The answer is basically NO. Not in the scenario you describe.
However, if the Kara Thrace name were to really take off, and KT started writing these great books that hit the NYT and USAT lists, and Aeryn went over to Pocket and started doing hardcovers under the name Kara Thrace, there is a 100% chance that either:
(1) her first company would rerelease Crichton is an Idiot and make some money off her ass
or
(2) her first company would realize that they'd reverted the rights to her years ago, and Aeryn would sell the rights to Pocket and they'd release it in whatever format they wanted, and put, BY NYT AND USAT BESTSELLING AUTHOR KARA THRACE writing as Aeryn Sun or whatever.
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Date: 2006-04-20 06:32 pm (UTC)The answer is basically NO. Not in the scenario you describe.
However, if the Kara Thrace name were to really take off, and KT started writing these great books that hit the NYT and USAT lists, and Aeryn went over to Pocket and started doing hardcovers under the name Kara Thrace, there is a 100% chance that either:
(1) her first company would rerelease Crichton is an Idiot and make some money off her ass
or
(2) her first company would realize that they'd reverted the rights to her years ago, and Aeryn would sell the rights to Pocket and they'd release it in whatever format they wanted, and put, BY NYT AND USAT BESTSELLING AUTHOR KARA THRACE writing as Aeryn Sun or whatever.