Inspired by Harper Lee, Other Literary Sequels

PHOTOGRAPH VIA EVERETT
PHOTOGRAPH VIA EVERETT

More than five decades after Harper Lee published her first—and, so far, only—novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee’s publisher has announced that she plans to release a new one. The book, currently titled Go Set a Watchman, will be published July 14. ... Scout, the little girl at the heart of To Kill a Mockingbird, returns home two decades later as an adult. —NPR

The following are other sequels set for publication in the summer of 2015:

“The Greater Gatsby”

After Gatsby’s death, Nick Carraway is pretty bent out of shape. In an effort to cope, he starts wearing Gatsby’s old clothes. Then he starts talking like him. Soon, he starts introducing himself as Jay Gatsby and throwing lots of dope-ass parties. He ends up getting shot in the head for calling someone’s girlfriend “basic.” But the party is still pretty good.

“The Old Man and the Motorboat”

Santiago is back and better than ever in this follow-up to “The Old Man and the Sea.” After the whole “marlin thing” in the first book, Santiago realizes that seventy is the new thirty, buys a motorboat (to catch faster fish), and gets a hot girlfriend (to catch sexier fish). He goes out on a fishing trip with a cooler of Coronas and an eighteen-year-old babe named Cayenne and doesn’t come back for a week. Who knows if they catch any fish?

“Moby Dick 2: A Whale’s Tale”

Everything you liked about the first book, but more of it. More Moby. More Dick. No Ahab. (He’s still dead.) This book is seven thousand pages.

“Mr. Huck Finn, Big City Livin’ ”

In the sequel to “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Huck abandons Missouri to hit the streets of NYC. He lives in the Village and has a very cool black roommate named Jim, with whom he goes to bars. Jim is very cool and is better at dancing and talking to girls than Huck, and Huck looks up to him and asks his opinion of things like jeans and stuff. They get along great.

“Lord of the Flies: Piggy’s Revenge”

When the boys get rescued from the island at the end of “Lord of the Flies,” they leave Piggy for dead. He’s not dead, though. He’s alive and in a lot of pain, and he can’t see well. After six months of fixing himself up, Piggy gets a ride off the island on a passing luxury cruise ship, and makes his way back to England, where he hunts down all the boys who left him and kills them. There are no conch shells, just lots of guns. Piggy is a bad boy.

“Of Mouse and Man”

It’s actually a prequel that takes place when George and Lennie were just babies. Lennie is still very strong, and George is sort of a regular baby. It’s not a very good book.

“2 Proud 2 Prejudiced”

This sequel has more pride and more prejudice than anyone (except British royalty) can handle. After four months of marriage, Elizabeth leaves Mr. Darcy for a younger man. His name is Ricky, and he’s Latino. He likes dancing and can roll his “R”s and do other spicy tongue stuff. Also, he is proud as hell. The book has loads of sex scenes and zero British people in it.