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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
I've started "And Another Thing" -- the authorized addition to the H2G2 "trilogy" by Eoin Colfer - and I have to say he's captured Douglas Adams' style to a T -- combining slap-stick silliness with technical innovations we all wish existed to bringing back the characters we love, etc.
Anyone who could conceive a scenario with Cthulhu in a job interview worrying about the problem of maintaining eye contact without sucking out the soul of the interviewer deserves the mantle of carrying on the endless trilogy of the endless Earth. 
I hope Colfer continues on with the next trilogy in this series! |
Does he really compare to Douglas Adams? I've been looking at the book for some time, but cannot convince myself to read it. I'm not sure I like the idea of the "continuation" of the work of dead authors by others. Would they approve, were they alive? I tried to read Poodle Springs for example (Raymond Chandler continued by Robert Parker) and I really couldn't get into it. Some people just can't be substituted.
But then, if people who liked Adams think it's good, maybe I'll give it a try.