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Old 04-18-2011, 02:39 PM   #25
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I agree with those who say "publish and let the reader decide." A quick look at my bookshelf shows:

-- (The Love of) The Last Tycoon [Fitzgerald], which I've loved for many many years.
-- A Moveable Feast [Hemingway], ditto. Haven't checked out the recent competing re-working.
-- 21 [O'Brian]. All things being equal, probably not worth the purchase, but I had the opportunity to throw the dice on it.
-- The (previously mentioned) Steig Larsson trilogy. I really wish there was some way that I could direct the revenue to his common-law partner, rather than his relations, but oh well. Can't fight Swedish law.
-- Pirate Latitudes [Crichton]. Well, *I* could tell why it was sitting in his computer when he died, rather than with his publisher. Cardboard characters walking through a plot (yes, I know that many would describe ALL of Crichton like that).

I know I'd pay good money to be allowed to wander through Douglas Adams' unfinished work (yes, I know that's what "The Salmon of Doubt" is supposed to be, but I'd rather wander on my own, thanks.)

Last edited by JDK1962; 04-18-2011 at 02:55 PM. Reason: Anticipating comments on Adams and Crichton.
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