Current mood:

curious

"And Another Thing..."
Some people who read my blog may ask, "Where did Tanuki get that goofy sense of humor that is one of his trademarks today?"

A big influence was Douglas Adams, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." As a small boy, I checked out these books from the Panorama City Library during summers spent with my dad, read them...and spent hours laughing hysterically. (See, you can blame Douglas Adams, bless him, for all the weirdness that comes forth from me. Don't you feel better now?) :P

I bring this up because Adams' books were a huge influence on me and my own writing/Gaming/general goofery/etc. Sadly, his last novel in the series, "Mostly Harmless" ended on a huge depressing downer.

Now, apparently there is going to be a sequel. How? Douglas Adams died some years ago. Apparently, Eoin Colfer, author of the "Artemis Fowl" books, has been invited to make an attempt.

Now, I'm not sure how this is going to turn out. I liked Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" but his sense of humor tends to be a bit more cynical and evil-minded than Adams was. I also worry because he says he didn't try to write the book using Adams' trademark style, which to me is what makes "Hitchhiker's."

On the other hand, Adams' own last few books weren't really all that fun, forgive me.

So I'm curious. I might split the difference between curiousity and worry and see if I can check it out from the library.

Now, I can think of VERY few cases where a deceased author's beloved property was well handled by a successor. But one can hope.

More here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091008/stage_nm/us_books_hitchhiker