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Parkin's shortest ever pitch for a novel was ''"I'll set it on Mars!"'', when Virgin editor [[Rebecca Levene]] said that she needed a [[Bernice Summerfield]] book in six weeks.<ref name="Outpost interview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20050302200552/gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=parkin Interview with Lance Parkin Interview by Graeme Burk (Originally published in ''Enlightenment'', republished on Outpost Gallifrey] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]</ref> | Parkin's shortest ever pitch for a novel was ''"I'll set it on Mars!"'', when Virgin editor [[Rebecca Levene]] said that she needed a [[Bernice Summerfield]] book in six weeks.<ref name="Outpost interview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20050302200552/gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=parkin Interview with Lance Parkin Interview by Graeme Burk (Originally published in ''Enlightenment'', republished on Outpost Gallifrey] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]</ref> | ||
His final pitch to Levene was for ''[[The Dying Days]]'' and went (something like), "Twenty years ago {{w|Dan Dare}} discovered the truth about [[Mars]], and | His final pitch to Levene was for ''[[The Dying Days]]'' and went (something like), "Twenty years ago {{w|Dan Dare}} discovered the truth about [[Mars]], and Francis Urquart (the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] from the {{wi|House of Cards}} series) put him in prison. Now he's escaped."<ref name="Outpost interview"/>'' | ||
Parkin has noted that ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' was a reaction to ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]''. | Parkin has noted that ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' was a reaction to ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]''. | ||
