BOOK: The Sequel
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BOOK: The Sequel is now available!
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this fun (and quick) project!
Ever wonder what happens to Harry Potter after twenty years of marriage and a steady government gig?
Or what Karl Marx would say about today’s financial crisis?
If the Bible had a sequel, what would its first sentence be?
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- Pick a book.
- Imagine its sequel.
- Write the first sentence.
- Give it a great title.
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Some inspiration to get you started:
See, I was right. —From Das Kapital 2 (sequel to Das Kapital by Karl Marx)
HappyMeals are all alike; each unhappy meal is unhappy in its own way. —From Anna McKarenina (sequel to Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy)
Bob Marley was dead, to begin with. —From Kwanzaa Tunes (sequel to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)
All animals are equal, except those with swine flu. —From Mexican Animal Farm (sequel to Animal Farm by George Orwell)
Featured Submissions
Full of vexation come I, with complaint / Against my hormones gone so far awry. —From A Midsummer Night's Hot Flash (sequel to A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare) Submitted by Jyotsna Sreenivasan
The sun would not stop. They'd get burned if they played. —From The Cat in the Hat: Global Warming Edition (sequel to The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss) Submitted by Marie Kent, Library/Academic Marketing, Random House, Inc., New York City
Honey-scented bile rose in Pooh's throat as he and Piglet looked down at the torn remains of his dear friend strewn across the floor of Rabbit's sitting room, wondering who could have done such a thing to poor, poor Rabbit. —From Winnie the Pooh and the Blood-Stained Room (sequel to The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne) Submitted by David Young, Sapporo, Japan
Holden Caulfield, divorced and with custody of his son, wished his teenager would just do his homework and stop mouthing off to him. —From The Catcher In the Rye: Reality Bites (sequel to The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger) Submitted by Jeremy Wagner, Struggling Novelist, Waukegan, IL
When the power surge wiped his hard drive, destroying the only copy of his manuscript, Bastian Balthazar Bux rued the fact that he had neglected to back it up. —From The Prematurely Ended Story (sequel to The Neverending Story by Michael Ende) Submitted by Caitlin Fawcett
Too bad! alls well that ends well said peter rabbit. —From The Tales of Peter Rabbit (sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter) Submitted by John Bishop, Jr.