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The majority of my answers this week will involve authors who have either passed away or retired from writing for health reasons because there’s something poignant about wishing for stories that will never be written. (I do still have hope for the last few of them, though).
If only all authors could live long enough and in good enough health to write every single story in their heads!
I like to imagine some alternate universe out there where every unwritten or unfinished book somehow exists and can be enjoyed.
Here are my answers:
1. Jean M. Auel
I’ve talked about my love of the Earth’s Children series before as well as how disappointed I was by how the major conflicts remained completely unresolved in the sixth and final book. In many cases, they were not mentioned at all despite being catalysts for character and plot development in the first several instalments. It would make me unbelievably happy if Auel could write just one more book to wrap everything up properly and reunite Ayla, the protagonist of this series, with her now-adult son.
2. Octavia E. Butler
Her Earthseed series predicted the future in all sorts of ways that are slowly coming true in the 2020s. I would be thrilled to know how it was supposed to end. Perhaps both it and our world will improve dramatically in the decades to come?
3. Anne Frank
She should still be alive and writing books! I think she would have been a lovely children’s book author, but maybe she would have preferred some other genre instead?
4. Malcolm X
He was evolving in such interesting ways at the end of his life. I wish he had been allowed to see old age and write about whatever was on his mind from the 1970s and beyond.
5. George R.R. Martin
While I haven’t actually read the Song of Ice and Fire series yet, I know how irritating it is to love a series that hasn’t been finished properly. All series and books should have a chance to wrap everything up. If that final Song of Ice and Fire book is ever written, I will check out this series.
6. Sarah Waters
It’s been a decade since her last book. I completely understand how writer’s block can be an impediment as I suffer from it, but if that’s what is going on with her I hope she is able to get past it soon. Her stories are so good.