The other week George R. R. Martin was reported as saying he wouldn’t license Westeros.
He admired the Tolkien estate for not licensing derivative works of The Lord Of The Rings. And I’m inclined to agree.
Even if a top-notch author is hired for the purpose, they will – because they are top-notch – put their own stamp on the story. And it won’t be the same as the original author’s. By nature. That’s good in a way; it’s adding something to the genre. But in others it isn’t, because it inevitably differs from the original concept the author had.
Martin is reported as hoping that some publisher, awash with cash, isn’t ready to commission a Lord Of The Rings sequel or prequel as soon as the Tolkien Estate gives the nod (which, I am sure, it won’t be any time in the foreseeable future).
I hope so…
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