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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Of course, many books are loosely based on other works or real events with the serial numbers filed off. How many books, movies and TV series have been based on the Robin Hood legends? Same for the Greek legends and Norse legends. For example, I really enjoyed Kay's retelling of the El Cid story.
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Right, but that's not the same thing as officially licensed books set in some copyrighted universe.
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Normally, I tend to agree with you, but I think the fascination of Tolkien's universe is that it does seem so much like a real mythos and there are so many brief mentions where I think, wow that would make a great book or movie.
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I think that added depth to the books for sure. But I think other writers fleshing out all those stories will dilute some of that magic.
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I'm not so keen on something like the Star Trek novel universe, Star Wars novel universe or Conan universe, but there are a few stories in Tolkien's universe that I would love to read if done right. Of course, it would need to be something like Sanderson finishing the Wheel of Time series.
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I have some Star Trek and Star Wars novels, along with D&D and so forth. It's inevitable if you read SF&F. But I've always preferred the ones that are tertiary and don't feature main characters (like the Republic Commando books or the trilogy about Khan Noonian Singh). One thing I never worry about is if a story is 'canon'. If I like the story, I like it.