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Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by puranjay »

venomsnake wrote: post #27
puranjay wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In between, he probably put out 200 odd books. The man wrote like his life depended on it. As far as gaps go, I'm still hoping GRRM won't break any records

Judging by Leviathan Wakes and the others from the expanse we are safe in the unfortunate case of "a jordan". It is written by his assistant and a friend of him. They are also the people that are his "hit by a bus" insurance. And I think that he will progress faster nowadays with the show. Not that I have high hopes for the series after book four and five.

The show creators have apparently been already told about the ending, lest something unfortunate happen to GRRM. As things stand, I don't see him wrapping up the series even by Book 7, which, I hope to read before my kids go to college (I'm 26)

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by celticninja »

spike021 wrote: post #30
mercer wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I expected it to annoy me, for some reason in this particular situation I love the fact that we're using very current terminology in the context of a 'classic' from the 60s. Perhaps because it 'anchors' the term and makes it seem more like a useful word to describe a phenomenon that has always existed, rather than annoying, very-specific jargon.

Maybe at the time they would be referred to as 'memories'.

He meant pivot. It has become a bit of a buzzword and perhaps people think that it has only just come into practice, however it was always around it just hadn't been reduced to a single word.

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by celticninja »

wpietri wrote: post #25
tjr wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article shares though that she originally wrote the book around the same time as To Kill a Mockingbird , or more precisely, she wrote this book first, and was advised by her editor to expound upon some segments of it to write To Kill a Mockingbird instead. So a huge gap between publications, but I would expect the writing to be similar.

For the impact to be similar, it will take a lot more than similar writing. I will read this -- I would read Harper Lee's grocery lists with interest -- but I expect that it will be a minor literary footnote, not another beloved landmark book.

But is that because of the expectation due to the preceding piece of work or can it be judged on its own merit?

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by spike021 »

celticninja wrote: post #32
spike021 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe at the time they would be referred to as 'memories'.

He meant pivot. It has become a bit of a buzzword and perhaps people think that it has only just come into practice, however it was always around it just hadn't been reduced to a single word.

Oh I see.

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by [deleted] »

puranjay wrote: post #31
venomsnake wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Judging by Leviathan Wakes and the others from the expanse we are safe in the unfortunate case of "a jordan". It is written by his assistant and a friend of him. They are also the people that are his "hit by a bus" insurance. And I think that he will progress faster nowadays with the show. Not that I have high hopes for the series after book four and five.

The show creators have apparently been already told about the ending, lest something unfortunate happen to GRRM. As things stand, I don't see him wrapping up the series even by Book 7, which, I hope to read before my kids go to college (I'm 26)

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Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by celticninja »

bshimmin wrote: post #9

I think this will be a massive seller, though (depressingly) probably nothing in comparison to a new Harry Potter. I also think it'll be great.

Why hate harry Potter? it probably encouraged many more people to pick up a book, some of whom may never have read a book otherwise, and then they may have gone on to read classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird.

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by fmax30 »

To kill a mocking bird was the first novel i read in my life. I was only 11 (in 6th grade) at the time and took around 3-4 months (summer break) to complete it, to be honest this was the book that made me realize that reading english literature can be an extremely amazing and insightful experience. Granted i didn't understand many things that were in it at the time but it kept me hooked.

Also i remember thinking that jean was a boy till i was 20-30 pages in realizing that she was in fact a girl.

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by etep »

Wow. Am currently reading "The Mockingbird Next Door" by Marja Mills. Brifely, Marja gained unprecedented access to the private life of Nelle Harper Lee. It is extremely interesting, and I am quite surprised at this turn of events. Good news!

Re: Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

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Post by danielweber »

fmax30 wrote: post #38

To kill a mocking bird was the first novel i read in my life. I was only 11 (in 6th grade) at the time and took around 3-4 months (summer break) to complete it, to be honest this was the book that made me realize that reading english literature can be an extremely amazing and insightful experience. Granted i didn't understand many things that were in it at the time but it kept me hooked. Also i remember thinking that…

Jem turned out to be a boy. When I started the book, all my classmates were sure she was truly outrageous.
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