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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Bah! Can't anyone stop these b*ggers who try to carry on with someone elses idea?All those damned Dune sequels and prequels written by other people.And Asimovs Foundation series.Get's on my tits this does.Also lay off the Blade runner 'sequels'.They are utter pap and follow on in the the style of the films not the original PKD Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep style.There is no one to touch the genius of PKD.
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Fair point, rather than a rant, I think.
I know the Wyndham estate gave permission for Simon Clark to produce this book, but it seems like cheating to me - have some of your own ideas Mr Clark
There should be a rule that only the original author can produce a sequel.
Having said that, one of the things that stopped me buying new SciFi (and Fantasy) books, was that they moved away from being self contained to becoming trilogies & beyond - Mission Earth anyone, a decology!!! Different stories within a 'world frame' set by an original story, Like Terry Pratchett, or the 'known space' stories by Larry Niven are ok - it's the ones where the story isn't finished until the last volume, I mean.
I still buy some, if I can get them second hand, Red/Blue/Green Mars, was a recent purchase, for example at 80p each
