![]() ![]() It represents but one possible reading, rather like time travel fiction in which the future one visits turns out to be only one of several possible futures. Don’t you see? It doesn’t ruin anything! The sequel presupposes and thus includes the original in its narrative universe, but the original does not include or presuppose the sequel! That is obvious enough, but some seem to think a sequel must control our reading of the original, since a sequel does indeed reinterpret the original-but only on its own horizon. ![]() For one thing, whatever someone writes as a follow-up to the original, whether it’s the same author or a fan who writes it as a tribute, it need not retroactively contaminate the original tale. What, pray tell, is wrong with sequels? Just that they tend to be derivative, repetitive, and threaten the integrity of the original? Is that all that’s bothering you? I wouldn’t trouble your still-attached head with such worries, my friend!Ī sequel is nothing but a particular kind of thought experiment, one that might turn out to be fun if you give it a chance. ![]()
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