Word: prequel
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McMurtry's new novel is both sequel and prequel, chronologically the second installment, though written last, of a four-part saga whose splendid third book (written first) is that most beguiling of all horse operas, 1985's Lonesome Dove. A raunchy, sentimental narration about a couple of old Texas Rangers on a cattle drive, this Pulitzer prizewinner was McMurtry at the absolute top of his form. The author, as much in love with Lonesome Dove as his readers were, contrived a sequel, Streets of Laredo (1993). It was pale and sad because Gus McCrae, one of his heroes, was dead...
What happens during life's final moments was the subject of Sherwin B. Nuland's award-winning How We Die (1994). Now, in The Wisdom of the Body (Knopf; 395 pages; $26.95), Yale's distinguished surgeon and bioethicist presents a kind of prequel: an anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated by case histories from his wide operating-room experience. The result is a book--part basic textbook, part memoir and meditation--that is wholly secular yet sublimely uplifting. Although not religious in a formal sense, Nuland is overwhelmed with awe at how the human body works. As he writes...
Lucas has always insisted he is a filmmaker first and foremost. And he does get passionate when talking about his craft, and his coming return to the director's chair for the first prequel (now that new film technology has made the job less onerous). "There was a cinematic innovation in the first Star Wars film that made people say, 'Gee, I'd never seen that before,'" he says. "I have the opportunity to do that again with the prequels. The fun part for me is to say, 'You want me to come back and do that...
Also expect to see a slew of original movies, including The Christmas Box, which first aired last year; the debut of the story's prequel, Timepiece, also starring Richard Thomas; A Holiday to Remember, a romantic drama featuring Connie Sellecca; and Mrs. Santa Claus with Angela Lansbury. The latter, a musical with 10 songs from Mame composer Jerry Herman, features Lansbury as a 1910 Santa's wife who, thanks to a sleighride gone awry, winds up managing an illegal sweatshop on Manhattan's Lower East Side...
...been a long, dry spell for Star Warshippers since the last movie, Return of the Jedi, hit theaters in 1983 (Fox released the original films but has no rights to any sequels). Lucas is now working on a three-part prequel. A source close to Lucas says he believes he can make the pictures at bargain prices by current Hollywood standards. The goal is to hold budgets at around $70 million, a feat that would be accomplished by using little-known actors and a lot of the computer wizardry that Lucas develops so brilliantly. Sets are already under construction...