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 “It's a novelization, based on a film, which in turn is based on a novel … ”

> “Almost everything is nailed down,” the agent said. “We're just dickering
> over the novelization rights.”
>
> “The what?” Setlowe said.
>
> “The right to turn the film into a novel,” the agent said. “It's already a
> novel,” Setlowe said. “Remember that's what you're selling—a novel.”
>
> “Oh,” the agent said.
>

Via Slant-Six, [1] Lost in Translation [2]

More on this later …

[1] http://slant-six.org/
[2] http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/08/08/apes/index.html

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