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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's a "cheap shot", IMHO, taking cynical advantage of the "fame" earned by the hard work of the author of the original.
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Who have said that that was the intention of the author of the new book? (to take cynical advantage) As the article states:
"Yet the urge to write sequels and prequels is almost always an homage of sorts. We don’t want more of books we hate. The books that get re-written and re-imagined are beloved. We don’t want them ever to be over. We pay them the great compliment of imagining that they’re almost real: ..."