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The post that was quoted here has been removedYes he did say he wasn't happy with the last book, but then he died and thats it. Adams was well known to be highly protective of his work.... Thats probably why the film took so long to make. You think it was co-incidence that after 20 years of trying to make it, it only came out after his death?
The post that was quoted here has been removedI haven't read the Foundation books, and I got bored with Dune before I came to the volumes not written by Frank Herbert. I am not sure what books you are talking about regarding Tolkien. Do you mean books like Unfinished Tales? If so, I don't really see the parallel, as they are collections of Tolkien's own writings that he didn't finish or publish, and they aren't a continuation of the story, but rather give some more background.
Originally posted by NordlysNot even Paris Hilton?
Agreed. Even if he were the man for the job, why not write something original? I don't like this tendency to beat anything that has proven to be popular to death.
Originally posted by NordlysUnfinished Tales was all right, but Christopher Tolkien's zeal in unearthing every single last scrap of Tolkien's writing, down to a humorous dwarf scribbled on a napkin in a restaurant (the only extant reference to dwarven plumbing in the oeuvre), went beyond the bounds of duty, I thought. There's about a dozen of those things. Now there is 'The Lay of Hurin'. Anybody read that?
I haven't read the Foundation books, and I got bored with Dune before I came to the volumes not written by Frank Herbert. I am not sure what books you are talking about regarding Tolkien. Do you mean books like Unfinished Tales? If so, I don't really see the parallel, as they are collections of Tolkien's own writings that he didn't finish or publish, and they aren't a continuation of the story, but rather give some more background.
Originally posted by NordlysNeither do I. One of my favorite fantasy series when I was a kid - the Dragonlance series - is now tainted by all the official Dragonlance stuff now written by Weiss and Hickman.
Agreed. Even if he were the man for the job, why not write something original? I don't like this tendency to beat anything that has proven to be popular to death.