BOOK: The Sequel
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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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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
When the third crew of decorators vanished without a trace, the producer began to think that renovating the house on Ash Tree Lane had not been such a good idea—but it did make great TV. —From House of Leaves: Extreme Makeover Edition (sequel to House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski) Submitted by Emma Joyce
"I swear to you, the fish was as big as a boat," the old man claimed; then, looking out to sea, he continued, "and it felt as though I were fighting against the stars and the moon, trying to haul it in." —From The One That Got Away (sequel to The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway) Submitted by Marilyn Peake, Author
A little older and more experienced, I found myself in a steaming hot tub on the long and winding road to ecstasy. —From Sensualito (sequel to La Divina Commedia (or Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) by Dante Alighieri) Submitted by Bill Newlin
Doublethink was never his strong suit: He loved Big Brother but then again, so had Grandpa ... didn't that guy get old? —From the sequel to 1984 by George Orwell Submitted by Emma Glass
Relax? You owe more than you think you owe. —From Dr. Spock's Adult and Eldercare (sequel to Dr. Spock's Infant and Child Care by Dr. Benjamin Spock) Submitted by Mark Shulman, Author, New York City
When capitalism and the current free-market economies of the twenty-first century go unregulated, what have we learned? —From The Dawning of a New Age (sequel to A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx) Submitted by Timothy Ryan Davis, Writer (Children's Books), North Carolina