Lockdown by Peter May

[Allegra]

A pandemic thriller, once rejected by publishers for being unrealistic, is now getting a wide release :

The screenwriter-turned-novelist wrote a book titled "Lockdown" in 2005 about a global pandemic. Fifteen years later, that's our reality due to coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1 million people globally.

The book, which was rejected by publishers at the time for being too unrealistic, was finally published on Thursday.

Wow.

 

[Pyan]

Not cashing in at all. Oh no. Last thing on our minds. Someone just happened to notice it and thought "Why don't we give Peter's book a chance?". That's all it was. Honest...

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Ah, the joy of capitalist exploitation...

 

[HareBrain]

Wondering what real-world disasters I might be able to engineer to match the plots of my books ...

 

[Brian G Turner]

The book, which was rejected by publishers at the time for being too unrealistic

More likely, it was a badly written first novel, but now that he's matured into a best-selling writer the publishers have found a marketing opportunity - and a marketing angle to re-pitch it at a public that is buying up pandemic books at the moment.

 

[Vince W]

Fair play to him, but the last thing I want to read right now is a pandemic novel.

 

[Astro Pen]

Just rereading Day if the Triffids which is kind of pandemic.
Interesting how the language now feels dated. When I read it as a boy it didn't. I guess there's a message there somewhere

 

[Rodders]

Yeah, it's not something that interests me.

 

[nixie]

My son has bought me a new kindle e-reader, the sample book is sixth Extinction by Glen Johnston.
Britain in lockdown, worldwide pandemic.

 

[Ursa major]

he book, which was rejected by publishers at the time for being too unrealistic

Why don't they just admit that it was... er... panned...?