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				 Literary scifi authors from Vonda McIntyre to Jeff VanderMeer and Thomas Disch have written "works for hire" - tie-ins to movie, TV, or game franchises. Now authors tell io9 why they did it - and no, it wasn't for money.				<a href="http://io9.com/5559637/why-do-scifi-authors-write-franchise-tie+ins-its-not-the-reason-you-think" title="Click here to read more about Why do scifi authors write franchise tie-ins?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:32:26 PDT]]></pubDate>
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				Set your replicators for Whoppers — Burger King confirmed to investors it's going to have a product tie-in with next May's <em>Star Trek</em> movie. Suddenly a nice bowl of Gagh is sounding kinda appetizing. BK will also do a tie-in with May's <em>Transformers</em> sequel. [<a href="http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/11/06/new-trek-film-will-have-burger-king-tie-in/">SliceOfSciFi</a>]				<a href="http://io9.com/5079232/star-treks-future-utopia-brought-to-you-by-burger-king" title="Click here to read more about Star Trek's Future Utopia, Brought To You By Burger King">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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