"know, but I decided to ignore it."" There is a man mentioned by Lew named ""Vonnegut"", whom he met while in Dresden. This is a reference to Kurt Vonnegut's experiences in the Bombing of Dresden and his book ""Slaughterhouse-Five"". A character named Joey Heller is also mentioned who, like the author, was a bombardier during the Second World War and suffers with Guillain–Barré syndrome. Closing Time (novel) Closing Time is a 1994 novel by Joseph Heller, written as a sequel to the popular ""Catch-22"". It takes place in New York City in the 1990s, and revisits some characters of the"
"Since its release in 1961, the book has sold 10 million copies. Although he continued writing, including a sequel novel ""Closing Time"", Heller's later works were inevitably overshadowed by the success of Catch-22. When asked by critics why he'd never managed to write another novel as good as his first, Heller would retort with a smile ""Who has?"" This list covers the first and most recent printed publications by the original publisher Simon & Schuster as well as all other formats. Other print publishers include Dell, Corgi, Vintage, Knopf, Black Swan, Grasset & Fasquelle and Wahlström & Widstrand. The original"
"Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder Closing Time: The True Story of the ""Goodbar"" Murder is a 1977 book by Lacey Fosburgh about the murder of Roseann Quinn, a young New York City schoolteacher who reportedly led a ""double life"" and was murdered in 1973. Fosburgh appropriated the title of Judith Rossner's ""Looking for Mr. Goodbar"", the acclaimed best-selling novel which had been published two years earlier. ""Closing Time"" was nominated for the 1978 Edgar Award as Best Fact Crime book, despite Fosburgh's mixing of fact and fiction in a controversial technique she referred to as ""interpretive"
"has remained in London. Rick's Café Americain is still operating. As Time Goes By (novel) As Time Goes By is a novel written by American author Michael Walsh, intended as a prequel/sequel to the film ""Casablanca."" It was published in 1998. The book alternates between the early life of Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart in the film) in America and the period immediately after the plane leaves Casablanca at the end of the 1942 film. 1931-35 Yitzik ""Rick"" Baline is a small-time New York criminal during the time of Prohibition. He meets and falls in love with Lois, daughter"
"As Time Goes By (novel) As Time Goes By is a novel written by American author Michael Walsh, intended as a prequel/sequel to the film ""Casablanca."" It was published in 1998. The book alternates between the early life of Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart in the film) in America and the period immediately after the plane leaves Casablanca at the end of the 1942 film. 1931-35 Yitzik ""Rick"" Baline is a small-time New York criminal during the time of Prohibition. He meets and falls in love with Lois, daughter of Solly Horowitz, a big-time gangster and becomes a favorite"
"biography."" In 1980, she admitted to ""The New York Times"" that she had ""created scenes or dialogue I think it reasonable and fair to assume could have taken place, perhaps even did."" Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder Closing Time: The True Story of the ""Goodbar"" Murder is a 1977 book by Lacey Fosburgh about the murder of Roseann Quinn, a young New York City schoolteacher who reportedly led a ""double life"" and was murdered in 1973. Fosburgh appropriated the title of Judith Rossner's ""Looking for Mr. Goodbar"", the acclaimed best-selling novel which had been published two"
"Times"" as ""the work of an energetic mind, one seemingly unfettered by fashionable norms,"" and his second novel, ""The Mystery Roast"" (Crown, 1993), was described by ""The Washington Post"" as ""a savory spoof of trends, but ultimately...a love story involving secrets and dreams, anxieties about fulfillment and intimacy and the Muses that inspire us nonetheless."" ""Closer to the Sun"", published by Picador USA in 1996, was inspired by Gadol's move to Los Angeles and tells the story of a young couple who, after having lost their home in a canyon wildfire, enlist the help of a drifter to rebuild the"
"Alexandra Ripley Alexandra Ripley, ""née"" Braid (January 8, 1934 – January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of ""Scarlett"" (1991), written as a sequel to ""Gone with the Wind"". Her first novel was ""Who's the Lady in the President's Bed?"" (1972). ""Charleston"" (1981), her first historical novel, was a bestseller, as were her next books ""On Leaving Charleston"" (1984), ""The Time Returns"" (1985), and ""New Orleans Legacy"" (1987). Born Alexandra Elizabeth Braid in Charleston, South Carolina, she attended the elite Ashley Hall and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New"
"Happened"", was finally published in 1974. Critics were enthusiastic about the book, and both its hardcover and paperback editions reached number one on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list. Heller wrote another five novels, each of which took him several years to complete. One of them, ""Closing Time,"" revisited many of the characters from ""Catch-22"" as they adjusted to post-war New York. All of the novels sold respectably well, but could not duplicate the success of his first novel. Told by an interviewer that he had never produced anything else as good as ""Catch-22"", Heller famously responded, ""Who has?"" Heller"
"Tintner include ""The Secret Garden"" (1911), by Frances Hodgson Burnett; ""Poor Girl"" (1951), by Elizabeth Taylor; ""The Peacock Spring"" (1975), by Rumer Godden; ""Ghost Story"" (1975) by Peter Straub; ""The Accursed Inhabitants of House Bly"" (1994) by Joyce Carol Oates; and ""Miles and Flora"" (1997)—a sequel—by Hilary Bailey. Further literary adaptations identified by other authors include ""Affinity"" (1999), by Sarah Waters; ""A Jealous Ghost"" (2005), by A. N. Wilson; and ""Florence & Giles"" (2010), by John Harding. Young adult novels inspired by ""The Turn of the Screw"" include ""The Turning"" (2012) by Francine Prose and ""Tighter"" (2011) by Adele Griffin."
"""Havana"" (1990) have been poorly received. Stories of a ""Casablanca"" remake or sequel nonetheless persist. In 2008, the ""Daily Mail"" reported that Madonna was pursuing a remake set in modern-day Iraq. In 2012, both ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""Entertainment Weekly"" reported on efforts by Cass Warner, granddaughter of Harry Warner and friend of the late Howard Koch, to produce a sequel featuring the search by Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund's illegitimate son for the whereabouts of his biological father. The novel ""As Time Goes By"", written by Michael Walsh and published in 1998, was authorized by Warner. The novel picks"
"become a closer family. The novel's title is a reference to the Simon and Garfunkel song ""Mrs. Robinson""; specifically the lines: Judy Blume has stated on her website that she ""... had a terrible time coming up with a title for Rachel's story and I'm not happy with the one I finally chose which comes from a line in the book spoken angrily by Charles"". Here's to You, Rachel Robinson Here's to You, Rachel Robinson is a 1993 young adult novel by Judy Blume, the sequel to ""Just as Long as We're Together"". It is an allusion to a real"
"Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (1962) 82. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962) 83. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964) 84. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1966) 85. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1966) 86. Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth (1969) 87. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (1971) 88. Rabbit Redux by John Updike (1971) 89. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (1977) 90. A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul (1979) 91. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (1981) 92. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (1981) 93. Money: A Suicide Note by Martin"
"Scarlett (Ripley novel) Scarlett is a 1991 novel by Alexandra Ripley, written as a sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, ""Gone with the Wind"". The book debuted on ""The New York Times"" bestsellers list, but both critics and fans of the original novel found Ripley's version to be inconsistent with the literary quality of ""Gone with the Wind"". It was adapted as a television mini-series of the same title in 1994 starring Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett O'Hara. The book begins where ""Gone with the Wind"" left off, with Scarlett attending the funeral of her"
"on the culprits. According to the Official Gustav Hasford Website maintained by Hasford's cousin, ""The Short-Timers"", ""The Phantom Blooper"", and Hasford's third and last completed book, a noir detective novel titled ""A Gypsy Good Time"" (1992), are currently out of print. The texts of the two war novels and an excerpt of ""A Gypsy Good Time"" were publicly available at the website for at least a decade, but the site has since been redesigned, and Hasford's cousin, who manages the site, has stated he ""likely won't be reposting the novel"" there. A Gypsy Good Time A Gypsy Good Time is"
"not completed; it is just forced to stop. A Game of Hide and Seek A Game of Hide and Seek is a 1951 novel by Elizabeth Taylor. ""A Game of Hide and Seek"" was published again in 1986 by Virago Press and Penguin Books, with an introduction by Elizabeth Jane Howard. The novel is set in England between WWI and WWII and focused on the characters of Harriet Claridge and Vesey Macmillan. The novel explores their relationship, its effect on those around them, as they seek each other's love for more than 25 years. The story starts in their childhood."
"Closer (novel) Closer (sometimes known simply as Tunnels 4) is the fourth book in the ""Tunnels"" series, written by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. Released in the UK by Chicken House on 3 May 2010, its publication in the US by Scholastic Inc. followed on 1 February 2011. Part 1: Revelations In the world with its own sun in the center of the Earth, the Rebecca twins dive into a pool in order to escape an explosion set off by Will and Elliott in Freefall, and eventually are able to survive by breathing air they find trapped in the roof"
"was released in 1993. The film became extremely successful. In 1992, Crichton published the novel ""Rising Sun"", an international best-selling crime thriller about a murder in the Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a fictional Japanese corporation. The book was adapted into the 1993 film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, released the same year as the adaption of ""Jurassic Park"". His next novel, ""Disclosure"", published in 1994, addresses the theme of sexual harassment previously explored in his 1972 ""Binary"". Unlike that novel however, Crichton centers on sexual politics in the workplace, emphasizing an array of"
"and interrelationships of the characters and social changes generally, over seven decades. In a review in ""The Observer"", it was noted that instead of focusing on the crime, the novel dealt with the lives of the now elderly people in the present. In Marilyn Stasio's review for the New York Times the novel's effective use of a split time frame was noted. The Girl Next Door (Rendell novel) The Girl Next Door is a novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell published in 2014. It was the last of her novels published in her lifetime. During World War II, a"
"of the post-World War II world, Milo journeys through a more bureaucratic realm. His quest is far more purposeful than the frustrating journey Alice experiences, and the outcome differs as well—Milo restores his kingdom while Alice overturns hers. Carroll leaves us uncertain if Alice has learned anything from her adventures, but Juster makes it clear that Milo has acquired tools he will need to find his way through life. ""The Phantom Tollbooth"" was published in September 1961. Its competition among new books for the minds and hearts of children included Roald Dahl's ""James and the Giant Peach"". ""The Bronze Bow"","
"[...] ""Scarlett"", the [...] ""Gone With the Wind"" sequel"". It was adapted as a television mini-series of the same title in 1994 starring Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett O'Hara. The plot of the mini-series varies considerably from the book. Scarlett (Ripley novel) Scarlett is a 1991 novel by Alexandra Ripley, written as a sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, ""Gone with the Wind"". The book debuted on ""The New York Times"" bestsellers list, but both critics and fans of the original novel found Ripley's version to be inconsistent with the literary quality of ""Gone with"
"twice, has a daughter and a son of the second marriage. Books ""Behind the Horizon""-1993 ""My Time Machine"" (unpublished) ""The Cutest Dinosaur Ever""-1990 ""Cosmic Decameron""-1996 ""Hamlet's Father's Ghost""-2004 ""Looking for Eden""-2011 ""The Troy Horse-keeper"" (the book is still considered for publication) Notable Short-Stories ""The Tram Ran Through the Apartment"" ""Rainbow before the Rain"" ""Auction"" ""Noah"" ""Masha and the Bear"" ""The Magician"" ""Panel Number 5"" ""The Muse"" ""Seraphim"" ""The Nimbus"" ""The Death's Younger Daughter"" ""Quarantine"" ""The New Kid"" ""A Man With a Briefcase"" Cartoons ""Hunting the Rabbit""-1984 ""And Every Evening""-1986 ""The Invention""- 1989 ""Phantomagic""- 1996 Documentaries ""Valentin Podpomogov""-1987 ""The Far Pier""-1989"
"around technology-induced memory loss. Period-piece L.A. police detective stories set in the 1940s and '50s returned — with a harder edge and occasional parallels to contemporary issues — in ""Mulholland Falls"" (1996), and ""L.A. Confidential"" (1997) which was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two. Both ""True Confessions"" (1981) and De Palma's ""The Black Dahlia"" (2006) are based on an actual unsolved Hollywood murder case from 1947. ""Hollywoodland"" (2006) explores the mysterious 1959 death of actor George Reeves, who is portrayed by Ben Affleck. Raymond Chandler's final unfinished novel, ""Poodle Springs"", from 1958, was completed by another author and"
"Devil to the Belt Devil to the Belt is an omnibus release from 2000 containing two science fiction novels by American writer C. J. Cherryh, Heavy Time (1991), and Hellburner (1992). They are set in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe and are prequels to her Hugo Award–winning 1981 novel ""Downbelow Station"". Both of the included works were nominated for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in their respective years of eligibility. The novels and the omnibus printing were published by Warner Books, with some editions bearing the ""Questar Science Fiction"" or ""Warner Aspect"" imprints. Cherryh self-published e-book editions of ""Heavy"
"house, including a young man named Strat. Murders happen in the house, and Annie soon falls in love with Strat, and she ends up going back and forth between the two time periods, But where will she end up? And with whom? Out of Time (1996), , is the sequel to Caroline B. Cooney's young adult novel Both Sides of Time. Annie Lockwood is going on a school field trip to New York City, NY. This is about one year after she returned to her present time (1995). While in New York, she slips back one hundred years into the"
"Affinity (novel) Affinity is a 1999 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters. It is the author's second novel, following ""Tipping the Velvet"", and followed by ""Fingersmith"". Margaret Prior (also called ""Peggy"" and ""Aurora""), an unmarried woman from an upper-class family, visits the Millbank Prison in 1870s Victorian-era England. The protagonist is an overall unhappy person, recovering from her father's death and her subsequent suicide attempt, and struggling with her lack of power living at home with her over-involved mother despite being almost 30. She becomes a ""Lady Visitor"" of the prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding"
"chained women, catmen and other nonhumans, Terran Empire trade cities, Ghost Wind. The novel concerns an intelligence agent and a blood feud in the Dry Towns in the north of a world called Wolf. Note that the text of the Ace Double printing differs in the last chapter from the text of the 1979 Ace stand-alone printing. The Door Through Space The Door Through Space is a 1961 science fiction novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley. An expansion of Bradley's story ""Bird of Prey"", which first appeared in the May, 1957 issue of the magazine ""Venture"", it is her"
"Time After Time (Alexander novel) Time After Time is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Karl Alexander. Its plot speculates what might have happened if H. G. Wells had built a real time machine to travel to the 1970s in search of Jack the Ripper. The novel was adapted to film the same year, under the same title, by Alexander's friend Nicholas Meyer who had optioned the story after reading the early pages. Meyer wrote his screenplay as Alexander finished the novel and the two freely shared ideas for their respective iterations. In 2017 a short-lived television series"
"Time for Yesterday Time For Yesterday is a science fiction novel by American writer A. C. Crispin set in the fictional ""Star Trek"" Universe. It is a sequel to Crispin's earlier novel, ""Yesterday's Son"", and describes a second encounter between the crew of the USS ""Enterprise"" and Spock's son, Zar. The two books followed the original series episode """", and ""Time For Yesterday"" is subtitled The Yesterday Saga, Book 2. The Guardian of Forever has malfunctioned and is emitting waves of accelerated time that are causing premature star deaths throughout the galaxy. After Spock recalls that his son Zar was"
"A Gypsy Good Time A Gypsy Good Time is a 1992"" noir"" detective novel by Vietnam War veteran Gustav Hasford and the last novel he completed before his death in 1993, at forty-five years old. It is written in the style of classic hardboiled detective fiction and was poorly received by book critics at the time for making too much use of the cliches of the genre. ""A Gypsy Good Time"" never received the same critical recognition as Hasford's novels on Viet Nam, ""The Short-Timers"" (1979) and ""The Phantom Blooper"" (1990), and is relatively unknown even among the author's followers."
"Valentine's Castle (Robert Silverberg), #342, November, 1979. --The Autopsy (Michael Shea), #355, December, 1980. --The Thermals of August (Edward Bryant), May, 1981. --The Tehama (Bob Leman), December, 1981. --The Doors (Barbara Owens), November, 1984 --Midnight Snack (Vance Aandahl), #419, April, 1986. --The Cold Cage (Ray Aldridge), February, 1990. --Dr. Pak's Preschool (David Brin), July, 1990. --Gate of Faces (Aldridge), April, 1991. --Tree of Life, Book of Death (Grania Davis) March, 1992. --Bridges (de Lint), October-November, 1992. --Busy Dying (Brian Stableford), February, 1994. --The Spine Divers (Ray Aldridge), June, 1995. --Candle in a Bottle (Carolyn Ives Gilman), October-November, 1996. --Reading the"
"Close to Home (novel) Close to Home, is the second novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1979 by Collins. It is mentioned in the 6th edition of the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide. Like her first novel ""You Must Be Sisters"" it is semi-autobiographical and relates to a time when she was living in Camden Town with two small children, a husband who was often away on business, and struggling to write a novel. The book is set in the long hot summer of 1976 in a suburban London street and concerns the occupants of two adjacent houses."
"Out of Time (Cooney novel) Out of Time is the sequel to Caroline B. Cooney's young adult novel ""Both Sides of Time"", and is the second book in the Time Travelers Quartet. Annie Lockwood is going on a school field trip to New York City one year after she has returned to her time in 1995 after meeting Strat. While in New York, she slips back one hundred years into the past, to discover her one true love, Strat, has been put into an insane asylum. Annie learn from Strat's younger sister Devonny that Strat's current predicament is because he"