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the shape the story should take, and I referred to them when
writing this book. George said that Mindwarp had all the
makings of a first class yarn of which the most important
ingredient was its bizarre quest: the search for the mythical
outdoors. The basic premise of the story was strong enough
for Jacqui Lyons to persuade Thames TV to commission a pilot
TV script, but there was something missing. Something
important: Mindwarp did not have a convincing ending. Neither
of us could come up with good one so the story had to be set
aside. `Don't worry,' was George's advice. `All authors have
a file containing great ideas that lack a vital piece of the
jigsaw. Sooner or later the missing piece will turn up. When
it does, it'll be so glaringly obvious, that you'll wonder
why you never thought of it earlier.'
He was right on all counts. The missing piece materialised
in 1992 just as I was starting a four-week holiday having
spent several months writing Savant.
Mindwarp is the prelude to Earthsearch!
The idea came as I was lazing in the Spanish sun, watching
a beautiful girl emerging from the sea. I was so excited (by
the idea, not the girl. Yeah... Okay then, the girl was
pretty exciting too, and she's in this book) that I got
straight down to work and wrote Mindwarp in a couple of
months, tapping an unsuspected well of energy. For continuity
I've included the prologue of the first Earthsearth book at
the end of this book. Any suggestion that it's there as a
commercial -- to whet your appetite and so persuade you to
buy the Earthsearch books (to be reissued soon and available
from all good bookshops, so place your orders) -- is, of
course, a monstrous calumny.
A final twist in this odd tale is that this book contains
the seeds of the continuation of the Earthsearch story,
offering those essential twists and turns that had eluded me
10-years ago. Which means that a fourth book is now a
distinct possibility. Thinking about a fourth book has given
me an idea for a fifth, and even a sixth! And maybe a
seventh! They've even got titles which means they're as good
as written. All this from someone who was saying no more
after the second book!
Wriggling over. Even if you were unimpressed by my
explanations, I do hope you enjoy the book. Now read on as
they say.

James Follett
Godalming, Surrey
England
February 1993

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