McKiernan has subsequently developed stories in the series that followed along a story line different from those that plausibly could have been taken by Tolkien. The prequel, of necessity, resembles The Lord of the Rings the decision of Doubleday to issue the work as a trilogy increased that resemblance and some critics have seen McKiernan as simply imitating Tolkien's epic work. Doubleday then asked McKiernan to rewrite his story, placing the characters in a different fictitious world, and also to write a prequel supporting it. The publisher Doubleday showed an interest in his work and tried to obtain authorization from Tolkien's estate but was denied. During his recuperation, he boldly began a sequel to J. In 1977, while riding his motorcycle, McKiernan was hit by a car which had crossed the center-line, and was confined to a bed, first in traction and then in a hip spica cast, for many months.
In 1989, after early retirement from engineering, McKiernan began writing on a full-time basis.
He worked as an engineer at AT&T, initially at Western Electric but soon at Bell Laboratories, from 1958 until 1989.
in the same field from Duke University in 1964. in electrical engineering in 1958 and an M.S. After military service, he attended the University of Missouri and received a B.S. Air Force for four years, stationed within US territory during the Korean War. Martin might look at Terry Brooks and think “43 years? That gives me 20 more years to finish Game of Thrones.McKiernan was born in Moberly, Missouri, where he lived until he served the U.S. Read more at… As the Shannara Saga Ends, Terry Brooks Looks Back…and Forward. I wrote a sequel, and then I decided to make it a trilogy, because even then, trilogies were in, and then I wanted to wrap the whole thing up. So when it was successful, this led automatically to thinking about what I could do next, because there at least was a future here. It was a first novel, so I didn’t know if I could get published, I didn’t know if anyone would read it, I didn’t know anything. I wrote Sword (of Shannara) with no expectations. The writer side of me is interested in what Terry Brooks has to say about being an author. Over the next 43 years, the author Terry Brooks made a bunch of money from his Tolkien rip-offs. Somewhere along the way, the author wrote a bunch more Sword of Shannara books, and somebody who was not me (or I) bought them. The author wrapped everything up in one book. At the time, it was a self-contained novel. The Sword of Shannara was actually okay for a rip-off. I bought The Sword of Shannara when I was in 7th grade and knew right away it was a rip-off of The Lord of the Rings.
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