When literary superagent Albert Zuckerman died (he was the agent for both Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, see this earlier post), his book Writing the Blockbuster Novel went on sale cheap as a Kindle, and I picked it up.
I want to share the book's dedication:
"I dedicate this book to some authors of mine who have written blockbuster novels that, for one reason or another, never achieved the huge recognition that they deserved.
"Michael Peterson for A Time of War,
"Robert Shea for Shike,
"F. Paul Wilson for The Keep,
"Tim Willocks for The Religion,
"and Jim Fergus for One Thousand White Women."
See Mike Shea and F. Paul Wilson's comments at the above link.
Robert Shea indeed did very well with Shike, his first published work as a solo author after Illuminatus!, although his subsequent novels did not sell as well. Mike Shea talks about that in last year's Hilaritas Podcast. If you want to know more about Shea and his literary career, you can check out my new book.
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