This Can't be How it Ends!!

[Aaron]

Part of last night's House of Suns discussion was about the open ending and (as of yet) lack of sequel.

How important is closure to you in a book?

Is there a story or group of characters you would love to spend more time with but can't due to the material running out?

[Lara]

It'd be nice if the Gods of the Night series got finished off. C'mon Nina Bangs, get a move on!

[Ez, The God of Catan]

Seems like an apt day for some thread necromancy.

So, Harper Lee is a about to have her second book published, 55 years after To Kill A Mockingbird hit the shelves - which is probably making GRRM cackle with possibilities. Let the bustards wait!

Mixed news though, because on the one hand Scout returneth, hurrah! On the other, Lee's lawyer has been accused of taking advantage of an old vulnerable lady who chose to live a reclusive lifestyle and not to let any of her literary output slip into the voracious hands of publishers.... that was until her sister, Lee's life long protector and lawyer, died some three months ago.


... Tangent, but I used to hope that JD Salinger and Lee met up annually for wordsmith hermit conventions...

I wish Tove Jansson had found the right head (and heart) space to have written one last Moomin book, or that Mrs Gaskell hadn't popped her clogs on Wives and Daughters, I'm glad Max Brod rescued Kafka's work for posthumous publication, but... this news leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

[Red]

Yes, having read that Mallory Ortberg piece on http://the-toast.net/, I've got to say it sounds far dodgier than the whole "isn't it wonderful she's publishing again after 50-odd years?" guff that's been going around the various news outlets today...