British Elite fan Drew Wagar has fired up a Kickstarter pledge to help him… afford to back someone else’s Kickstarter pledge.
Saying that he’s an “an enormous fan of Elite“, Wagar—a published author—wants to be able to spend ÂŁ4,500 in order to support David Braben’s Elite: Dangerous campaign, reaching a tier that would allow him to write an officially-licensed Elite novel.
https://kotaku.com/one-of-the-greatest-space-games-of-all-time-returns-5957962
Some may call this a smart way to get around licensing restrictions, letting him write a book in a universe that it would otherwise cost him a ton to license.
Others will point out he’s asking for money so he can pay someone else asking for money, and is lubricating the deal with a promise of fan fiction.
RECLAMATION. An Elite Novel; by a fan, for the fans. [Kickstarter, via exp magazine]
