Booking Through Thursday: The Sequel
A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading. This week’s question is:
If you could get a sequel for any book, what would it be?
I don’t like sequels or prequels that are written by someone other than the original author and two of the books that came to mind when I read this question do not have living authors.
Gone With The Wind immediately came to mind. Margaret Mitchell was very clear that she would not write a sequel. The fact that her estate ‘authorized’ Alexandra Ripley to write one does not make it so. To me, that book may as well be fan fiction. It does not convey the story the original author would tell and I will be forever longing to find out what happened. I did read the so-called sequel, Scarlett, but was sorry I did.
I read a lot of science fiction and one of my favorite books is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? This is the book that the movie Blade Runner is based on. Alas, this is another author who is no long with the living. P. K. Dick died shortly before Blade Runner was released and was never able to enjoy his success. He published many novels and short stories with several others subsequently made into movies after his death. There is now talk of a sequel movie to Blade Runner but sadly there will never be a sequel to the book that inspired it all.
Are there any sequels you are longing for?
Under My Apple Tree 
I agree – sequels written by other authors are so wrong!
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Scarlett was ok as far as sequels go, but you’re right in that it didn’t seem genuine. Rhett Butler’s People, on the other hand, was awful. I too wish that Mitchell had written her own sequel to GWTW.
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Interesting question and answer. I’d have to think about this for a while.
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Ack! No! I have both Scarlett and Rhett Butler’s People on my bookshelves, both unread. At least I found out BEFORE I spent time reading them.
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I didn’t read Rhett Butler’s People, one bad sequel was enough. I read Scarlett when it was first published and while I no longer remember the details I do remember being sooo disappointed and had to push through the second half just so I would find out the ending.
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