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IcyPeas

(25,763 posts) Fri May 1, 2026, 11:20 PM May 1

Prequels to some very famous books: Who knew?

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Prequels to some very famous books: Who knew? (Original Post) IcyPeas May 1 OP

For Whom the Bells Will Toll. marble falls May 1 #1

Great! some_of_us_are_sane May 1 #2

Or, "The Bell Tolls for Nobody" AZ8theist May 2 #6

Catch 21. LisaM May 2 #3

The Really Old Testament - God the Grandfather PufPuf23 May 2 #4

The young Gatsby ShazamIam May 2 #5

Or, "The Mediocre Gatsby" AZ8theist May 2 #7

A Whole Bunch of Mohicans! calimary May 2 #8

The Sun stage left May 2 #9

Howard's Beginning nuxvomica May 2 #10

I've seen a comic do a bit on this idea. LudwigPastorius May 2 #11

Thanks for the laughs! pat_k May 2 #12

Plan 8 From Outer Space marble falls May 2 #13

Wuthering Valley marble falls May 2 #15

"A Welcome To Arms". Aristus May 2 #14

Twenty-nine Seconds Over Tokyo marble falls May 2 #16

! Aristus May 2 #17

The Mournful Dead marble falls May 2 #18

20,000 Leagues Over the Sea marble falls May 2 #19

The Lit Match of the Vanities. n/t Morbius May 2 #20

marble falls

(72,490 posts)

1. For Whom the Bells Will Toll.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:23 PM

May 1

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,544 posts)

2. Great!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:56 PM

May 1

AZ8theist

(7,608 posts)

6. Or, "The Bell Tolls for Nobody"

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sat May 2, 2026, 01:18 AM

May 2

LisaM

(29,681 posts)

3. Catch 21.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 12:23 AM

May 2

Fahrenheit 450.

PufPuf23

(9,928 posts)

4. The Really Old Testament - God the Grandfather

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 12:37 AM

May 2

One Walked into the Cuckoo's Nest - Kesey (also author of One Mopped out of the Cuckoo' Nest)

Familiar with the Neighborhood - Heinlein

Lawrence of Wales or What the Fuck is Happening in Cardiff - TE Lawrence

ShazamIam

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5. The young Gatsby

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Sat May 2, 2026, 12:39 AM

May 2

AZ8theist

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7. Or, "The Mediocre Gatsby"

Reply to ShazamIam (Reply #5)

Sat May 2, 2026, 01:19 AM

May 2

calimary

(90,695 posts)

8. A Whole Bunch of Mohicans!

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 01:46 AM

May 2

I think that’s my favorite.

stage left

(3,348 posts)

9. The Sun

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Sat May 2, 2026, 01:55 AM

May 2

Also Sets.Or is that the sequel.

nuxvomica

(14,190 posts)

10. Howard's Beginning

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Sat May 2, 2026, 02:01 AM

May 2

As I Lay Sick
Here with the Wind
Piglet

LudwigPastorius

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11. I've seen a comic do a bit on this idea.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 02:03 AM

May 2

His prequel was "The Next to Last of the Mohicans", which is kind of funnier IMO.

pat_k

(13,831 posts)

12. Thanks for the laughs!

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Sat May 2, 2026, 02:05 AM

May 2

marble falls

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13. Plan 8 From Outer Space

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:18 PM

May 2

marble falls

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15. Wuthering Valley

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:22 PM

May 2

Aristus

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14. "A Welcome To Arms".

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:22 PM

May 2

marble falls

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16. Twenty-nine Seconds Over Tokyo

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:27 PM

May 2

Aristus

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17. !

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:30 PM

May 2

marble falls

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18. The Mournful Dead

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:35 PM

May 2

marble falls

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19. 20,000 Leagues Over the Sea

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:44 PM

May 2

Morbius

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20. The Lit Match of the Vanities. n/t

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Sat May 2, 2026, 09:47 PM

May 2

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