MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

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> Carol responds:
<SNIP>
> Is the novel worth reading? I need something to interest me other 
than
> Harry Potter, and, so far, even old favorites like the Austen novels
> are failing to do the trick.
> 
> Carol, who thinks that "The Wide Sargasso Sea" is a beautiful title
>

Alla:

If you do not mind series of books which is on the surface science 
fiction, but has truly fascinating plot and character developments, I 
cannot recommend Louis Mcmaster Bujold "Miles Vorkosigan" saga enough.

I know these books were mentioned here, but they are amazing IMO 
anyways.