Don't Panic. [...and speaking of dead writers I am fond of...]
The Guardian has just published an article of *monumental* importance to those of us who love Douglas Adams' increasingly inaccurately titled Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Irish author Eoin Ciofer (of Artemis Fowl fame) has been approached by Adam's widow Jane Belson to write a SIXTH book for the trilogy. The Guardian sums it up nicely:
Comic fantasy children's author describes being given the opportunity to continue Douglas Adams's legendary series as 'like suddenly being offered the superpower of your choice'Adams had planned a sixth book (noting the somewhat dour nature of Mostly Harmless), and it is unclear what, if anything, Adams left toward this project. I have enjoyed Ciofer's writing...though he is not Adams...it will be interesting to see what emerges from this project.
Following up my prior missive, I should mention that I was to meet Adams and spend a weekend with him in 2001, weeks before his wildly untimely death at 49. He was and remains one of my most favorite writers...and humans...and I have never recovered from this "miss". I don't expect to do so...
Labels: bookish, books that should have been, news, random bits, recently dead great minds
posted by LuxMentis @ 10:58 AM
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Wow! Thanks for sharing the news. I've made a note to keep an eye out for this one.
Whereas i doubt what will emerge will be more than a shadow of DNA. The by product will be reissues and renewed interest in the original works. So unless the homage is truly awful, it's all good.
I am hopeful. His writing, thus far, is fun and tight...but clearly lacks DA's Joycian love language and his sense of the absurd. On the other hand, he *is* Irish, so there is hope. We shall see.
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