Being as it's Valentine's Day

[rj_anderson]

hedda62, I saw these and, inevitably, thought of you. :)

Speaking of O'Brian, I just read "21" last weekend, and as with the case of Dorothy Dunnett and the missing last Johnson Johnson book (of which even less, that is to say nothing at all, exists) it seems somehow impossible to believe that this really is The End, and there will never be any more canon, and that if you want to know what happened to the characters you are just going to have to make it up in your own head.

But making it up just isn't satisfactory, not with either of those two authors. They're too singular, too inimitable. If JKR were to unexpectedly shuffle off this mortal coil (though I fervently hope she doesn't!) and leave the HP series unfinished, I think I might eventually find some fanfic or other, or if necessary write one myself, that would give me a sense of closure. But not with O'Brian or Dunnett.

Sigh.

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[vaznetti]

My O'Brian canon ends just before Diana's death (Blue at the Mizzen, I think.) I find that makes a good stopping place.

[hedda62.livejournal.com]

*snort* Acting Lieutenant of your heart, indeed.

I haven't read "21" yet - I hesitated over giving it for Christmas (er, ostensibly to my husband) and then balked at the price per page - which I suppose is silly. Hmm, maybe an inappropriate Valentine's Day gift... but yes, I know what you mean about closure.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

I feel exactly the same way about the two new Lord Peter Wimsey books.

*snort*

[meril.livejournal.com]

My mother said the same thing about O'Brian.

I just can't bring myself to read "21" although it is in the house (I bought it for my mother, in fact.)

[owl]

I know, so sad. I can't believe that it's over, either. *sniff*