As Steve notes here, that doesn’t always mean that the show gets made. But it does mean that the author gets paid. I’m very much in favor of authors getting paid.
Moe Lane
PS: The Island series, for those who haven’t read it, is a time-travel/alternate history romp where the island of Nantucket (and the Coast Guard cutter Eagle) get permanently sent back to the Bronze Age. Wars, cultural uplift, and associated hijinks ensue. The books are a lot of fun, and sparked any number of imitators. Read them, if you haven’t yet.
PPS: Oh, I’m sure Hollywood will screw it all up. However, now that I am a writer of books myself I must admit that Charged all that the traffic would bear covers a multitude of sins, or at least literary outrages. Cash on the barrel-head, as Robert Anton Wilson used to say. Make ’em pay through the nose for the privilege, says I.
#commissionearned
If someone came to me and wanted to pay me, I would turn into a bobblehead when it came to any changes they wanted to make. Turn the protagonist into a girl? Fine. Change the end so the protagonist achieves victory? Cool. I will nod my head all the way to the bank.
I only hope this encourages him to write a sequel. Certainly he left enough interesting plot threads running for there to be room for it.