With time to spare in Lancaster Public Library, I read Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's graphic adaptation of their
Dune:
House Atreides. Herbert and Anderson write better than Frank Herbert did. Would we welcome such a prequel in Poul Anderson's Technic History? An equivalent scenario would be a novel about Crown Prince Josip's machinations in his father's court with action also on important other planets like Hermes and Dennitza.
We would welcome well-written extra instalments about familiar characters and settings but I get the impression that many volumes have been published merely to have the word, "Dune," - also "Foundation" - in their titles and nothing like that should ever be done with any of Poul Anderson's fictional universes. Fortunately, no one seems inclined to try.
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Kaor, Paul!
I think you meant to write "Herbert and Anderson write better than ["Brian"] Herbert"?
I agree, I hope no one, outside of mostly forgettable fanfics, seriously tries to write bad pastiches of Anderson's stories. Stirling showed, however, in "A Slip in Time," that a good writer who respects Anderson and his universes, can compose good pastiches set in those timelines. Stirling also once said he would love to do a Dominic Flandry story. Maybe he will, if a second MULTIVERSE is ever in the works. I am confident he would do a very good job of it, respecting Anderson's style, and the character and background of Flandry.
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Paul!
Oops! Did you mean Brian Herbert writes better than his father?
Ad astra! Sean
Yes.
Four authors with only two surnames between them.
Kaor, Paul!
Easy to get mixed up in cases like this.
Ad astra! Sean
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