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On the last day of September 1992, the entire book market was silent, and only two books were on the shelves today, that is, the first part of "The Witcher" by Adam Baker and the fourth part of "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan.

These two are both fantasy novels, so some media newspapers exaggeratedly called the rise of fantasy novels!The best-selling novels with the most publications in North America are basically suspense and horror themes, and fantasy is not even comparable to science fiction. At least science fiction will have classic works every few years, but fantasy novels in the past In the past 50 years, there are only two works that have become universally recognized classics - Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and C. S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia".

Although there are one or two others that are not bad, but if they are called classics, they will always be a breath away. However, at the beginning of the 90s, there were two fantasy novels that could be called classics. The "Wheel of Time" created by Robert Jordan is generally praised as the No. 1 post-Tol King fantasy fantasy, and the other is "The Witcher", which caused a huge storm before it was released, and its sales volume crushed all books in the same period.

However, if we force it, "Wheel of Time" is still a breath away from the fantasy classics. The total sales volume of the three previous publications is still far from tens of millions. According to his sales volume of about 200 million, at least It is only after this one is launched that it is possible to hit the total sales volume of over [-] million.

However, due to the popularity of the popular novel "The Witcher", "Wheel of Time", which was originally sold only by a group of die-hard fantasy fans, has shown a sales enthusiasm far exceeding expectations. The first print run doubled directly to 200 million. Although it was less than a quarter of Adam's "The Witcher", it far exceeded his expectations.

And on the last day of September, although it was still a working day, it still couldn’t stop the fanaticism of fans of fantasy novels, especially in the western United States, where the “Witcher” has been swept by the whirlwind. Even though about 350 million copies have been pre-sold, the popularity is still there No reduction.

In the first five days, including a weekend, the sales volume exceeded 300 million. If you add the pre-sale volume of about 350 million, the sales volume in just five days will exceed 600 million, or even close to 700 million. , without the series bonus, relying on the newspaper's publicity, it has created an industry miracle.

If some bookstores, especially most bookstores in California, were not sold out within three days, it would not be impossible for the sales to exceed 700 million in the first five days.And the fourth part of "Wheel of Time" is naturally following "The Witcher". It sold 95 in the first five days, and also created the best result in the series. It also entered this week with the entire four parts of "Wheel of Time" In the past life's list of unreal sales, it scored a crazy score of 180 million.

Followed by "WHEREIS JOEMERT", which has been on the shelves for six weeks, is written by singer Jimmy Buffett. This is a fantasy novel based on himself. .13, rose to the fifth place in the second week, and then officially stood at the top of the New York Times best-selling list in the fifth week.

Without the appearance of these two novels by Adam and Robert Jordan, his excellent score of 30 copies in the second week is enough to win this championship again, but it is a pity that "The Witcher" and "Wheel of Time" are crushed The results of this type not only strongly suppress the entire list, it can even be said that the sales volume of Adam's "Witcher" can be equal to the total sales volume of the [-] novels at the bottom of the entire list, while the sales volume of the four books in the Wheel of Time series is [-]%. It is worth the sum of the sales of all the novels on the list that produced Adam's "The Witcher", shocking the entire industry.

You must know that although "Wheel of Time" is very famous in the fantasy world, the series has not been recognized by the public, and even the first three books in the series have not even made it to the bestseller list. A sales volume of one million can be regarded as an inspirational model.

But then Adam's light instantly brought this book into the field of vision of ordinary readers. Many readers bought an extra copy when they bought "The Witcher", or bought it when their interest in fantasy novels surged after reading The Witcher. I wanted to satisfy my craving for novels of the same type, and these factors combined to push up the sales volume of "Wheel of Time" in the first week, and entered the second place in the ranking of fictional novels by an epoch.

For this reason, Robert Jordan thanked Adam and called Adam, and invited him to go to his home for a chat when he was free. Adam politely accepted. It is an extremely rare thing to get the recognition and friendship of a top writer in the industry. For him Whether there is any loss, it is a win-win situation.

In the ensuing days of October, Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time didn't quite keep up with Adam, starting to fall behind in its third week, led by legendary author Sidney Shelton's new book, "Stars Dim." The weekly sales of over 40 were dropped, and unfortunately ranked third. Adam continued to lead "The Witcher" to win the championship for four consecutive weeks with a single-week sales of over 80, and finally won over 600 million in a single month. Another super-bestseller with a sales volume of more than [-] million is the best-selling book in North America, and it has been called the rise of a superstar by countless newspapers.

You must know that including "Jurassic Park", which has sold more than 20 million before, Adam has achieved crazy results that few writers in the whole world can match within a year of his debut, and what is even more shocking is that Adam even Less than [-] years old, to be precise, only half, and countless writers are simply envious.

In November, the sales volume of "The Witcher" also began to drop slowly. Even so, no writer was able to defeat it, so Adam's "The Witcher" won the championship until 1993 in the eyes of countless people. In 1992, even during the Christmas period, because Adam United Publishing House organized a reward activity, after purchasing the novel, as long as you add ten dollars, you can get a doll of the protagonist in the novel "The Witcher". As a result, Christmas sales exceeded one million again, and finally In the three months of 600, the sales volume exceeded 650 million, reaching the legendary achievement of [-] million.

Some media even shouted that this achievement will never be achieved by anyone except Adam himself.Of course, the person who yelled this sentence many years later will be slapped madly in the face. The "Harry Potter" series is a lunatic who can break 2000 million in a single month, but this is all later, so let's not mention it now.

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Although the media made a big fuss because of the crazy sales of "The Witcher", Lydia received countless invitations to interview Adam, but it was a pity that Adam was all in the process of creation and had no time to completely kill it.

In fact, Adam did not deceive, because he was indeed writing his new book "The Colony". Although Adam did not expect to win many sales of this novel, but wrote it as a hobby, he was absolutely unwilling to accept the quality of the novel. It is sloppy, and each plot has been scrutinized several times until it feels that there are no loopholes and reasonable, and then it is satisfied.

At the same time, the first task of the Eden novel creation team granted by Adam—the wizard’s extra chapter "Sord's Revenge", also officially started the creation of the outline, because Adam signed a novel copyright sharing contract with them, so every Everyone seems to be a workaholic, and they even want to leave the studio every day when Adam chases people away.

In order to prevent the members of the writing group from being too obsessed with the creation of novels and neglecting their bodies, Adam even arranged the vacant room as a sports gym, and stipulated that each member of the group must exercise in the gym every day Over an hour, while Adam himself led by example.

After all, his body is his own. If his body breaks down, no matter how much money he earns, he won't be able to make it up. So Adam still cherishes his body very much.

The only thing that makes Adam regret is that Carol's school is in San Francisco, which is a full five or six hours' drive from LA. There is no way to see each other often. The two can only meet once a week, or Carol comes to LA, or Adam Asking the driver to take him there, the two put down all their work and relaxed.

Adam took him to visit various scenic spots in LA, and Carol also took Adam to various interesting places in San Francisco, and even asked Carol to take him to the place where the Internet upstarts gather at Adam's request. It is a gathering place for microelectronics-related companies such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Oracle.

In fact, to be honest, the scenery of Silicon Valley is still good, coupled with convenient transportation and the concentration of colleges and universities, it makes sense that later generations can become a gathering place for Internet companies. Adam even wanted to buy a piece of land after seeing it. , Later, when I thought about it, it was not necessary to use it for the time being, so forget it.

In fact, not only Adam was busy flying because of writing novels, but Carol did not go anywhere easily. After entering the university, he is organizing a group of people with the same interests and hobbies, and is preparing to form a groups to discuss and develop technologies.

It was precisely because of this that the two of them got together less and separated more, and every time they met, they were in a hurry, so that they felt a little coping later.

Because Carol is surrounded by technical geeks, Adam is not too worried that he will cheat because of this, and find someone else, but he will not have the initial sense of security after all, but what can be done, who called two people Separated?

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But soon Adam didn't have the time to think about it anymore, because the person he had been waiting for for a long time finally came. If it goes well, the next step in the plan can continue, so it's time to get busy again.

The author has something to say: To be honest, although the Wheel of Time is very famous in the European and American fantasy circles, its sales volume can only be said to be average, and those who are as famous as him far exceed him. Of course, this may be related to his lack of film and television. I heard that the copyright has been taken back from a small broken company in the past two years, and it will be developed with a huge amount of money. I hope it is true.

The only regret is that the author passed away, and this novel was not completed, but to be honest, this novel is really hard for people who are used to reading online articles, because it is full of ink and water, and there is no point. Very average, of course there are merits, but I really didn't stick to it (personal opinion fans don't blame)