Should unfinished works be given an ending? - Questions prompted by the BBC.
Rebekah Send a noteboard - 13/01/2012 12:24:10 AM
It's one thing for an author like Robert Jordan to make preparations for his series to be completed by another writer after his passing, but should unfinished books like The Mystery of Edwin Drood be "finished" after the author's death? Can it ever work?
The BBC commissioned a series of Edwin Drood, and thus the script writers created an ending. The series is currently showing on British television (anyone watching it?) so the ending remains to be seen, but can it end well?
I've read Sanditon by Jane Austen - or what there is of it - and I can't imagine another author being able to complete it satisfactorily. It is, perhaps, an interesting thought experiment to see where the story could go, but it wouldn't feel right.
Do you know of any successful examples of unfinished works being completed by others?
And what do you think of the current trend to "resurrect" series - new Bond books, new Hitch Hiker books, etc?
The BBC commissioned a series of Edwin Drood, and thus the script writers created an ending. The series is currently showing on British television (anyone watching it?) so the ending remains to be seen, but can it end well?
I've read Sanditon by Jane Austen - or what there is of it - and I can't imagine another author being able to complete it satisfactorily. It is, perhaps, an interesting thought experiment to see where the story could go, but it wouldn't feel right.
Do you know of any successful examples of unfinished works being completed by others?
And what do you think of the current trend to "resurrect" series - new Bond books, new Hitch Hiker books, etc?
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Should unfinished works be given an ending? - Questions prompted by the BBC.
- 13/01/2012 12:24:10 AM
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Re: In the cases of things like Hitchhikers...
- 13/01/2012 02:49:32 AM
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I guess there is nothing wrong with doing it but that doesn't mean the fans should care
- 14/01/2012 05:25:57 PM
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