Posted by peter Willis on March 28, 2010 at 08:29:46 user PeterWillis.
In Reply to: Re: Another Treasure Island Sequel posted by Magnus on March 26, 2010 at 12:52:41:
Well, I think that answers the Ransome/Stevenson link question - thanks to Magnus for the link. And I hear AR's RLS book is currently being edited by Kirsty Nicol Findlay for publication Can't wait.
As to the sequel I am unenthisiastic to the point of revulsion. While I'm sure Miss Nancy Blackett would rightly welcome the idea of Long John Silver's *daughter* being involved, and so at one level do it, it does smack to me of box-ticking and political correctness (run mad...), and the basic problem with all these sequels. They are written for a market in a way the originals weren't. I can understand any author being vain enough to relish the 'challenge' but the commercial impetus is a good deal more cynical.