On Sat, 25 May 1996, Bad Mr. Frosty wrote:

Is it just me, or have at least 2 of the starts to a bad piece of fanfiction
accually materialized as stories?  Does that prove that the people in here
will write just about anything?  Well, just checking.

There's a story told, of how a famous author wrote the *worst*, most
hackneyed sci-fi story he was capable of, just to prove that *anything*
could be sold.

His fans demanded over two dozen sequels.