Newark, N.J., Sep 22, 2008 / 18:27 pm
A new science-fiction novel co-authored by Archbishop of Newark John J. Myers and “Roger Rabbit” creator Gary K. Wolf has sold “decently” in the first six months since its publication. The “fast-paced intergalactic tale” is about a space marshal and a con man who team up with a widow and her two children to fight a cosmic villain named Space Vulture.
The two authors, who have been friends since childhood, based the story on the pulp fiction of their youth. They would tease out themes for the book and devise plots over the phone, editing the text via e-mail.
The archbishop said he worked on the book at night, when he didn't have appointments, or at his summer residence.
“Pulp science fiction, just as pulp westerns, are not great art. And we knew that. But it can be fun. ... This won't be a classic. We didn't write it with that in mind,” Bishop Myers told the Star-Ledger.