Read 'em and Reap

Sequels to classic titles such as Gone with the Wind (The Wind Done Gone) may be published to make money, but they may also attract new readers to their source material. Maybe librarians should encourage reading of the classics by this approach. Here are ideas for some sequel titles of American works.

• The sequel to Moby Dick would become Moby Dick: The Revenge.
• The Great Gatsby would become The Greater Gatsby, that sequel could spawn The Greatest Gatsby, and that could climax in The Ultimate Greatest Gatsby.
• "Greasy Lake" would slide into "Greasier Lake."
• Catch 22 would be upped to Catch 23.
• Our Town would grow into Our Megalopolis.
• To attract today's tech savvy student, The Scarlet Letter would have as its sequel The Scarlet Email. For Whom the Bell Tolls would be For Whom the iPhone Rings.
• For those who enjoy Stephen King, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn would become The Adventures of Huckleberry Fiend, and To Kill a Mockingbird would become To Kill and Kill and Kill a Mockingbird.
• For the science fiction fan "The Things They Carried" would be "The Things to Come They Carried."
• The comic book fan would find for Of Mice and Men the sequel Of Mice and Supermen.
• As for the stories of Edgar Allan Poe--you don't need sequels, students check them out regardless.