Another long-delayed sequel: Charles Webb's The Graduate (1963) and Home School (2007). I haven't read the latter and have no great confidence that it's the model of concise storytelling that The Graduate is.

George R. Stewart's Earth Abides is a wonderful book, but it's a little too pastoral for me to construe as "post-apocalyptic"; sure there's an apocalypse, but it's not exactly a downbeat ending. Human life continues. Another worthwhile book in this subgenre is Philip K. Dick's Dr. Bloodmoney.

Your idea brought to mind Terry Carr's comment on Ace Books' 1950s/60s "double" format, in which two short novels were published in one book, each with its own cover, each upside-down from the other:

"Larry McMurtry often gets attached to his characters, leading to many years-later sequels like Return To Lonesome Dove…"

Another such pair would be Jack Finney's great novel (with photos and illustrations) Time and Again (1970) and its perhaps unnecessary sequel From Time to Time (1995).

Jay Leno first arrives in a classic French car, a Citroen DS Pallas (as he says). I figured that would have some part to play in the advertised Paris story. No such luck; apparently Leno just abandons it on the street when he leaves for the first time, riding in his newly acquired Morgan on the flatbed truck.

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Animated TV show - THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE

How did this thing get named after Twilight Zone anyway? Was this during the run of the CBS hour-long revival series of the mid-'80s? (Note: Last time I was in Disneyland (Anaheim CA) was spring 1962. My favorite rides were the air-cushion teacups and the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride.)

Not only was the idea of a Blues Brothers theatrical movie widely viewed as ill-advised, the publicity materials even acknowledged this. The 4-page color insert I saw in weekly Variety in 1979, for example, began "It's too late." (white type on black field) and inside was a two-page spread, a photo* of the boys and…

I don't necessarily disagree (not having read the new book, but having read Nobody's Fool with pleasure more than once) with the opinions given here, but the opening of this review is confusing: "A guy who doesn’t fit the ’80s may find himself imminently in tune with the 2010s." The earlier book came out in 1993 and…

Midnight Run (1988) should be given some credit as the latter-day standard-setter for police car-destroying car chases.

Tracts?

If I were even 40 years younger, there'd be a newsletter for sure…

Okay, maybe "four fried chickens and a Coke" was funny the very first time I heard it — but not when it was repeated a few seconds later. (And the whole "Think" number is undercut by the fact that the song is ineffective; that is, she can't keep her guy from going with the band.)

It's true. The Blues Brothers is not funny, nor was it funny when released. Diverting at times, sure, but the sheer excess is wearying — and let's face it, it's difficult for even a great comedian to be funny if his or her eyes can't be seen. (Yeah, I know, Belushi takes his shades off for a moment near the end, but…

I would argue that in retrospect, Coneheads (the 1993 movie) was Bonnie and Terry Turner's study or prototype for their TV series Third Rock from the Sun (premiered January 1996) at least as much as it was an Aykroyd project.

The real question is: Will they address the fact that (per Into Darkness) someone can now beam from one planet to another, both planets being in spiral motion around the center of the galaxy, accurately enough to avoid materializing a mile above (or a mile beneath) the surface of the planet, with no need for even a…

There are fans who prefer The Motion Picture to The Wrath of Khan. They claim TMP's longueurs are balanced out by its 2001-like ambitions. (I myself saw both 2001 and TMP when released, and I never detected any resemblance.)

"Because Star Trek" got me to pay for a ticket for (dammit, Jim!) Star Trek V in 1989. I won't make that mistake again.

Marathon Man, Dog Day Afternoon, All the President's Men, Taxi Driver. All 1975 or 1976. All were great theatrical experiences.