Yet ANOTHER Harper Lee Novel!

[issybird]

I'm #2 on the hold list at FLP They must have listed it just this evening.

[Prestidigitweeze]

The Guardian article makes it sound as though, in a sense, Lee might have wanted to publish her prequel as a way to feel less alone.

She might be famously reclusive, but perhaps losing her defender and confidante left her with the desire to reconnect with others. I've known other formerly reclusive authors who began posting on Facebook for similar reasons.

Clearly, Pynchon's hatred of being photographed outlived his desire for literary obscurity after Gravity's Rainbow (1973), as his next published novel Vineland (1990) and four others he's published since have proved.

[goldilocks]

"Go Set a Watchman" is available for pre-order on Kobo for $16.99
This eBook will be available on July 14, 2015.

I was thinking of getting this eBook, but $16.99???

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by goldilocks

"Go Set a Watchman" is available for pre-order on Kobo for $16.99
This eBook will be available on July 14, 2015.

I was thinking of getting this eBook, but $16.99???

It's available at Overdrive as a "Hold." Put your name on the waiting list.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by goldilocks

"Go Set a Watchman" is available for pre-order on Kobo for $16.99
This eBook will be available on July 14, 2015.

I was thinking of getting this eBook, but $16.99???

$16.99 is the publishers full list price.


Just for interest, prices from around the net (from the US)...
Google - $14.44
Amazon US - $12.99
B&N - $12.99
OmniLit - $16.99
HarperCollins - $16.99
eBooks.com - $16.99
Amazon UK - £7.47
Amazon CA - $17.99
Amazon AU - $15.19
Amazon DE - EUR 8,74

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by goldilocks

"Go Set a Watchman" is available for pre-order on Kobo for $16.99
This eBook will be available on July 14, 2015.

I was thinking of getting this eBook, but $16.99???

Wait until it appears as a mass-market paperback (probably about a year after initial publication); the ebook price will then fall dramatically. eBook prices for newly published books only available in hardback are always high.

[kennyc]

This whole thing is fishy if you ask me.

"Go Set a Watchman: mystery of Harper Lee manuscript discovery deepens
Lee’s lawyer claims she found the To Kill a Mockingbird ‘prequel’ last August, but new report reveals a Sotheby’s books expert unearthed it three years ago...."

http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...P=share_btn_gp

[Fat Abe]

http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.p...omment-page-1/

I’ve always admired and respected Harper Lee for being the best literary one hit wonder I’ve ever come across. There is something so noble and restrained about doing something extremely well, and then stopping. I always felt as though she put every ounce of every word she had to say into To Kill a Mockingbird, and then realized she had said enough, and was finished. Like pushing one’s plate away when one is full, even if it still holds bits of cake.

Good or bad, we will all be tempted to read the prequel, just because we are book gluttons.

[kennyc]

Speak for yourself.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Fat Abe

Good or bad, we will all be tempted to read the prequel, just because we are book gluttons.

I've never read the original, and have no wish to read the prequel. It's regarded as a classic in the US, but perhaps less so elsewhere.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've never read the original, and have no wish to read the prequel. It's regarded as a classic in the US, but perhaps less so elsewhere.

...because it deals with racial issues that run deep and are still divisive in our country.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

...because it deals with racial issues that run deep and are still divisive in our country.

I think that's only a part of it. It's a story about a father and his children. It's about being honorable and doing what's right, regardless of the consequences, and yet still working within the system. Atticus Finch is one of the all-time great heroes in literature.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I think that's only a part of it. It's a story about a father and his children. It's about being honorable and doing what's right, regardless of the consequences, and yet still working within the system. Atticus Finch is one of the all-time great heroes in literature.

This!

[issybird]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've never read the original, and have no wish to read the prequel. It's regarded as a classic in the US, but perhaps less so elsewhere.

It seems many of your countrymen also find it a classic. From the BBC:

It's just ahead of the Bible in the nation's affections.

On the eve of its 50th birthday, To Kill A Mockingbird still has a generation of schoolchildren transfixed, while regularly figuring high on lists of the country's "favourite books".

A poll for World Book Day placed it fifth, behind Pride and Prejudice but ahead of the Bible. A similar BBC one puts it sixth. And a survey of British librarians rated it the book they would most recommend.

Obviously, YMMV. I like reading classics from other countries and cultures, perhaps even more so, for the insight they provide me. A great book is a great book, no matter its origin.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by issybird

It seems many of your countrymen also find it a classic. From the BBC:



Obviously, YMMV. I like reading classics from other countries and cultures, perhaps even more so, for the insight they provide me. A great book is a great book, no matter its origin.

The Dickens you say!!!