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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by kregasaurusrex on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:05PM (#19082281)
Contrast Prince with Terry Pratchett, whose estate followed his wishes of destroying the hard drives containing Terry's unfinished works with a steamroller.[0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/30/terry-pratchet...

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by pattisapu on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:24PM (#19082357)
That's terrible (to me, as a selfish fan).

I'm happy that Max Brod published Kafka's works against his will that they should be incinerated.

One never knows.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by Ntrails on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:27AM (#19084362)
As a fan I would not want to read anything the author felt was unfinished. Worse, in Pratchetts case, I hate the idea that he would have stopped writing out of fear that part finished things would be released after he died.
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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by pattisapu on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:23PM (#19090589)
Sketches show the artist, and for that reason alone I would love to read such works.

Great point, though, on the potential chilling effect.

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