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# I read the intro you wrote for the kids edition of hitchhikers where you basically say who are goodies and who are baddies
Did you really think that the book was so complicated that it needed that level of dumbing down? Do you and your publishers think that your normal target audience aren't intelligent enough to follow the book and make up their own minds?

Secondly, how do you feel about someone (maybe even someone you don't think too highly of) possibly taking the characters you've created and telling the world what 'officially' happened to them next after your death? I would imagine most authors held their creations very dear, are you the same? or is publishers money just that great a thing?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 12:52, archived)
# Dear Mr Colfer
HappyToast is normally a cheery fellow. How have you managed to annoy him this much? Did you have to put in much effort?
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 12:55, archived)
# I didn't think this sounded that annoyed
sorry, was genuinely wondering how he felt about the two points.
It's not the end of the world his doing this book, and it might be very good, I just find it sad the concept of the characters doing things that DA never knew about - like a parent not seeing their kids go off in to the world
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:02, archived)
# Don't apologise...
I think a lot of people here had been wondering something similar...

:)
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:03, archived)
# Yes.
Yes we have. Well, I have, anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 14:44, archived)
# Publisher's money has always been that great a thing.
Just ask Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 12:57, archived)
# Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is dead Archie.
His new book comes out next month.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 12:58, archived)
# he's DEAD?
;)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 12:59, archived)
# Don't worry.
Death is no impediment to an author these days.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:01, archived)
# Henry Gibson agrees:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Occg29DsI7k
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:02, archived)
# I hear Dan Brown is doing the new adventures of Holmes and Watson based on the Guy Richie movie
in the first one they wrestle Derren Brown on a waterfall over the channel 4 studios
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:04, archived)
# Needs more Cheggers.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:05, archived)
# Did he say the mattress was a goodie or a baddie?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:01, archived)
# Nee matta no badda
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 13:07, archived)
# Zem?
Zem the mattress?

*flollops*
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 8 Oct 2009, 4:13, archived)