From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!eric Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: ST2: Tiny spoiler question Article-I.D.: whuxlb.324 Posted: Tue Jun 29 20:17:21 1982 Received: Wed Jun 30 04:44:03 1982 References: cmcl2.6057 The book is 'A Tale of Two Cities'. it is significant because the main hero in the book goes to the gilloutine at the end, in place of his friend. (oops, sorry. SPOILER!)