Readers advisory

[owlmoose]

Various info science blogs point me to this column from Strange Horizons on the hierarchy of sequels. The author is also a librarian, so naturally he presents this taxonomy. This really appeals to the cataloger within. (Sometimes I wonder if I missed my calling, going into reference instead. But the library tech just handed me a stack of books to catalog, so hey, maybe I get my chance.) Anyway, interesting.

You know, I really ought to get better about actually reading SH on my own rather than just stumbling across other people's links to interesting articles and stories in it....

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. I wish I were familiar with more of his examples. However, I do feel he should have pointed out that Herbert beat 'Dune' to death long before his heirs got their hands on the franchise. :)