Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'

Re:Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel' by tjr on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @11:59AM (#8991459)

The article shares though that she originally wrote the book around the same time as To Kill a Mockingbird, or more precisely, she wrote this book first, and was advised by her editor to expound upon some segments of it to write To Kill a Mockingbird instead.

So a huge gap between publications, but I would expect the writing to be similar.

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Re:Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel' by wpietri on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @12:51PM (#8991868)

For the impact to be similar, it will take a lot more than similar writing. I will read this -- I would read Harper Lee's grocery lists with interest -- but I expect that it will be a minor literary footnote, not another beloved landmark book.

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Re:Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel' by celticninja on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @01:25PM (#8992135)

But is that because of the expectation due to the preceding piece of work or can it be judged on its own merit?

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