Canon Discontinuity/Literature: Difference between revisions

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** To be fair, King does warn readers not to proceed onwards.

* Many [[Science Fiction]] fans refuse to acknowledge any ''[[Dune]]'' books not written by Frank Herbert, despite this ending the series on a massive cliffhanger. They choose to follow Muad'Dib's philosophy, instead: "Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife -- chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' " Some go even further and ignore books after ''Children of Dune'' or ''Dune Messiah'', or even accept only the original novel.

** It must be acknowledged that even Herbert himself [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~|broke down on continuity]] a couple of times.

** It must be acknowledged that even Herbert himself [[Canon Discontinuity|broke down on continuity]] a couple of times.

** Some fans simply believe that Brian and Kevin CANNOT MEAN TO END LIKE THAT.

** Several fans use the non-canon (but Frank Herbert-approved) ''Dune Encyclopedia'''s take on the history of the universe because, among other reasons, it averts the [[Robot War]] aspects.

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*** And there's the whole "Leto the First's BFF is a robot-man that, at the time, would have caused Caladan to be RAZED FROM ORBIT by every other noble house do to the whole 'Machine enslaved mankind, so we don't even use calculators' mentality".

* Many fans are of the opinion there are only four (or possibly three... or two) books in ''The [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' trilogy. Either option means Arthur has a chance of living [[Happily Ever After]].

** It is written somewhere (maybe in ''Salmon of Doubt'') that Adams was very depressed while writing ''Mostly Harmless'' and [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~|intended to write a sixth book, reversing the ending]], before he suffered [[Author Existence Failure]].

** It is written somewhere (maybe in ''Salmon of Doubt'') that Adams was very depressed while writing ''Mostly Harmless'' and [[Canon Discontinuity|intended to write a sixth book, reversing the ending]], before he suffered [[Author Existence Failure]].

* Some fans of [[Dean Koontz]]'s Frankenstein series regard only the first two books in the series as occurring. Dead/Alive, Lost Souls and Dead Town did not happen.

* [[Terry Pratchett]] has stated that the (unnamed) Patrician in ''[[Discworld/The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'' is Havelock Vetinari (though written by a worse writer), but since a) he doesn't act much like Vetinari, b) it's a little dicey timeline-wise, and c) it's hard to believe that Vetinari could ''ever'', in ''any'' alternate timeline, have been an obese man who threw wild parties and ate candied jellyfish, many fans choose to believe that the earlier Patrician is one of Vetinari's predecessors (Snapcase or Winder).