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Originally Posted by John F
"Sometimes": seems like a coin flip to me. Maybe the beneficiaries would want the works destroyed.
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Maybe. But then everything is a coin flip, isn't it? In the case under discussion, the estate pushed to have Go Set A Watchman published and they are being flambed for it. I honestly don't have any strong antipathy to Harper Lee's estate for publishing the additional novel or granting a graphic novel adaptation. I'm glad that like Kafka's executor they ignored the author's wishes and released the book.
These 'new' works have the chance of being fantastic and a benefit to us all. And if not, they will subside over time.