It's very fishy. Google Harper and lawsuits or her health or anything, and it's pretty clear she's possibly incapacitated and being exploited. She didn't just suddenly change her mind out of the blue on a book she has frequently said she didn't think was good enough to publish (amongst other reasons). I'm off to work or I'd provide links, but I know y'all have Google-foo.
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javachik - Feb 03, 2015 7:13:33 am PST #22978 of 28342
Our wings are not tired.
sj - Feb 03, 2015 7:27:28 am PST #22979 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nanita, I was just thinking the same thing.
Tom Scola - Feb 03, 2015 7:46:52 am PST #22980 of 28342
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, the timing on this is interesting.
-t - Feb 03, 2015 8:39:34 am PST #22981 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, that's as may be, but I still want to read the hell out of it.
javachik - Feb 03, 2015 10:37:48 am PST #22982 of 28342
Our wings are not tired.
Unless I become convinced that Harper Lee wanted the public to read it, I won't. [link]
-t - Feb 03, 2015 10:55:19 am PST #22983 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If her heirs decided to publish it after she died, would you feel the same way?
javachik - Feb 03, 2015 11:56:27 am PST #22984 of 28342
Our wings are not tired.
If she had not wanted it published? And was on record as saying so? Absolutely. I worked with seniors in assisted living and nursing home settings for many years, and saw first hand the kind of manipulation and exploitation that occurs. And I wouldn't want to take advantage of that.
I also feel no need for a sequel or a prequel or whatever on what I think is a perfect book. But that's beside the point. I am also not going to judge any of you who do read it, that's not really my style. I just can't share the joy of the publishing of it with you.
Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2015 1:44:57 pm PST #22985 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I only just found out that Kafka didn't want The Trial or The Castle (in addition to a bunch of other books) published either. He told his friend to destroy them but he didn't.
javachik - Feb 03, 2015 1:48:50 pm PST #22986 of 28342
Our wings are not tired.
And he was only 40 when he died. Ms. Lee has had a hell of a long life during which at ANY time she could have published a damned shopping list had she chosen (or changed her mind on this book). So to me it's highly suspect that three months after her fiercest protector (and lawyer), her sister, dies, she's changing her mind. Nope. There is no way the "statement" released today is Harper Lee's own words, and she has a recent history of "signing anything put in front of her." Shady shady shady shady.
Consuela - Feb 03, 2015 3:15:21 pm PST #22987 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, I'm coming down that way to, Nanita.