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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Planetfall Update Again
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Matthew Daly (daly@PPD.Kodak.COM) wrote:
> > 
> >   I've said in the past that Infocom is probably Activision's only
> >adventure gaming 'heritage'...  but I've gotten a bit tired of them taking
> >old games and making completely non-contiguous sequels.  
>
> I think that Infocom did that to itself more than Activision has
> so far.  Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, heck even Stationfall were 
> derivative works trying to "cash in" on a legacy series or work
> with no real hook to tie it in.  

But at least it was the original artists doing their own sequels.

Certainly an author can write a lousy derivative sequel to his own work --
look at practically any SF author who's been famous for ten years* -- but 
it's the author's well-established prerogative to TRY to do a good job. 

--Z

* Yes, I'm cynical. But it does happen more often than not. _Ringworld 
Throne_, anybody?
-- 

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
