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Originally Posted by curtw
I don't have any doubts about Mr. Colfer's ability to pull this off. However, based on his selection, I'm afraid it means that Terry Pratchett is much further along in his illness than anyone is saying (unless I missed a retirement announcement somewhere).
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Although I would agree that Pratchett may come closest to Adams in pure insane genius, perhaps he just feels he has enough on his plate already.
I'd have thought Neil Gaiman might be a possibility. Or perhaps John Lloyd, who co-wrote the fifth and sixth episodes of the radio series, and worked with Adams on other projects. Maybe he's too busy with TV stuff these days.
I haven't read any of the Artemis Fowl books, because although I do read a lot of "young adult" books, I've been quite skeptical of anything really "popular." And often "funny" books just seem trite or stupid to me. But I was wrong about whether I'd like Rowling's books, and I was wrong about whether I'd like Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus trilogy. So perhaps I ought to try these, as well.
Can someone who's picky about writing quality, and has read them, tell me what they thought? It would be nice if someone could compare the writing style and quality to Jonathan Stroud, Garth Nix, Terry Pratchett, etc.