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Now we all know the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy was done and dusted with Mostly Harmless. No one told Eoin Colfer apparently:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17 ... ers_novel/

If it's done well then I can't see the harm in it. At least he seems to have a grasp of the importance of what he's thinking to do.

inhuien wrote:If it's done well then I can't see the harm in it. At least he seems to have a grasp of the importance of what he's thinking to do.

True, but some would have said the same about the Hacks Twain.... We shall just have to wait and see i suppose.

*point gun to head*

When will it ever end?

Sure would be nice to see a quality addition after an author's death, no?

I like Colfer's writing a lot - his Artemis books are clever and fun - but I think it's a bad idea. I don't know why Colfer has agreed to do it, frankly, unless he wants to prevent someone else from making a hash of it.

Edited to add: a link to a more detailed story:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifes ... 74791.html

HBJ

Actually, IMHO, a better choice of author would have been Stephen Fry, as he knew Douglas personally, and has the same knack of finding the absurd in the things we all take for granted.

He's also a dab hand at writing fiction, although not SF. Nevertheless.

HBJ

Sole Man wrote:*point gun to head*

When will it ever end?

The moment you pull the trigger.

Hunchback Jack wrote:Actually, IMHO, a better choice of author would have been Stephen Fry, as he knew Douglas personally, and has the same knack of finding the absurd in the things we all take for granted.

He's also a dab hand at writing fiction, although not SF. Nevertheless.

HBJ

I would agree with that statement

I've got the first book but I still haven't read it. It's supposed to be quite funny, isn't it?

I've only listened to the first two radio series (which IIRC actually came first) so far.. and I thought it were brilliant and very funny