tl;dr

Some children’s author I’ve never heard of (he wrote the Artemis Fowl books apparently) will be writing a sixth HGttG book the BBC reports. After being asked to do it by Douglas Adams’s widow, he said:

My first reaction was semi-outrage that anyone should be allowed to tamper with this incredible series.

Hmm. At least we agree on that bit then. Seriously though. DNA had a remarkable writing style. Can this really end in anything but tears?

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