tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4050599007473036960..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Authors took their time with these sequels Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-8578140627450458712016-05-14T07:10:43.768-05:002016-05-14T07:10:43.768-05:00I thought pretty much the same thing in all three ...I thought pretty much the same thing in all three cases, Don.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-33933347356658505772016-05-13T23:07:46.946-05:002016-05-13T23:07:46.946-05:00I'm going to get pedantic here...
LOTR isn...I'm going to get pedantic here...<br /><br />LOTR isn't, exactly, a sequel to The Hobbit, however.<br />And Second Foundation was the third book in the cycle [(Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), Second Foundation (1953)].<br />Walter Miller didn't exactly wait to publish a sequel to A Canticle for Leibowitz...technically, he never finished it.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-76070292789487323262016-05-13T19:06:49.427-05:002016-05-13T19:06:49.427-05:00I was afraid of that. Probably that's why I h...I was afraid of that. Probably that's why I haven't read it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19456173372488922442016-05-13T18:56:52.953-05:002016-05-13T18:56:52.953-05:00Bill: You're fine, there was a massive drop-o...Bill: You're fine, there was a massive drop-off in content and quality during those 35 years.Richard Heftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61931589597194013462016-05-13T17:43:16.861-05:002016-05-13T17:43:16.861-05:00I've had RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN for nearly 1...I've had RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN for nearly 15 years and still haven't read it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-18186879197216280562016-05-13T17:36:07.332-05:002016-05-13T17:36:07.332-05:0035 years: LITTLE BIG MAN (1964) and RETURN OF LITT...35 years: LITTLE BIG MAN (1964) and RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN (1999).Richard Heftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-6916960726131498232016-05-13T11:25:31.857-05:002016-05-13T11:25:31.857-05:00Or, my favorite scenario, every single line of the...Or, my favorite scenario, every single line of the mountain of manuscripts reads, "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-12770360948083493892016-05-13T11:10:24.439-05:002016-05-13T11:10:24.439-05:00I've wondered about Salinger, too, Deb. I gue...I've wondered about Salinger, too, Deb. I guess the heirs don't need the money. Or there are no manuscripts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-75818809159672271222016-05-13T10:45:24.411-05:002016-05-13T10:45:24.411-05:00I'm glad the article mentioned the likelihood ...I'm glad the article mentioned the likelihood that Harper Lee neither authorized nor wanted WATCHMAN to be published.<br /><br />I'm curious about Salinger. He's been dead a few years now and I always thought his heirs would jump on the posthumous publication gravy train, but so far there's been nothing. Perhaps those tales of a vault full of new material were wishful thinking.Debnoreply@blogger.com