Re:The Berkeley Hotel Hostage of Douglas Adams
by thanatos519 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @02:27PM
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I have a lot to say about Eoin Colfer's travesty of a sequel, but I'm not going to say it all here.
To sum it up in one word, I felt betrayed. The original books shed humorous light on so many of the rotten things in our world, in a way that had protected me. For example, I had met the Vogons before I encountered actual bureaucracy. This book depicted Vogons as people complete with awkward father/son reconciliation plot. I was certain when I read it that Adams was 'spinning in his grave' as he would have put it. I was inconsolable.
I had to opportunity to read the final manuscript in preparation for interviewing him. After reading the manuscript, which was difficult as I became increasingly upset as I slogged through it, I refused to be involved further and suggested that they not publish it. When further begged for interview questions, the best I could come up with was something along the lines of "How dare you?".
To sum it up in one word, I felt betrayed. The original books shed humorous light on so many of the rotten things in our world, in a way that had protected me. For example, I had met the Vogons before I encountered actual bureaucracy. This book depicted Vogons as people complete with awkward father/son reconciliation plot. I was certain when I read it that Adams was 'spinning in his grave' as he would have put it. I was inconsolable.
I had to opportunity to read the final manuscript in preparation for interviewing him. After reading the manuscript, which was difficult as I became increasingly upset as I slogged through it, I refused to be involved further and suggested that they not publish it. When further begged for interview questions, the best I could come up with was something along the lines of "How dare you?".