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You may have heard of Roald Dahl - he was a Welsh (or English... and of Norwegian descent) writer of short stories (I think "Lamb to the Slaughter" is his most famous one, but he wrote hundreds), novels (e.g. "My Uncle Oswald") and movie screenplays (e.g. the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice"). He was Patricia Neal's husband.

His stories were almost all strange and disturbing, involving horror, murder and sexual themes... so it was a surprise to me when I read his biography and found that he'd written a children's book at the very beginning of his writing career called "The Gremlins", inspired by his time in the RAF in WW2. Obviously it wasn't very successful and it's been out of print for over fifty years... but what if Dahl decided to give writing for children another go? Could he have been successful at it? Famous, even? Or would he have failed? Any opinions from fellow Dahl fans?

(OOC: All the above is true in OTL, including the thing about "The Gremlins" (obviously it was nothing like the movie, though). So basically in TTL Dahl is remembered as very much a writer for adults.)
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