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FROM: "Keith Chaffee" <[removed]@primenet.com>
REC'D: 10/25/99, 10:43 PM

I'm compiling a list of novels inspired by other novels. The recent
sequels to GONE WITH THE WIND and various Jane Austen novels would
count, of course, but there are also things like Gregory Maguire's
WICKED, the life story of the Wicked Witch from THE WIZARD OF OZ; or
Michael Bishop's BRITTLE INNINGS, which has among its many inspirations
Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.

I'll be happy to gather suggestions into a list if anyone's interested.

Many thanks.

Keith Chaffee
Los Angeles Public Library

FROM: <[removed]@lib.cnib.ca>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 8:49 AM

There is a list of Classic Sequels and Prequels (books inspired by or continuing) classic stories which can be found on the
Halton Hills Public Library Favorite Fiction page at: <A HREF="http://www.hhpl.on.ca/library/hhpl/ra/classic.htm">http://www.hhpl.on.ca/library/hhpl/ra/classic.htm</A>

Nicole Patterson
CNIB Library for the Blind
Toronto. ON

FROM: "Cecilia Cygnar" <[removed]@nileslibrary.org>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 9:09 AM

How about THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham, inspired by MRS. DALLOWAY by
Virginia Woolf?

Cecilia Cygnar
Niles Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Chaffee [<A HREF="mailto:kchaffee@primenet.com">mailto:kchaffee@primenet.com</A>]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:49 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: novels inspired by other novels


I'm compiling a list of novels inspired by other novels. The recent
sequels to GONE WITH THE WIND and various Jane Austen novels would
count, of course, but there are also things like Gregory Maguire's
WICKED, the life story of the Wicked Witch from THE WIZARD OF OZ; or
Michael Bishop's BRITTLE INNINGS, which has among its many inspirations
Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.

I'll be happy to gather suggestions into a list if anyone's interested.

Many thanks.

Keith Chaffee
Los Angeles Public Library

FROM: "L. M. Lockley" <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 10:26 AM

What about the numerous re-incarnations of Sherlock Holmes such as the 3
novels by Nicholas Meyer: "The Seven Per-Cent Solution", "The West End
Horror", and "The Canary Trainer." Some other Holmes/Watson titles are:

"My Dear Watson" by Angus Maclaren
"The Moor" and "The Monstorous Regiment of Women" by Laurie R. King
"Seance for a Vampire" by Fred Saberhagen
"The Angel of the Opera" by Sam Siciliano
"Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon" by Larry Millett

There are many, many others I've just named a few that came to mind
quickly. A litle stretch but what about J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and
the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy which are retellings of the "Beowulf"
legend? This leads me to "Grendel" by John C. Gardner and somehow that
brings to mind "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the
retelling of the Arthur legend from a female point of view. Bradley also
wrote "The Firebrand" which retells the story of Troy with Cassandra and
the main character. One more and I'll stop (or I'll be at this all day):
"H.: the story of Heathcliff's Journey Back to Wuthering Heights" by Lin
Haire-Sargent. Enjoy!

Please post your completed list to Fiction_L.


Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 314/441-6454
St. Charles City-County Library Dist. Fax: 314/441-5898
McClay Branch
2760 McClay Road E-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
St. Charles, MO 63303


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heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"

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FROM: "Brenda O'Brien" <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 10:45 AM

If you search the Fiction_L Archives, there are two lists that might
help. In March, 1999, look for Modern Versions of Classics. In October,
1998, try Re: Sequels & Prequels to Classics.

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library
[removed]@sls.lib.il.us

FROM: "Patricia Gibson" <[removed]@tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 1:12 PM

Hi.
Don't forget Peter Carey's Jack Maggs (a continuation of the last chapter
of Dickens' Great Expectations - a superb read) and Jean Rhys' Wide
Sargasso Sea (prequel to Jane Eyre).
Patricia Gibson,
Kamloops Public Library,
British Columbia.

FROM: "Lisa Colcord - LIBRARYX" <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 3:19 PM

Hours by Michael Cunningham, inspired (?) by Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia
Woolf.

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Librarian
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 North 32nd Street
Phoenix, AZĘ 85032
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-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Chaffee [<A HREF="mailto:kchaffee@primenet.com">mailto:kchaffee@primenet.com</A>]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:49 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: novels inspired by other novels


I'm compiling a list of novels inspired by other novels. The recent
sequels to GONE WITH THE WIND and various Jane Austen novels would
count, of course, but there are also things like Gregory Maguire's
WICKED, the life story of the Wicked Witch from THE WIZARD OF OZ; or
Michael Bishop's BRITTLE INNINGS, which has among its many inspirations
Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.

I'll be happy to gather suggestions into a list if anyone's interested.

Many thanks.

Keith Chaffee
Los Angeles Public Library

FROM: "Kathy Loucks" <[removed]@cml.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 5:03 PM

We have an extensive list of these in the Readers Advisor File on our website www.cml.lib.oh.us. From the home page, click electronic resources, scroll down and click CML Databases, from the list presented choose Readers Advisor File. Search the subject Series: Continued by Other Authors. Some recent ones that haven't been added to the file yet are Lo's Diary by Pia Pera (Nabokov's Lolita), Long John Silver by Bjorn Larsson (Stevenson's Treasure Island), and Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson (Frank Herbert's Dune series.)

FROM: "Keith Chaffee" <[removed]@primenet.com>
REC'D: 10/26/99, 8:04 PM

Thanks to all who pointed out existing lists of exactly the thing I was looking for. Much appreciated.

K. Chaffee
Los Angeles Public Library

FROM: "Ridgefield Library Fiction Room" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 10/27/99, 9:53 AM

Here is the list I have been somewhat haphazardly compiling as I come upon
them. The connection is more tenuous in some cases than others, but there
was at least some inspiration involved. The original work is in parentheses.
How about continuations of series by other authors? Would these count? I,
for one, would be delighted to see the complete list.

Susan Hill -- Mrs. DeWinter (Rebecca)
Robert B. Parker -- Perchance to Dream (Chandler's The Big Sleep)
Gergory Benford, Greg Bear, David Brin -- The so-called "2nd Foundation"
trilogy (Isaac Asimov's Foundation series)
Bob Coleman -- The Later Adventures of Tom Jones (Tom Jones by Fielding)
Laura Kalpakian -- Cosette (Les Miserables)
Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea (Jane Eyre)
Carola Salisbury (aka Michael Butterworth) -- Count Vronsky's Daughter (Anna
Karenina)
Christopher Bigsby -- Hester (Scarlet Letter)
Peter Carey -- Jack Maggs (Great Expectations)
Valerie Martin -- Mary Reilly (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Robert Poe -- The Black Cat & Return to the House of Usher (the E.A. Poe
originals)
Michael Swanwick -- Jack Faust (Goethe's Faust)
Lin Haire-Sargent - H: The Story of Heathcliff's Return (Wuthering Heights)
Peter huber -- Orwell's Revenge (1984)
Brian Aldiss -- Frankenstein Unbound (Frankenstein)
J.M. Coetzee -- Foe (Robinson Crusoe)
P.C. Doherty -- The Masked Man (Man in the Iron Mask)
Alice Hoffman -- Here on Earth (Wuthering Heights)
Charlotte Vale Allen -- Night Magic (Phantom of the Opera)
Frederick Forsyth -- Phantom of Manhattan (Phantom of the opera)
Michael Cunningham -- The Hours (Mrs. Dalloway)
Robin Lippincott -- Mr. Dalloway (Mrs. Dalloway)
Jane Smiley -- Thousand Acres (King Lear)
Nicholas Meyers -- The Canary Trainer (Phantom of the Opera)
Patrick Quinn -- Thick as Thieves (Hammett's Red Harvest)
John Gardner -- Grendel (Beowulf)
James Joyce -- Ulysses (The Odyssey)
Justin Scott - Treasure Island (RL Stevenson original)
Christa Wolfe -- Medea (Medea)
Alison Harding -- Also Georgianna (Great Expectations)
Geoffrey Ryman -- Was (Wizard of Oz)
Desmond McNamara -- The Book of Intrusions (various Irish authors)


Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Reader's Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
Ridgefield, CT
[removed]@biblio.org

FROM: <[removed]@email.unc.edu>
REC'D: 10/28/99, 8:13 AM

Heathcliff: The Return To Wuthering Heights
Wide Sargasso Sea

C. L. Quillen
Graduate Student
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(919) 914-0109

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> From: Keith Chaffee <[removed]@primenet.com>
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:48:41 -0700
> Subject: novels inspired by other novels
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> I'm compiling a list of novels inspired by other novels. The recent
> sequels to GONE WITH THE WIND and various Jane Austen novels would
> count, of course, but there are also things like Gregory Maguire's
> WICKED, the life story of the Wicked Witch from THE WIZARD OF OZ; or
> Michael Bishop's BRITTLE INNINGS, which has among its many inspirations
> Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.
>
> I'll be happy to gather suggestions into a list if anyone's interested.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Keith Chaffee
> Los Angeles Public Library
>
>

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FROM: "chernow, paige" <[removed]@hclib.org>
REC'D: 10/29/99, 2:31 PM

Someone may have already mentioned this, but "The Hours" by Michael
Cunningham is an excellent novel inspired by Virginia Woolf's "Mrs.
Dalloway."

- Paige Chernow, Hennepin County Library (Minnesota)

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