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TL;DR: del Ray was an editorial consultant at Ballantine who saw a market for formulaic Tolkien-derivatives (e.g. The Sword of Shannara) and worked successfully
by KineticLensman 3y ago
TL;DR: del Ray was an editorial consultant at Ballantine who saw a market for formulaic Tolkien-derivatives (e.g. The Sword of Shannara) and worked successfully to get them published.