From: sculpty@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article , firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
   says...   
      
   >With them, it's also that   
   >film projects take years to get off the ground, and many of them start   
   >merely from the news that some other studio has embarked on a project.   
      
   I would not like to be an author who has spent   
   years researching my subject only to learn that   
   several other authors beat me to the punch with   
   their publications on the same subject. It must   
   be really deflating. It doesn't seem to happen   
   as often in fiction because it is fiction. But   
   when writing about historical subjects, there is   
   usually just so much material available to   
   everyone writing on the subject. It must be hard   
   to be the cream on top when it comes to writing   
   about specific people/topics.   
      
   In my example of Buffalo Bill, Bridger published   
   his book a couple of years ago, at a time when   
   I presume McMurtry was still doing his research.   
   And from what I've seen of both books (haven't   
   yet read McMurtry) they use the same photo plates.   
   If McMurtry doesn't offer something drastically   
   different in the text, I likely won't bother   
   reading it through. I'll let you know, but I've   
   got a couple of other books "in progress" so it   
   may be a week or so.   
      
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