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Dngrsone · 10-25-2018, 02:31 PM

I agree that a well-written book rarely needs an update.

With that said, I have no issue with the occasional "reboot" if you will. Again, if it's done well. An obvious example (but one I have not read) would be the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies method of adding something to an already good tome.

There are, of course, knockoffs of good books and stories--does Shannarra not resemble LoTR an awful lot? But it is still a good read.

And considering there is the aphorism that there are only x number of stories and every story is based in part on one or more of those...

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Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	I agree that a well-written book rarely needs an update. With that said, I have no issue with the occasional "reboot" if you will. Again, if it's done well. An obvious example (but one I have not read) would be the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies method of adding something to an already good tome. There are, of course, knockoffs of good books and stories--does Shannarra not resemble LoTR an awful lot? But it is still a good read. And considering there is the aphorism that there are only x number of stories and every story is based in part on one or more of those...