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[MyGirlsMom]

New York Times Opinion piece pretty much says Harper Collins rushed to publish , "Go Set a Watchman"  as a novel for $$$$$$$$$

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/joe-nocera-the-watchman-fraud.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=c...

[ms traditional]

i found this to be a bit of a rant.  i don't know any publisher that wouldn't have jumped at the chance to publish anything Harper Lee.   my queasiness:  that all this happened after HL's sister and advisor died.  quickly.  and under the tutelage of HL's advisor/agent, Carter.  i think HL  was ill-advised - Carter represented the author. she had certain responsibiities to her.  i do believe  there were pecuniary motives starting there as generally author's representatives get a percentage of sales..

[insomniac]

Someone is making money off this, and it isn't Harper Lee. It's a travesty.

[ms traditional]

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@insomniac wrote:

Someone is making money off this, and it isn't Harper Lee. It's a travesty.

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i am sure she is making money - but she was hardly hurting with royalties from TKAM most likely more than sufficient over the last 50 years.  her work is under fire now at a time when she is deaf and pretty sightless - and not in a position to respond properly.   it seems others had more to gain than she from this -   i believe her sister was correct in holding back publication.   sometimes these works are better studied posthumously imo.

[LoriLori]

She may be making money but she doesn't need more money.  GSAW is a first draft, and from what I've read not a good one.  The stain now on her previously flawless reputation as a writer  is not worth any amount of money.

[MyGirlsMom]

I had known about the controversy surrounding the so called new novel and this NYT opinion piece certainly puts things in perspective for me.

[ChynnaBlue]

I'm not planning on reading this one. The whole way it was released seems sketchy and opportunistic. I loved To Kill a Mockingbird, but the way this was found and then sold seems wrong to me.

[ValuSkr]

I've seen people conflate the titles and refer to Book #2 as "Go Kill A Watchman."

[smoky22]

Even though Go Set A Watchman was written before To Kill A Mockingbird (and To Kill A Mockingbird was developed from Go Set A Watchman), the events in Go Set A Watchman take place almost 20 years after the events in To Kill A Mockingbird.  I have read the book and in my mind it is a sequel and I think of it as book #2.  It does not diminish To Kill A Mockingbird in any way (for me).  I am speaking of the book's literary value and not who is making money from it. 

[lory]

I thought the book was awful.  Dont waste any money on it...check it out at the library and dont be in a hurry to do it....thats how bad it is.