, it was just more satisfying than the Beast. ;)
The story goes that he'd basically written the whole thing back in '77, but abandoned the original storyline (Pankera) after the party lands on Mars/Barsoom. (Maybe he thought better of "homaging" Barsoom and the Lensmen... not that it slowed him down in Oz.)
It was interesting seeing the changes in the attitudes and actions of the characters after exposure to Carthoris, Thuvia, and Dejah Thoris. Zeb grew a pair and didn't give into Hilda's bullying... which resulted in Hilda NOT filling the hold with high quality martian cannabis and having to run from the Galactic Patrol.
Honestly, that whole thing was my least favorite element of Beast.
I just did some digging, the Heinlein Trust picked him. That's the trust Ginny set up after he died. They seem to have also put out an alternate version of Number Of The Beast - hard nope there, that's one of my favorites of his.
Now that Ginny is gone, they seem to be all set to cash in on his estate. I saw that Sipder has sold 3 more books of his book he did from Heinlein's rough draft. Fuck that.
That Pankera book was actually a pretty good read, in my opinion. As an E.R.B and "Doc" Smith fan, it was just more satisfying than the Beast. ;)
The story goes that he'd basically written the whole thing back in '77, but abandoned the original storyline (Pankera) after the party lands on Mars/Barsoom. (Maybe he thought better of "homaging" Barsoom and the Lensmen... not that it slowed him down in Oz.)
It was interesting seeing the changes in the attitudes and actions of the characters after exposure to Carthoris, Thuvia, and Dejah Thoris. Zeb grew a pair and didn't give into Hilda's bullying... which resulted in Hilda NOT filling the hold with high quality martian cannabis and having to run from the Galactic Patrol.
Honestly, that whole thing was my least favorite element of Beast.