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Leisure, The Rising, and Richard Laymon...
I just picked up The Rising, the new zombie novel from Leisure (looks cool, so far), but what's pissing me off is that it's got a cover blurb by Richard Laymon and the book is copyrighted 2003. How the hell is that possible since Laymon has been dead since Valentine's Day 2000 or 2001, I forget which. And this isn't the first time--the last three books I bought from Leisure had a Laymon quote on the cover. Which makes me wonder if he actually wrote that hardback mummy novel that was realeased under his name at the end of last year. Maybe Leisure simply has a great psychic that channels his spirit!!!!!! This is a cheap way to lie to loyal fans--and I would be very angry if I didn't figure his widow was seeing some money from the use of his name. Still, cheap advertising, and they're lying to us.
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