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>>Once the mega-corporation gets its hooks into a >>creative idea, it kind of puts us in a limbo as >>readers of many popular fictional characters. We know >>that Superman or Spider-man are never really going to >>croak and that there will be an infinite number of >>Star Wars books, filling every nook and cranny of a >>character's life. Because, were the story to END, >>there wouldn't be a new product to sell. And these are >>marketed as must-have products. > ><B>That is an interesting idea. Robert E. Howard >wrote long serieses (sp) of characters, as did >Burroughs and others - yet he managed to maintain the >atmosphere - once corporations got a hold of Conan and >gave him to other authors, the first thing to go was >the doomed atmosphere I mentioned in the start of this >thread.</B> > >> >>I wonder what is going to happen to Harry after >>Rowling writes her last book. Sure, SHE is done, but I >>wonder if Scholastic and Time-Warner are going to let >>the series die. Or will we see a series of poor >>quality "Young Harry" novels set around his first >>years at Hogwarts and a "Teen Harry" series and an >>infinite succession of spin-off products. > ><B>Oh, I hope not! But that may well happen.</B> >> >>I love to read Orson Scott Card's novels. And Ender's >>Game was practically the perfect sci-fi novel. > ><B>I have to agree with you there. Wonderful, >wonderful book.</B>
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