Hyperion books is announcing today a new novel in the beloved Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. The new novel is to be written by the author of the Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer. The title of the new book is And Another Thing… The project is endorsed by Adams’ widow, Jane Belson.
The new book is scheduled for release in October of 2009, so we have a year of debate ahead of us if this is a good idea or not.
Huh. Well, I never was fond of how Mostly Harmless ended and this certainly has a promising title, but I’m very hesitant about someone else trying to write HHGttG. Could be fantastic, could be terrible. I’ll hope for fantastic.
As franchises and authors age, this is a question we’re going to be asking more and more.