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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't agree with you in saying that a new work should make a conscious attempt to immitate the writing style of the original author. To my mind, telling a good story set in the "world" created by the original author is sufficient. Better (IMHO) for a good author to write in his own style, rather than make an attempt to immitate someone else - an attempt which is probably doomed to failure.
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But then it is not a Hitchhiker book. It is a pastich like Laurie King's Sherlock Holmes books. And such a book can of course be very good like the Laurie King books.