Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!muffy From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Banned episodes + SF on controlling Time Message-ID: <663@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 00:11:52 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.663 Posted: Thu Jun 27 00:11:52 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 02:42:59 EDT References: <5267@ukc.UUCP> <399@moncol.UUCP> <1105@ihuxn.UUCP> <1496@watdcsu.UUCP> <11245@watnot.UUCP> Reply-To: muffy@lll-crg.UUCP (Muffy Barkocy) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 25 In article <11245@watnot.UUCP> bfeir@watnot.UUCP (bfeir) writes: >> In article <1105@ihuxn.UUCP> res@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt) writes: >> >>Along the same lines, does anybody know any good SF about CONTROLLING time >> >>(everybody elses), as opposed to time travel (controlling your local time)? >> > >> >A classic along these lines is "The Girl, the Gold Watch, and >> >Everything" or something close to this (my library is at home, though >> >there are days I wish I kept it at my office !!!). There was a movie >> >by the same name that was a fairly decent rendition of the book. >> >> there was a sequel to the movie too, with some appropriate title that >> escapes me. i watched them both at different times in the past year >> when i wanted to turn my brain off for a while. having never read the >> book, i will have to take you word that it was reasonable accurate. >> >> Herb Chong... >> >The sequel was called "The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Dynamite." The movie was indeed reasonably accurate. The book is by John D. MacDonald (I recommend his "Travis McGee" books). I do not think there was a book for the movie sequel. Muffy