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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Except for the fact that I don't care a whit about Gone with the Wind, yeah, I do think it's a bit of an insult to now label it as 'self contained' rather than 'stand alone' It was a massive, landmark book. If Margaret Mitchell wanted there to be sequels, she would have written them. The sequels were obvious cash-ins trading on the history Gone with the Wind had built up.
I think what it is is that it somehow says that now GwtW must now be considered according to how it fits in to the overall, larger series. That book may be a racist bit of clap trap. But it still deserves better than that.
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That's on you, man. My labeling system doesn't factor in any value judgements. it neither intends, nor confers, any insult.
I personally don't read sequels, prequels, or installments that are "authorized" by dead authors' estates. But if other people want to, then I feel no particular compulsion to try and convince them that the original book isn't
really part of the later "Gone with the Wind" series they've enjoyed. *shrug*